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Actress Dawn Wells poses for a photograph during the Sydney Supanova Comic Con and Gaming Expo 2019 at Sydney Showground Olympic Park, in Sydney New South Wales, Australia on June 22, 2019. EPA

Dawn Wells, 1950s. Getty Images

Dawn Wells portrays Mary Ann Summers in the CBS television programme 'Gilligan's Island', July 15, 1965 Hollywood, CA. Getty Images

Dawn Wells, centre, poses with fellow cast members of 'Gilligan's Island,' Bob Denver and Alan Hale Jr, in Los Angeles in 1965. AP

The cast of 'Gilligan's Island,' from left, Russell Johnson as the professor; Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III; Natalie Schafer as Mrs Howell III; Alan Hale Jr as the skipper; Bob Denver as Gilligan; Judith Baldwin replacing original cast member Tina Louise, as Ginger, and Dawn Wells as Mary Ann, posing during filming of a two-hour reunion show, 'The Return from Gilligan's Island' in Los Angeles, October 2, 1978. AP

From left: Dawn Wells, Bob Denver and Russell Johnson, cast members of 'Gilligan's Island,' pose during a launch party for 'Gilligan's Island: The Complete First Season' on February 3, 2004 in Marina Del Rey, California. Reuters

Actress Dawn Wells arrives at the TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, California, June 8, 2008. AP

Actress Dawn Wells arrives at the TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, California, June 8, 2008. AP

Dawn Wells arrives at the Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, April 29, 2016. AP

US actress Dawn Wells arrives for the 43rd Annual Saturn Awards held at The Castaway in Burbank, California, on June 28 2017. EPA

Actress Dawn Wells poses for a photograph during the Sydney Supanova Comic Con and Gaming Expo 2019 at Sydney Showground Olympic Park, in Sydney New South Wales, Australia on June 22, 2019. EPA

Dawn Wells, 1950s. Getty Images

Dawn Wells portrays Mary Ann Summers in the CBS television programme 'Gilligan's Island', July 15, 1965 Hollywood, CA. Getty Images

Dawn Wells, centre, poses with fellow cast members of 'Gilligan's Island,' Bob Denver and Alan Hale Jr, in Los Angeles in 1965. AP

The cast of 'Gilligan's Island,' from left, Russell Johnson as the professor; Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III; Natalie Schafer as Mrs Howell III; Alan Hale Jr as the skipper; Bob Denver as Gilligan; Judith Baldwin replacing original cast member Tina Louise, as Ginger, and Dawn Wells as Mary Ann, posing during filming of a two-hour reunion show, 'The Return from Gilligan's Island' in Los Angeles, October 2, 1978. AP

From left: Dawn Wells, Bob Denver and Russell Johnson, cast members of 'Gilligan's Island,' pose during a launch party for 'Gilligan's Island: The Complete First Season' on February 3, 2004 in Marina Del Rey, California. Reuters

Actress Dawn Wells arrives at the TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, California, June 8, 2008. AP

Actress Dawn Wells arrives at the TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, California, June 8, 2008. AP

Dawn Wells arrives at the Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, April 29, 2016. AP

US actress Dawn Wells arrives for the 43rd Annual Saturn Awards held at The Castaway in Burbank, California, on June 28 2017. EPA

Actress Dawn Wells poses for a photograph during the Sydney Supanova Comic Con and Gaming Expo 2019 at Sydney Showground Olympic Park, in Sydney New South Wales, Australia on June 22, 2019. EPA

'Gilligan’s Island' star Dawn Wells dies after battling Covid-19

Besides TV, film and stage acting credits, her other real-life roles included teacher, motivational speaker and conservationist

Associated Press

December 31, 2020

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