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Dawn Wells

1938 - 2020

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Dawn Elberta Wells (October 18, 1938 – December 30, 2020) was an American actress. She was best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers in the sitcom Gilligan's Island. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Dawn Wells is the 7,921st most popular actor (down from 7,187th in 2024), the 12,154th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,607th in 2019) and the 3,670th most popular American Actor.

Dawn Wells if famous for playing Mary Ann Summers on the CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dawn Wells ranks 7,921 out of 13,578Before her are Rica Matsumoto, Lee Tergesen, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Rory Cochrane, Cole Sprouse, and Alan Reed. After her are Rob Estes, Esther Acebo, John Le Mesurier, Kenneth Connor, Park Jeong-min, and Mackenzie Phillips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Dawn Wells ranks 576Before her are Lagumot Harris, Mary Jo Catlett, Hampton Fancher, Angus MacLise, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, and Peter Westbury. After her are Kathy Kirby, Eduard Ivanov, Maxine Waters, Aldo Valentini, Ti-Grace Atkinson, and Richard Lerner. Among people deceased in 2020, Dawn Wells ranks 740Before her are Danny Hodge, Michael McClure, Naya Rivera, J. I. Packer, Ivan Utrobin, and Bhanu Athaiya. After her are Sumner Redstone, Mridula Sinha, Shirley Ann Grau, Tony Waiters, Annie Ross, and Vadão.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dawn Wells ranks 12,157 out of 20,380Before her are Lee Tergesen (1965), Rory Cochrane (1972), Alan Reed (1907), Melissa Hill (1970), George Santos (1988), and Rob Estes (1963). After her are Sumner Redstone (1923), Dave Chappelle (1973), George Henry Williams (1823), Gaylen Ross (1950), Arthur Wesley Dow (1857), and Shawn Kemp (1969).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dawn Wells ranks 3,671Before her are Eddie Griffin (1968), Ken Berry (1933), Danny Pino (1974), Lee Tergesen (1965), Rory Cochrane (1972), and Alan Reed (1907). After her are Rob Estes (1963), Mackenzie Phillips (1959), Adele Jergens (1917), Clark Johnson (1954), Peter Ho (1975), and Edmund Breese (1871).