Behind The Scenes Secrets: The Wizard Of Oz

Gilligan’s Island Connection

The character Mary Ann Summers played by Dawn Wells, was modeled entirely after Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz. She is also said to be from Winfield, Kansas, and was born on a farm in a nod to Dorothy. On the show, she also often wore her hair in pigtails and sometimes even wore a gingham dress just like Dorothy. Dawn Well is still acting at seventy-eight years old, and along with her co-star Ginger (Tina Louise) they are the only surviving cast members of Gilligan’s Island. She has even recently reprised her most famous character in a web series called She’s Still On The Freakin’ Island.