Sixties TV bombshell unrecognizable at 91 as she's spotted on rare day out in NYC – can you guess who?
classic beauty Sixties TV bombshell unrecognizable at 91 as she's spotted on rare day out in NYC – can you guess who?
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A FORMER Hollywood sitcom glamour puss has been seen out and about in New York looking as chic as ever.
The sultry 60s TV star - who is still turning heads aged 91 - dazzled viewers on the much-loved show in the 1960s.
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The stunning actress played movie legend Ginger on Gilligan's Island
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TV characters The Skipper, Ginger Grant and Gilligan
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Her notable comedy character was originally meant for Jayne Mansfield who declined the role.
Ginger Grant actress Tina Louise is still the embodiment of glamour to this day.
The iconic sitcom star played movie legend Ginger on Gilligan's Island from 1964 to 1967.
Set on a deserted island, she starred on the show about a colourful group of shipwrecked tourists.
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The Hollywood pinup was known for her stunning figure and red hot hair.
The Golden Globe-winning actress starred in the 1958 movie God's Little Acre and bagged the award for New Star Of The Year.
The star has been spotted in New York City's Upper East Side and still wows with her svelte figure and chic appearance.
Wearing skinny jeans, a black top and jacket, she accessorised with black trainers and dramatic dark shades.
With her shoulder-length red hair still on display, the actress looked fit and healthy as she casually ran errands around Manhattan carrying a brolly and floral shopping bag.
Tina, who starred alongside Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Bob Denver, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer and Alan Hale, Jr, is the last surviving Gilligan's Island star.
Tina Louise plays Ginger Grant on Gilligan's Island
The programme ran for three seasons and went onto make the 1977 movie Rescue From Gilligan's Island and The Harlem Globetrotters On Gilligan's Island.
However, Tina turned down the roles alongside her original cast members.
She starred in classics including The Trap, The Hangman, Day Of The Outlaw and For Those Who Think Young.
Not forgetting The Wrecking Crew, The Happy Ending, The Stepford Wives and alongside Stephen Baldwin, Burt Young, and Joseph D'Onofrio in 2017's Tapestry.
The former Ginger Grant star said previously about playing the role: 'I always enjoyed my work. I left a Broadway show to do it.
"The CBS casting director Ethel Winant called me at the theater, 'Do you think you could play this Lucille Ball/Marilyn Monroe-type of character?' I said yes.
"I got there and the director wanted it to be a more sarcastic kind of character. And so, then I didn't even want to work on it anymore. I told him I wanted to quit.
"The head of the [CBS] organization called me into his office and he said, 'We hear you want to leave.' I explained to him that I didn't want to play it and I didn't think the show would be successful, changing the original idea of the character."
She continued: "You just can't go into people's homes and dress somebody up like a doll and then have her to be not nice.
"So, he agreed with me and he got rid of the director after only a month, and he hired Richard Donner, who was fantastic.
"He had a great sense of humor and then the writers started writing for what I was supposed to be doing and the show became a hit, and I enjoyed the part.'
The actress became a tutor in 1996. She revealed in her memoir about her difficult childhood: "I didn't have hugs. I didn't have loving situations."
She previously told fans: "I've been having fun doing press about my audiobook for the re-release of Sunday, my memoir written from my perspective as an 8-year-old.
"It's really quite freeing and therapeutic to talk about it. The book is out now in various forms."
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She enjoyed a rare day out in LA
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The cast of Gilligan's Island which ran from 1964 to 1967
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