Faith For Today

Wednesday December 30th

Rest in Peace Dawn Wells @therealmaryann

@FaithforToday and @Lifestyle_Mag send heartfelt condolences to her family and friends.

In memory of her sweet, beautiful, vivacious spirit, please watch Dawn who was a recent - and delightful - guest on our show:

lifestyle.org/shows/what-would-mary-ann-do?

America's favorite castaway, Dawn Wells, passed peacefully this morning, in no pain, as a result of complications due to Covid at the age of 82.

There is so much more to Dawn Wells than Mary Ann of GILLIGAN’S ISLAND - the longest running sitcom still showing worldwide in over 30 languages!

A native of Reno, Ms. Wells represented Nevada in the Miss America pageant in 1959. She found success in Hollywood immediately afterward, appearing in such shows as 77 SUNSET STRIP, MAVERICK, BONANZA, THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW and HAWAIIAN EYE. She was later cast in the role of a lifetime as Mary Ann in GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, beating out 350 other actresses.

Dawn was an actress, producer, author, journalist, motivational speaker, teacher, humanitarian, spokesperson, and chairwoman of the Terry Lee Wells Foundation -- focusing on women and children in Northern Nevada and ran her Film Actors Boot Camp for 7 years in Idaho.

She has starred in over 150 TV shows, and 7 motion pictures, and has starred in 60+ theatrical productions across the country and on The Great White Way.

Dawn is survived by her step sister, Weslee Wells.

No services are scheduled at this time and in lieu of flowers, donations are requested to either:

* The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee in Hohenwald TN www.elephants.com
* Terry Lee Wells The Discovery Museum in Nevada nvdm.org
* The Shambala Preserve The Roar Foundation in CA Shambala.org

Photos courtesy of: Dawn Wells Archives, Museum Images Photo by Bill Down, courtesy of The Hollywood Museum (Donelle Dadigan, Dawn Wells, Hope Juber-Schwartz. Lloyd Schwartz) and B. Harlan Boll www.bhbpr.com ... MoreLess

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