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Tina Louise

Tina Louise

Actor · Born February 11, 1934 (92) · New York City, New York, USA

Tina Louise (born February 11, 1934) is an American actress best known for playing movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island. She began her career on stage during the mid-1950s, before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film God's Little Acre for which she received Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Louise had starring roles in a number of Hollywood movies, including The Trap, The Hangman, Day of the Outlaw, and For Those Who Think Young. Louise later returned to film, appearing in The Wrecking Crew, The Happy Ending, and The Stepford Wives (1975). Tina Blacker was born in New York City. By the time she was four years of age, her parents had divorced. An only child, she was raised by her mother, Sylvia Horn (née Myers) Blacker (1916–2011), a fashion model. Tina's father, Joseph Blacker, was a candy store owner in Brooklyn and later an accountant. The name "Louise" was allegedly added during her senior year in high school when she mentioned to her drama teacher that she was the only girl in the class without a middle name. He selected the name "Louise" and it stuck. She attended Miami University in Ohio. At the early age of just two years, Tina got her first role, after being seen in an ad for her father's candy store. She played numerous roles until she decided it was best to focus on school work. By the age of 17, Louise began studying acting, singing and dancing. She studied acting under Sanford Meisner at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan. During her early acting years, she was offered modeling jobs, including as a rising starlet, who along with Jayne Mansfield, was a product advocate in the 1958 Frederick's of Hollywood catalog, and appeared on the cover of several pinup magazines such as Adam, Sir! and Modern Man. Her later pictorials for Playboy (May 1958; April 1959) were arranged by Columbia Pictures studio in an effort to further promote the young actress. Louise with Gene Barry from the television series Burke's Law (1964). Her acting debut came in 1952 in the Bette Davis musical revue Two's Company,[4] followed by roles in other Broadway productions, such as John Murray Anderson's Almanac, The Fifth Season, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? She appeared in such early live television dramas as Studio One, Producers' Showcase, and Appointment with Adventure. In 1957, she appeared on Broadway in the hit musical Li'l Abner. Her album, It's Time for Tina, was released that year, with songs such as "Embraceable You" and "I'm in the Mood for Love". Louise made her Hollywood film debut in 1958 in God's Little Acre. That same year, the National Art Council named her the "World's Most Beautiful Redhead." The next year she starred in Day of the Outlaw, with Robert Ryan. She became an in-demand leading lady for major stars like Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark, often playing somber roles quite unlike the glamorous pinup photographs and Playboy pictorials she had become famous for in the late 1950s. ] In 1962, she guest-starred on the sitcom The Real McCoys, portraying a country girl from West Virginia in an episode titled "Grandpa Pygmalion". Two years later, prior to the development of Gilligan's Island, she appeared with Bob Denver in the beach party film For Those Who Think Young. CLR

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 11, 1934 (92)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 66 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 49% in 30 days

What are Tina Louise's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
20%
Self
19%
Power
17%
Bonds
14%
Society
12%
Morality
12%
Ideas
6%
Survival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 10 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 12 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 6

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 16 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 4
Herald
1 of 4
Trickster
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Melancholic
11
Absurd
10
Dread
6
Contemplative
5
Other
12

How their films linger

Unsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous7
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tina Louise's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tina Louise's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

66 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Tapestry(2019)

    as Rose

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Gilligan Manifesto(2018)

    as Ginger

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Night of the Wolf(2014)

    as Clarissa

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • L.A. Heat(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Welcome to Woop Woop(1997)

    as Bella

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • E! True Hollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Johnny Suede(1991)

    as Mrs. Fontaine

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Monsters(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Mysterious Woman (voice)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Dixie Lanes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Violet

  • O.C. and Stiggs(1985)

    as Florence Beaugereaux

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Married... with Children(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Miss Beck

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Blacke's Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Evils of the Night(1985)

    as Cora

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Hell Riders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Claire Delaney

  • Dog Day(1984)

    as Noémie Blue

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Knight Rider(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Anne Tyler

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Matt Houston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Jessica Collier

  • Advice to the Lovelorn(1981)

    as Diane Marsh

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Simon & Simon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Day the Women Got Even (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Mary Jo Alfieri

  • Friendships, Secrets and Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Joan Holmes

  • SST: Death Flight(1977)

    as Mae

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Dallas(1978)

    Show 5 episodes · as Julie Grey

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Mean Dog Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Donna Lacey

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Betty Bricker · as Tina Louise

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • CHiPs(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · as Edie Marshall · as Tina Louise (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Nightmare in Badham County(1976)

    as Greer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby(1976)

    as Marjean Dorn

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Streetkill(1975)

    as Hilda Murray

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Stepford Wives(1975)

    as Charmaine Wimpiris

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Kojak(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Audrey Norris

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Police Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Call to Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as April Tierney

  • Kung Fu(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Carol Mercer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • But I Don't Want to Get Married! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Miss Spencer

  • The Happy Ending(1969)

    as Helen Bricker

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Good Guys and the Bad Guys(1969)

    as Carmel

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Aubrey · as Lola · as Mrs. Michele Rossi

  • How to Commit Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Laverne Baker

  • The Wrecking Crew(1968)

    as Lola Medina

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Mannix(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Linda Cole

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Seventh Floor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as dottoressa Immer Mehr

  • Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Candy

  • Gilligan's Island(1964)

    Show 98 episodes · as Ginger Grant

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Fanfare for a Death Scene(1964)

    as Coola Hana

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • For Those Who Think Young(1964)

    as Topaz McQueen

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Angie Powell

  • Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Bonnie Belle Tate

  • The New Breed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Stella Knowland

  • Armored Command (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Alexandra Bastegar

  • Viva l'Italia! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as French Journalist

  • Route 66(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Checkmate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Joanne Dunn

  • The Warrior Empress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Sappho

  • L'assedio di Siracusa(1960)

    as Diana / Artemide / Lucrezia

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Bonanza(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Mary Burns

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • The Hangman(1959)

    as Selah Jennison

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Day of the Outlaw(1959)

    as Helen Crane

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Trap(1959)

    as Linda Anderson

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • God's Little Acre(1958)

    as Griselda Walden, Ty Ty's daughter-in-law

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Real McCoys(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Tilda Hicks

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Appointment with Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Eva Adams

  • Climax! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Maxene Sumner

  • The Jackie Gleason Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Show Actor

  • Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 1 episode · as Dolores

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 65 titles from 1948 to 2019; peak year 1975.

Biggest box office

The Wrecking Crew (1968)

$2.4M worldwide

Highest rated

Day of the Outlaw (1959)

Midcredits 89th

Most popular right now

Gilligan's Island (1964)

Film career

19482019

Peak 1975 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting65 of 65: 65 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score48th

By decade

1940s1 · acting1950s9 · acting1960s20 · acting1970s16 · acting1980s13 · acting1990s4 · acting2010s2 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
5873

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Tina Louise's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 34th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 38 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Panned3
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · actor

Tapestry (2019)

98th percentile spread · 53% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Day of the Outlaw (1959)

Midcredits 89th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Tina Louise's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles22–60 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 23 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Tina Louise work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tina Louise's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bob Denver shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers