Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, dies of Covid complications at 82

Actor played the wholesome character in the goofy, good-natured show that became an unlikely but indelible part of pop culture

Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann among a misfit band of shipwrecked castaways on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island, died Wednesday of causes related to Covid-19, her publicist said. She was 82.

Wells died peacefully at a living facility in Los Angeles, publicist Harlan Boll said.

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