02/11 Happy π₯³ #Celeboob Birthday π - Tina Louise, an American actress and pin-up model. Known by the stage name "Tina Louise", her first TV role was as a chorus girl on the early, 1952-53 Jackie Gleason Show, and later credits include appearances on Dallas (1978) and Rituals (1985). She played Ginger on Gilligan's Island (1964-67) and made a few Hollywood movies along the way, including God's Little Acre (1958), opposite Robert Ryan. In the April, 1959 issue of Playboy, she appeared in a lingerie layout that included topless shots. Tina was in a Frederick's of Hollywood catalog with Jayne Mansfieldβ¦ who almost had the role of Ginger.