# RIP Dawn 'Mary Ann' Wells **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [December 30, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292 "2020-12-30T20:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/1 "2020-12-30T20:10:09Z")
> **[Dawn Wells, ‘Gilligan’s Island’s’ Mary Ann, Dies of COVID at 82](https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/dawn-wells-dead-gilligans-island-mary-ann-1234876755/)** > > Dawn Wells, who starred as “good girl” Mary Ann in popular 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19 in Los Angeles. She was 82. P… ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/2 "2020-12-30T20:13:51Z")
Team Mary Ann forever. RIP Ms Wells, wish you could have stuck around longer. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/3 "2020-12-30T20:25:19Z")
I shared the article on Facebook. A friend shared it, and another friend commented, ‘Now EVERYONE knows someone who died of COVID-19.’ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/4 "2020-12-30T20:45:21Z")
Looks like the Movie Star is the only one left. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/5 "2020-12-30T21:03:05Z")
Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/6 "2020-12-30T21:08:13Z")
My first TV crush! 😢 Hell, my first ever crush. RIP Dawn “Mary Ann” Wells, you had a swell life and bought joy to countless people. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/7 "2020-12-30T21:17:21Z")
She last posted a video on her FB page on December 24th. Seemed fine. So sad. One of my childhood crushes. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/8 "2020-12-30T22:01:00Z")
Local Girl made good. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/9 "2020-12-30T22:13:07Z")
Jesus, now that’s striking at my childhood. Who’s next, Jan Smithers? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/10 "2020-12-30T22:19:34Z")
Genuinely nice person, by all accounts. Very sad. I remember her playing a Lakota woman on _Bonanza_ She wound up adopting a white boy. I saw her on _Gilligan’s Island_ today actually, on MeTV. She did a dream sequence where she played Eliza Doolittle. " 'E toat me ta wolk, and ta tolk like a reg’lar lidy, 'e did," then she loudly blew her nose in a dirty handkerchief. Now every time I think about that scene or Eliza Doolittle, I’m going to think of Covid. Nice. May she rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/11 "2020-12-30T22:28:19Z")
I was a firm Team Mary Ann member from the first episode I ever saw. RIP, Dawn. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/12 "2020-12-30T22:29:49Z")
Awwwww. She was the girl next door. May you Rest In Peace. Oh and 2020 you can GTFA. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/13 "2020-12-30T23:33:41Z")
Dawn always seemed sweet and genuine in all the interviews that I’ve seen. A very nice lady. RIP Dawn ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/14 "2020-12-30T23:41:53Z")
**Damn, damn, damn, damn!!!** What a way to end this shitty, shitty, shitty year! 😡 RIP, Miss Nevada 1959. You were the loveliest castaway ever! [http://www.missnevada.org/alumni\_1959/](http://www.missnevada.org/alumni_1959/) In addition to _ **Bonanza** _, she was in _ **Winterhawk** _ (1975), where she played a white woman who was abducted by and then chose to remain with the Blackfoot Indians. A little known movie, but one I highly recommend! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/15 "2020-12-31T02:00:38Z")
I met her at a con once. I asked, “When you were Miss Nevada, what was your talent?” She said “A dramatic reading from Antigone.” Then she signed the photo and I moved on. **But** , for one second, that radiant smile was directed right at me! Charming woman. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/16 "2020-12-31T02:22:58Z")
I would have melted like a block of ice in high summer. 🥰 ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/17 "2020-12-31T03:23:48Z")
I remember her from **The Town that Dreaded Sundown** which (if I recall correctly) was produced by the same folks that did **The Legend of Boggy Creek**. That’s what happens when you are from Shreveport, and movies that feature Fouke, AR and Texarkana AR/TX are first run cinema features. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/18 "2020-12-31T03:35:32Z")
My dad wrote for Gilligan’s Island. Dawn kindly endorsed my book on comedy last year. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/19 "2020-12-31T04:55:24Z")
A part of my childhood is gone! RIP, Mary Ann. (Neil Peart’s death kicked off the celebrity-death year, and Dawn Wells ended it. Both left us way too soon.) ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/20 "2020-12-31T06:04:26Z")
Dang, I was definately in the Mary Anne camp. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292.md?page=2)