Just because a woman is over 50 does not mean she no longer has anything to offer. If anything, we have so much more to offer! We have lived life, we get better with age. I do my best work now in my 60s. Sure, I could retire; but what would I do? Play Bingo? I think not!

The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" (part of Mary Ann)
The Princess and the Dwarf (1989)
Soulmates (1992)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994) one episode: herself
Lover's Knot (1996)
The Man Show (2000) Episode 206: Herself
Super Sucker (2002)
Forever for Now (2004)
Cyber Meltdown (2005)
Hotel Arthritis (2012). In 1959 Wells was crowned Miss Nevada and represented her state in the 1960 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey. Wells continues to lend her support to the Denver Foundation a charity chaired by Dreama Denver widow of Wells' Gilligan’s Island co-star Bob Denver.

Dawn Elberta Wells (born October 18 1938) is an American actress best remembered for having played Mary Ann Summers on the CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island during its run from 1964 until 1967.