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- Ginger Grant was a character in the 1960s television sitcom Gilligan's Island. Grant was a movie star, and would casually mention names of some of the biggest movie stars of the day, as co-stars or acquaintances, suggesting that she too was a great star. In the series' Season 1 Episode 1 "Two on a Raft", Ginger was also "singing in a club in Waikiki", possibly the same gig mentioned by the radio announcer where she was "still wearing the evening gown from her last performance". "When I first broke into show business, I used to work with a magician", Ginger confesses in Season 1 Episode 33 "It's Magic". 'Ginger Grant, 'the movie star', was played by 4 actresses: Kit Smythe ("Gilligan's Island” 1963 unaired pilot), Tina Louise (“Gilligan's Island” 1964–67 TV series), Judith Baldwin, Constance Forslund and animated in 2-spin-off series: Jane Webb and Dawn Wells as both Ginger and Mary Ann; and Nicole Eggert (herself-the movie star) & Rachel Hunter (herself-the movie star)" Season 1 and by Erika Eleniak (Ginger-green team) & Angie Everhart (Ginger-orange team) in Season 2 of ("The Real Gilligan's Island" 2004–2006 TBS-reality series). Ginger appeared in several episodes to be the desire of The Skipper but as this was 1960s series television, the "relationship" was never allowed to develop beyond a mild flirtation. The Skipper chose Ginger as his preferred contestant in the "Miss Castaway Pageant" held on the island (Season 2 Episode 2 "Beauty Is As Beauty Does"). (In addition, and quite tellingly, when Skipper loses his memory in the first season Episode 30 "Forget Me Not", he is much more attracted to "Well, hi, beautiful" Ginger than "Howdy Ma'am" Mary Ann; although this is probably more Skipper's unconscious id talking than the Skipper himself. ) Ginger sided with Thurston Howell, III, on many occasions, acting as a witness during a trial over treasure, serving as a sort of spy to divulge information from Gilligan by scratching his back and allowing herself to be bribed by Howell, such as during the "election" of who was to be President of the island. It should also be noted that her secret agent code name and her measurements were both 36-25-36. Ginger Grant, due to many prior film roles in Hollywood, spent her time on the island occasionally taking on the roles of chanteuse, barefoot fortune-teller, lab assistant, and psychoanalyst – as well as fronting the hastily-formed island musical trio: The Honeybees. She also had to deal with a doppelganger, a plain mousy girl named Eva Grubb (also played by Tina Louise). During her time on the island, she referred to several of her films in Hollywood, including:
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