Dawn Wells
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10/17/1938
Reno, NV |
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| Served as co-producer and star of the titular series Dawn Wells: Reel Adventures. |
| Launched the Dawn Wells' Film Actors Boot Camp in Driggs, ID, in 1998, which is geared toward those with a solid acting background looking to transition from the amateur to professional world. |
| Great-great grandfather was a stagecoach driver during the Gold Rush of 1849; father once owned the Las Vegas Thunderbird Hotel. |
| Worked for the Australian news program Midday, interviewing such actors as Julia Roberts, Eddie Murphy and Tom Hanks. |
| Performed in more than 66 theatrical productions, including the National Touring Company's production of They're Playing Our Song!. |
| Forayed into movies with a role in the 1964 flick The New Interns. |
| Owns her own clothing company, Wishing Wells Collections, which caters to the elderly and to people who are physically challenged. |
| Founder and Artistic Director of the Spud Drive in Film and Music Festival, in both Driggs, Idaho, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. |
| Had bit parts in a string of TV series, such as 77 Sunset Strip and Hawaiian Eye before landing seminal role of sugary sweet castaway Mary Ann Summers on the popular '60s sitcom Gilli |
| Did tours of productions of the plays Love Letters and Eve Ensler's award-winning The Vagina Monologues in 2003. |
| Competed in the Miss America Pageant in 1960, after having been named Miss Nevada in 1959. |
| Planned on becoming a ballerina, but bad knees prevented her from following her aspirations. |
