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Dawn Wells
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Dawn Wells, aka Mary Ann of Gilligan’s Island, the hit TV show of the 1960s, will be the special guest star of the Florida Anti-Aging & Healthy Living Expo set for June 12-13 at the Clemente Center in Melbourne, Florida.
Wells will be flying in from her home in Beverly Hills, California to spend the weekend in Brevard County, Florida with the thousands of attendees who will enjoy the educational and entertaining programs and speakers slated for Florida’s only Anti-Aging exposition.
Brevard County is located on the Atlantic Coast in Central Florida, and about 40 miles due East of Orlando.
The Florida Anti-Aging & Healthy Living Expo will showcase hundreds of health and aesthetics-related products and services, and dozens of national and local experts speaking on topics to people maintain or restore their vitality.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet and get to know “Mary Ann” during the Florida Anti-Aging & Healthy Living Expo, which is sponsored by Health First Health Plans, Precor, Brighthouse Networks, Maverick Multimedia, Inc and SpaceCoastMedicine.com.
Wells will also be the guest of honor at the Gilligan’s Island-themed party on Sat., June 12 at the Melbourne Beach Crowne Plaza Oceanfront Resort & Spa.
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Wells was born in Reno, Nevada in 1938 and was Miss Nevada in 1959. She then went on to the 1960 Miss America Pageant.
Dawn originally wanted to be a doctor, and enrolled in the elite Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri to study medicine. However, after discovering the drama club, she transferred to the University of Washington, which was known for their theater department.
Upon graduating with a degree in Theater, Wells moved to Hollywood and landed the role of “Mary Ann Summers” on CBS’s “Gilligan’s Island” in 1964. The rest, as they say, is history.
However, there was much more to Wells than her simple Mary Ann character. Wells refused to be an unemployed actor after the show ended and has never been out of work since the show aired 40 years ago.
She has performed in over 66 theatrical productions, including the National Touring Company of “They’re Playing Our Song!” She has done countless voice-overs, commercials and talk shows.
Dawn Wells is an Anti-Aging icon.
Wells worked for the Australian news show “Midday” and interviewed such talents as Julia Roberts, Eddie Murphy and Tom Hanks, to name a few.
Dawn has also had great success as a producer and has a number of TV movies to her credit.
After years of touring and performing in dramas, comedies, and musical theatre, Dawn finally slowed down a bit. In 1998, she founded the Dawn Wells’ Film Actors Boot Camp in Driggs, Idaho.
The camp is for the already trained actor looking to make the transition from the amateur to the professional actor. Wells still runs the camp to this day.
In 2003, Dawn did tours of the plays “Love Letters” with Adam West and Eve Ensler’s Award Winning, “The Vagina Monologues.”
In early 2004, Dawn established and founded The Spud Film Institute in Idaho and Wyoming and will hold the first ever Spud Drive in Film and Music Festival in the summer of 2004. She is also the artistic director of the festival.
Wells also has her own clothing line for the physically challenged called “Wishing Wells Collections” and she recently launched her own skin care line, Classic Beauty.
She continues to contribute to the business she loves so much and constantly gives back to the acting community. She mentors young actors and travels to colleges all across the U.S. to teach Master Classes.
Wells has served as Artist in Residence at several Universities. Dawn is in constant demand for personal appearances and speaking engagements, yet she never forgets to give back to the Artistic community. She will surely be remembered for all her good work.
You can get information about all of Dawn’s organizations at her website, www.Dawn-Wells.com.
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