Christine Lahti

. She did appear as a semi-regular character in the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dallas for a period. She mainly has acted in independent films or TV series in the past decade, and she is active in political causes. She has not participated in any reunion specials or other events related to the series. Lahti is married to TV director Thomas Schlamme. Despite this success, she languished in secondary roles and in later years blamed her lack of credibility as an actress on the typecasting that had followed her success with Gilligan's Island, a program she had grown to detest. After that event, she made it a point to be good-humored about it, usually poking fun at herself at other awards shows. She appeared in The Stepford Wives in 1975 and both the film and her performance were well received.

When she won her Golden Globe in 1998, she was in the bathroom, which was highly-publicized in the press. After the series ended in 1967, she continued to work in films and made numerous guest appearances in various television series. She has won one Emmy and two Golden Globes for her role in Chicago Hope. As movie star Ginger Grant, Louise finally achieved a level of fame and recognition, however she was unhappy with the role and worried that it would typecast her, which it apparently did. Lahti received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Swing Shift in 1984, and won an Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action for Lieberman in Love (1995), which she starred in and directed. Further roles followed, on Broadway, and in films in Italy and Hollywood, but they failed to accelerate her career and in 1964 she joined the cast of the television series Gilligan's Island. After starring in a few blockbuster hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, Lahti has primarily chosen to be in movies she wants to act in - rather than take blockbuster roles, and she is adamant about spending time with her three children. She made her Hollywood film debut in 1958 in God's Little Acre and was groomed for a career as a dramatic actress.

She started off working in commercials, and her breakthrough movie was ...And Justice for All (1979) with Al Pacino. Her album It's Time for Tina was also released that year, with songs such as "Embraceable You" and "I'm In the Mood for Love.". She moved to New York City in the 1970s to work as a waitress. In 1957, she and Julie Newmar made their Broadway debuts in Li'l Abner. Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress. She started her career as a model and nightclub singer while she studied at the Actor's Studio. IMDb Entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001441/). She was born Tina Blacker in New York City, and attended Miami University.

Chicago Hope (1994) (TV Series). Tina Louise (born February 11, 1934) is an American film and television actress. Crazy From the Heart (1991). The Doctor (1991). Miss Firecracker (1989).

Running on Empty (1988). Swing Shift (1984). Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981). ...And Justice for All (1979).