Tina Louise

She did appear as a semi-regular character in the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dallas for a period. On April of 2004, Mendez relocated for six months to Puerto Rico, for filming of a Hollywood movie. She has not participated in any reunion specials or other events related to the series. On Saturday, February 29 of 2004, she married for the second time, this time to a person unknown to the public. 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. Mendez is rumored to be planning a comeback into Latin American and Spanish United States television channels. She appeared in The Stepford Wives in 1975 and both the film and her performance were well received. Lucia debutted as a writer of a soap opera in Miami in 1998.

After the series ended in 1967, she continued to work in films and made numerous guest appearances in various television series. The public and gossip magazines have also speculated of a supposed rivalry between her and Veronica Castro. 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. But even as she did lead a more private life, she was still under the public's eye, and she has been associated romantically with Luis Miguel and Vicente Fox, among others. 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 Amor de Nadie, Mendez semi-retired from acting, leading a more private life. She made her Hollywood film debut in 1958 in God's Little Acre and was groomed for a career as a dramatic actress. The soap opera's title song also became a smash hit for Mendez.

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.". In Amor de Nadie, she played a rape victim who has five men fighting for her love. In 1957, she and Julie Newmar made their Broadway debuts in Li'l Abner. In 1990, Mendez came back with another super-hit soap opera, Amor de Nadie, alongside Saul Lisazo and Fernando Allende. She started her career as a model and nightclub singer while she studied at the Actor's Studio. Later on, she and Pedro Torres divorced. She was born Tina Blacker in New York City, and attended Miami University. In 1988, she married producer Pedro Torres, and in 1989, she had her son Pedrito, who is her only child so far.

Tina Louise (born February 11, 1934) is an American film and television actress. In Tu o Nadie, her brother played a pshysically challenged person. In 1986, she starred alongside Andres Garcia and Salvador Pineda in international super-hit Tu o Nadie, where she sang the Corazon de Piedra (Heart of Stone) song, which also became a smashing hit, on the Mexican and Latin American music charts. In 1983, she was crowned as Queen of Vina Del Mar at the prestigious Viņa Del Mar Festival in Chile. During the 1980s, her star kept on growing, as she reached international superstar status.

Subsequently, she was cast on many other soap oeras, and by the mid 1970s, she was a well known superstar throughout Mexico. She acted in her first soap opera, Paloma, simultaneusly. Mendez began her career in 1972, acting in a movie named Cabalgando a la Luna (Horse-riding to the Moon). She has been the star of several Spanish soap operas.

Lucia Leticia Mendez (born January 26, 1955) is a Mexican actress and singer.