As a singer, she released one album, "It's Time for Tina," which was released originally on Concert Hall in 1957 and later reissued on Urania Records in 1958, the same year as her Hollywood film debut was in "God's Little Acre." ,br> During the 1950's, she appeared in such early live television dramas as "Studio One," "Producers' Showcase" and "Appointment with Adventure" while concurrently appearing on Broadway. Her acting debut came in 1952 in the musical revue, "Two's Company," followed by roles in other Broadway productions, such as "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" "The Fifth Season," and "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?". She also dabbled in modeling between acting roles, appearing on the covers of several pin-up magazines such as "Adam," "Sir!," and "Modern Man" with later pictorials presented to Playboy by Columbia Pictures studio in an effort to further promote her career. She attended Miami University in Ohio where she began studying acting, singing and dancing, taking acting classes under Sanford Meisner at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan. She selected the name "Louise" and stuck with it during her career. The name "Louise" was allegedly added during her senior year in high school when she mentioned to her drama teacher that she was the only girl in the class without a middle name. Louise is an alumnus of Scarborough High School in Westchester. Thereafter, she received several similar opportunities, but her mother decided to reject the offers for Tina to continue her schooling. She first faced in the camera as a two year old in an ad for her father’s candy store. Her parents divorced when Louise was four years old and thereafter was raised by her mother. Her father owned a candy store in Brooklyn and her mother was a fashion model. She was born Tatiana Josivovna Chernova Blacker on Februin New York City, the only child of Sylvia Horn and Joseph Blacker, both of Jewish descent. Tina Louise is an American actress, singer, and author, best known for "Gilligan's Island."
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