The Untold Story of the 1960’s TV series “Gilligan’s Island”

Mary Ann is the Only Actor Who Still Gets Paid

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While most of the cast signed a standard contract for the 1960’s, Dawn Wells asked for an amendment to the residual clause; this stated that an actor would only receive payment for the first five repeats of each episode. The producers never thought that the show would still be on the air 50 years later and granted it. So, Dawn is still getting paychecks for her role.

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