Late Actress Dawn Wells Came To Chattanooga

  • Thursday, December 31, 2020

Actress Dawn Wells, who gained fame as the popular Mary Ann on “Gilligan’s Island” and died Wednesday of COVID-19 related complications, came to Chattanooga in recent years.

On Jan. 5, 6 and 7, 2018, she made a celebrity appearance at the O’Reiily Auto Parts 50th annual World of Wheels show at the Trade Center.

While here, she greeted visitors along with WWE superstar Daniel Bryan and Kevin Mack of “Counting Cars."

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