It’s been over 50 years since Gilligan’s Island was on the air, and much has changed in the time since for Louise. She welcomed a daughter and grandchildren, written books, continued acting, and carried on the legacy of the classic series. Read on to find out more about Louise’s life today. RELATED: The 20 Oldest Living Celebrities in 2021. Louise might be best known as Ginger, but that was far from her only part. She had a successful career in the theater and on screen prior to being cast on Gilligan’s Island, as well as afterward. Some of her projects following the show include The Wrecking Crew, The Stepford Wives, and Dallas. Her film and TV career has slowed in recent years, but she appeared in a movie as recently as 2019, co-starring with Stephen Baldwin in Tapestry. In 1997, Louise wrote a memoir titled Sunday: A Memoir, and she is interested in seeing it adapted into a film. “Well, you know I had a very unusual childhood,” she told Authority Magazine in 2019. “I wrote a book about my first eight years called Sunday. I also have the beginnings of a script. I’ve always wanted to make a movie of it.” She explained of her upbringing, “I lived with a lot of different cousins and aunts and strangers and so forth and so on.“ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb For more celebrity news delivered right to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. Louise has devoted herself to getting young children interested in reading, and she’s volunteered to read books to kids in her home of New York City for years, as reported by the New York Post. She’s also written two of her own children’s books. When I Grow Up was published in 2007, and What Does a Bee Do? came out in 2009. In the 2019 interview with Authority Magazine, Louise shared that she was interested in writing a book for her grandchildren. “We have two new babies in our family, Clementine and Kingston,” she shared. “They’re one and a half. Maybe I will write another children’s book for them. I haven’t figured out yet what it’s going to be.” Speaking of her family, Louise welcomed her only child, Caprice Crane, with her ex-husband, announcer and talk show host Les Crane. Caprice is a novelist and screenwriter, who has worked on the reboots of 90210 and Melrose Place and co-wrote the movie Love, Wedding, Marriage. In an October 2021 interview with the New York Post, Louise said she was still open to dating. “I’m open. I’m open. I’m open to life,” she said, but added, “These days, I’m still not going out very far. If I go out with a friend, it’s once in two weeks.” She also said that she believes age is just a number. “Don’t number me. Who needs it?” she explained. “Numbers are not what you look like or how you live your life.” Louise did not take part in the Gilligan’s Island reunion movies that happened over the years, but in a December 2020 interview with the New York Post, she claimed that rumors she resents the show aren’t true. “Never true—I loved doing my part,” she said, “especially after they really started writing for my character, originally billed as a ‘Marilyn Monroe’ type of character. A different director took over and really started to write for my character.” Louise added, “We brought a lot of joy to people and still do. This show is an escape from so many things going on. Fathers share it with their children now. I get letters all the time about that.” RELATED: Judy Norton Played Mary Ellen on The Waltons. See Her Now at 63.
