Biographie

She and fellow L'île aux naufragés (1964) cast member Dawn Wells have both been asked to appear together in numerous television ad campaigns over the years. However, the two actresses have never liked each other and have not spoken in years. They have turned down many of these offers. The most notable one was a commercial for Old Navy clothing stores, which would feature them as Mary Ann Summers and Ginger Grant, still stuck on the island.

Although she is most associated with playing Ginger Grant on L'île aux naufragés (1964), she detests the role and has not appeared in any of the series' various reunion specials. According to Russell Johnson, Tina was told she would be the main star of the series when she was initially approached about doing it, and when she arrived in Los Angeles after accepting the offer, she found out otherwise. Johnson also recalls that while Tina remained professional throughout the series' run without raising a fuss, she "divorced herself from the show as soon as it went off the air".

When Dawn Wells passed at the end of 2020, she became the last surviving cast member from L'île aux naufragés (1964).

Grew to resent her role on L'île aux naufragés (1964) and refused to appear on any of the reunion movies following the series' cancellation (her character was played by Judith Baldwin). However, according to Sherwood Schwartz, she did offer to appear in the reunion movie Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978); however, the salary she demanded was considered too high.

Her Broadway debut was in "Li'l Abner", where she played Appassionata Von Climax. She shared her dressing room with another actress making her Broadway debut in the same play--Julie Newmar.