- She and fellow Gilligan's Island (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 Gilligan's Island (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".
- With the death of Dawn Wells in late 2020, she is the last surviving member from the cast of Gilligan's Island.
- Grew to resent her role on Gilligan's Island (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 Apassionata Von Climax. She shared her dressing room with another actress making her Broadway debut in the same play--Julie Newmar.
- She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. She is also a volunteer reading teacher in the New York City school system.
- Created a health care company, "TLC", and marketed a parasol for women to keep the sun off their skin.
- She attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Studio.
- Mother of Caprice Crane.
- She included among the many women's names listed in the song "52 Girls" on the self-titled debut album (1979) by the American New Wave group The B-52's.
- Divorced Les Crane before their daughter Caprice was born; he left when she was only a few months pregnant. He was livid for before they married Tina assured him she could not have children.
- On the Fox animated sitcom Bob's Burgers (2011), the family's two daughters are named, oldest to youngest, Tina and Louise.
- The name "Louise" was added during her senior year of high school when she mentioned to her drama teacher that she was the only girl in the class without a middle name, and he suggested it.
- A song on the album "If You Don't Already Have a Look" (2005) by the American garage rock group The Dirtbombs is named "Tina Louise" (#26 on Disc one).
- She is a lifelong Democrat.
- In the animated sitcom "Bob's Burgers", the title characters two daughters, Tina and Louise, were named in honor of her.
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