TV Character

Mary Ann Summers is a fictional Winfield, Kansas farm girl who is a character in the television sitcom Gilligan's Island which ran on the CBS network from 1964 to 1967, and has run more or less continuously since in reruns. Mary Ann was portrayed by actress Dawn Wells. She was an ingenue and a foil, as well as a friend, to glamorous Hollywood star Ginger Grant, played by Tina Louise. She is apparently regarded with some desire by both the title character of Gilligan (Bob Denver) and The...

Eunice "Lovey" Wentworth Howell was a fictional character in the 1960s television show Gilligan's Island. Played by Natalie Schafer, the character was a rich, spoiled socialite, married to Thurston Howell, III. While her husband always called her "Lovey," the other castaways always called her Mrs. Howell. There are only two times someone besides Thurston calls her Lovey: in the pilot, when the radio is announcing the missing people, the announcer says "Thurston Howell, III, and his wife, Lovey...

Roy Hinkley, usually referred to as The Professor, B.A., B.S., M.A., Ph.D. (born in Cleveland, Ohio ) is one of the seven castaway from the television series Gilligan's Island. He was played by Russell Johnson. The Professor was a high school science teacher, and he devised many ways for the castaways to live more comfortably on the island. Many of his inventions (including a method for recharging the batteries in the ubiquitous radio) utilized coconut and bamboo, both of which were in...

Gilligan is a fictional character played by Bob Denver on the 1960s TV show Gilligan's Island and its many sequels. Gilligan is always seen in his trademark red shirt, pale trousers and white navy cap. He was the first mate on the S. S. ''Minnow'' when, during a storm, he threw an anchor overboard without the line attached, which left the boat shipwrecked on an "uncharted" desert island with all aboard. In the U.S. Navy, Gilligan served with The Skipper, and saved the older man (likely a...

Brenda Chenowith is a fictional character on the HBO television series Six Feet Under played by Rachel Griffiths. Brenda Chenowith Fisher (1969–2051) is Nate Fisher's wife (formerly his long-time girlfriend). Brenda was born on July 19, 1969. As a child prodigy, she was under the scrutiny of Dr. Gareth Feinberg and various psychologists who documented her behavior in a book called Charlotte Light and Dark. Being a genius, however, she would study the symptoms of diseases and feign them, to...

Claire Fisher is a fictional character on the HBO television series Six Feet Under played by Lauren Ambrose. Claire Simone Fisher (1983 – 2085) was born on March 13, 1983 to Nathaniel and Ruth Fisher of Los Angeles. She is their youngest child. Claire is rebellious and into drugs, photography, and bad relationships. Her outlook on life is typically adolescent, often being negative and questioning the world, but constantly striving for meaning in her life. She is the most creative in the...

Nate Fisher is a fictional character on the HBO television series Six Feet Under played by Peter Krause. Nathaniel Samuel Fisher Jr. (1965–2005) is the oldest of the three Fisher siblings, and arguably the main character of the series; the series begins when he returns to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve only to learn that his father has died. Nate was born on January 8, 1965 (although in an earlier season his driver's license revealed he was a Libra) to Nathaniel and Ruth Fisher in Los Angeles. ...

Cosmo Kramer is a character on the American television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Michael Richards. Kramer is the neighbor of main character Jerry Seinfeld. He lives at 129 West 81st Street, New York City, Apartment 5B. Of the series' four central characters, only Kramer has no visible means of support; what few jobs he holds seem to be nothing more than larks. His trademark include his humorous upright bouffant hairstyle and vintage wardrobe, the combination of which led to his...

George Louis Costanza is a fictional character in the United States-based television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. He has variously been described as a "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" (by Elaine Benes and by Costanza himself), "Lord of the Idiots" (by Costanza himself), and as "the greatest sitcom character of all time". He is friends with Jerry, Kramer and Elaine. George appears in every single episode except for "The Pen" in the third season. George is...

Lorelai Victoria Gilmore is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls, played by Lauren Graham. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore (Marion Ross) and is mother to Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore (Alexis Bledel). Raised in Hartford, Connecticut, Lorelai is a highly talkative, free-spirited woman. Her wealthy parents, Richard (Edward Herrmann) and Emily (Kelly Bishop), attempted to raise her to be a proper young lady of society, go to an Ivy...

Sookie St. James is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls, played by Melissa McCarthy. Sookie is a kind-hearted, top chef and co-owner of the Dragonfly Inn with Lorelai Gilmore. She is married to Jackson Bellville with whom she has two children named Davey and Martha. At the end of the series, she was pregnant with her third child. She originally met Lorelai Gilmore while working at the Independence Inn where Lorelai was the executive manager and the two were best...

Lucas "Luke" Danes is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls, played by Scott Patterson. In the series, Luke is the owner of his eponymous diner, housed in what was formerly his father's hardware store. The sign "Williams Hardware" still hangs in front of the diner. He is a gruff, burly man with a constant five o'clock shadow that never evolves into a full grown beard. One of a few eateries in the town of Stars Hollow (others include Al's Pancake World and Weston's Bakery...

Richard Gilmore (born January 1943) is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls, played by Edward Herrmann. Richard is the father of Lorelai Gilmore, grandfather of Rory Gilmore, and husband of Emily Gilmore on the WB television program Gilmore Girls. His mother was named Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore (Marion Ross), which was the inspiration for his daughter's own name. His father was Charles Abbott Gilmore, who died sometime before the show picks up. Richard's mother and father...