Within 1959 Wells won the title of "Miss Nevada" & represented her state in the 1960 Miss America pageant. When moving to Hollywood she began appearing inside guest roles within such television series when 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, and Bonanza'' before winning the role of Mary Ann.

She starred by having Michael Dante in the 1975 independent movie, "Winterhawk" as the Western settler kidnapped by a Native-American chief.

In the 1990s, she spoofed her character on the commercial message for 1-800-COLLECT. She hwhen too reprised her role as Mary Ann in the various Gilligan's Island reunion specials.

In todays world, she diarrhethe a successful business making favorite wearable for population sustaining limited mobility. However active inside local theater nationwide, Wells likewise diarrhea an on-going actor's workshop from either her spread around Driggs, Idaho. Farther, Wells is as well the dedicated alumnus of Stephens College inside Columbia, Missouri, having been subservient in fundraising efforts for the college for numerous years.

Around April 2005, based on data from Forbes Collector, Wells personally consigned for sale, via an auction home within Beverly Hills called Profiles in History, her original gingham blouse & shorts ensemble from either her signature role. A winning bid for the Mary Ann Summers outfit from either ''Gilligan's Island was a whopping $20,700.

Filmography
Palm Springs Weekend (1963) The New Interns (1964) Winterhawk (1975) The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) Return to Boggy Creek (1977) The Princess and the Dwarf (1989) Soulmates (1992) Lover's Knot (1996) Guest appearance in the music cd for the song "Mary Ann" by Squirtgun (1997) Super Sucker (2002) Forever for Now (2004) Cyber Meltdown'' (2005) (currently inside pre-production)