Mary Ann -- More Like Mary Jane!!

Posted Mar 11th 2008 1:41PM by TMZ Staff

Dawn Wells, the actress that played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," was busted with marijuana in her car after driving home from her birthday party in Idaho -- and she's 69!

Wells was pulled over on October 18 after a Teton County sheriff noticed her swerve across the center lines of State Highway 33 and repeatedly speeding up and slowing down. A search produced four half-smoked joints and two small cases to store marijuana -- which she blamed on hitchhikers. Even Gilligan wouldn't buy that one!

Wells is now serving ~~a three hour tour~~ six months of unsupervised probation for the crime. She pleaded guilty to one count of reckless driving and was sentenced last month to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation.

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61. UHM............... Hitchhikers, yeah, hitchhikers left it in my car, yeah thats it. LOL! LEGALIZE IT. It is a billion times better than alcohol. Go May Ann!

Posted at 2:56PM on Mar 11th 2008 by mariansaz

62. sorry for the typos! I'm not a good speller but I can roll a fatty!

Posted at 2:58PM on Mar 11th 2008 by War on Drugs!

63. History link........http://www.gilligansisle.com/tour.html

Posted at 3:03PM on Mar 11th 2008 by THE MOLE

64. Go Granny go!

Posted at 3:04PM on Mar 11th 2008 by Skeeter

65. Now I know why she was always making coconut pies on the island!

Leave her alone!

Posted at 3:07PM on Mar 11th 2008 by Victoria

66. Hmmm, who would have thought that MaryJane was the secret to eternal youth? Damn, I gotta get me some chronic asap!

Posted at 3:11PM on Mar 11th 2008 by Snoop Dogg holla at a n***a!

67. I LOVE HER JUST FOR THAT!

Posted at 3:13PM on Mar 11th 2008 by BUSH IS A WAR CRIMINAL

68. That's so funny that she would use the sixties/seventies era excuse "hitchhikers left in my car."
Who even picks up hitchhikers anymore?
A little seventy year old lady in a rural area is going to pick up pot smoking hitchhikers???

Posted at 3:13PM on Mar 11th 2008 by hader

69. Puff, puff, pass....puff, puff, pass....puff, puff, pass.....aaaaahhhh, that's much better!

Posted at 3:14PM on Mar 11th 2008 by Lulabelle

70. maybe it inncocently washed up on shore or the proffessor synthisized it out of coconuts and salt water but seriously LEGALIZE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!already its healthy and good 4 all

Posted at 3:19PM on Mar 11th 2008 by todd lissner anti adult anti wholesomeness activist-----(kadintodd2@aol.com)

71. Hats off to ya little buddy!!

Posted at 3:21PM on Mar 11th 2008 by Tony

72. Todd, you seem to be grievously outnumbered here, as far as opinions go! Everybody else thinks she ROCKS!

Posted at 3:25PM on Mar 11th 2008 by Screamer

73. Gee you don't think Todd could be a brainwashed Barney fife... Cop written all over it. I know police that smoke dope

Posted at 3:26PM on Mar 11th 2008 by Tony

74. "73. What a stupid old hag. 69 and a dopehead! Grow up and act more mature you brainless hag. Good thing the cop stopped her before she killed someone while driving stoned swerving across the centerline like that.

Posted at 3:22PM on Mar 11th 2008 by Todd"

Good thing our legal system is heartless enough to throw a 70 year old woman in jail for 5 days...

she should have never of gone back to idaho and stuck to CA where she could have a medical marijuana card

all those po-dunk piggies have is nothing better to do than bust old ladies who "strattled" a line on the interstate for 2 seconds.... im pretty sure most old ladies drive like crap. he could have just been cool and given her a ticket or make her leave her car so a friend could pick her up - while ignoring the fact she was smoking. sometimes its just so assanine. but no no... the police officer wanted to prove something since he is just a middle aged jerk selling his soul to the government for nearly nothing and a pot smoking hippie banked it from playing a big boobed babe on an island and can afford good herb.

if they actually had REAL crime in idaho, the police would probably be REAL police.

Posted at 3:29PM on Mar 11th 2008 by fathead

75. Yeah, methinks "Todd" has some issues.....

Posted at 3:30PM on Mar 11th 2008 by Screamer

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