Nancy McCarthy (born June 8, 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Bunny in the original 1963 pilot (unaired until 1992) for Gilligan's Island.
After the Gilligan's Island pilot was made, series creator Sherwood Schwartz, after many network problems, decided to make changes, including dropping McCarthy's character.
McCarthy made appearances on eight episodes of other television series, including My Three Sons, The Donna Reed Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Adventures in Paradise, Lock Up, and Surfside 6 .
[1] McCarthy originally made her New York stage debut as Dixie Evans in The Big Knife at the Seven Arts Playhouse in 1959, which starred Carroll O'Connor and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
[2] She appeared in several live television plays produced in New York, including True Story, Divorce Court, and Moment of Fear with Robert Redford on the Alfred Hitchcock Presents series.