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Ginger Grant was portrayed by actress Tina Louise. The character name was taken from two stars of Hollywood's "Golden Era", Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant. Louise has stated that the character as originally written was somewhat abrasive and sarcastic, however she argued that such a character would be out of place. She suggested the final characterisation which she described as a blend of Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball, and with a visual style inspired by Myrna Loy.

Ginger appeared in several episodes to be the desire of The Skipper ( Alan Hale, Jr.) but as this was 1960s series television, the "relationship" was never allowed to develop beyond a mild flirtation.

Ginger's fellow single female on the island and hence companion and rival was Mary Ann Summers ( Dawn Wells) , a simple, innocent farm girl from Kansas who was in many ways her opposite. The question "Ginger or Mary Ann?" is regarded to be a classic pop- psychologicalPsychology is the study of mind, thought, and behaviour. It is largely concerned with humans, although the behaviour and thought of animals is also studied; either as a subject in its own right (see animal cognition), or more controversially, as a way of question when given to AmericanAmerican when used as an adjective, can mean of the United States of America or of or relating to the Americas when used as a noun, United States citizen ''residing in the Americas or less frequently American English. English language speakers, especially men of a certain age as an insight into their characters, or at least their desires as regarding certain female stereotypeOriginally a stereotype was an impression taken from a form of movable lead type and used for printing instead of the original type. This was generalized into a metaphor for repeating a set of ideas identically with no changes (as would have been possibles.

Miss Louise for many years regarded her casting as Ginger Grant as having largely destroyed her subsequent career through typecasting her solely as a retroRetro is a contemporary term used to describe things from a bygone era. It is often used in a positive sense, referring to quirky or attractive products that are no longer available. For example, "Retro fashion" or "Retro Chic" may consist of outdated sty glamour queen.