Character actress Jan Miner's face, if not her name, was well known in the United States and Europe for many years due to a single TV commercial role.
Miner played Madge the manicurist in commercials for Palmolive Dishwashing Detergent. For 27 years, she was shown soaking her customers' hands in this dish soap, convincing customers out there in TV-land that they could soften their hands while washing the dishes.
These commercials ran from 1966 until 1992. As a commercial spokesperson, Madge was easy for women to relate to and non-threatening--a regular good old girl.
Much earlier, Miner had appeared on the radio detective show Boston Blackie. She had done a limited amount of TV and movie work, as well, and had acted on Broadway. She died in 2004 at age 86.
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