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Jan Miner
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Jan Miner
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1917-10-15,Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Janice Miner (October 15, 1917 – February 15, 2004) was an American actress best known as the character Madge the manicurist in Palmolive dish-washing detergent television commercials from the 1960s to the 1990s. Janice Miner was the daughter of a dentist and a painter, and had three brothers, Sheldon, Donald and Lyndsey. She studied at the Vesper George School of Art in her native Boston, then studied acting under Lee Strasberg and others. She made her stage debut in 1945 in a Boston production of Elmer Rice's Street Scene. Miner then became established on radio, and worked through the 1950s in several series simultaneously. Among other roles, she was one of three actresses who played secretary Della Street on Perry Mason and one of five to play girlfriend Ann Williams on Casey, Crime Photographer. She also appeared as Mary Wesley on Boston Blackie. Miner played featured roles in the anthology series Radio City Playhouse, in "Soundless", "Portrait of Lenore" and other episodes. Her appearance in the premiere broadcast of the series "created a minor sensation in the play Long Distance"; the episode proved so popular that she repeated her performance later in the season. From circa 1948 through some time before the series ended in 1957, Miner starred as Julie Erickson, head of the titular orphanage in the soap opera Hilltop House, during most of the show's revival beginning in 1948. The series was sponsored by the Colgate-Palmolive Company, for which she later appeared in a famous, long-running series of television commercials.

Filmography

7.2

Lenny
1974-11-10

5.676

Endless Love
1981-07-17

F.D.R.: The Last Year

7.5

F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980-05-15

5.8

Used Innocence
1989-02-22

Gertrude Stein and a Companion!

0

Gertrude Stein and a Companion!
1987-06-01

7.4

The Swimmer
1968-08-09

Out of Our Fathers' House

0

Out of Our Fathers' House
1978-08-02

Willie and Phil

4.4

Willie and Phil
1980-08-15

6.717

Mermaids
1990-12-14

0

Stood Up!
1990-12-06

7.4

Law & Order
1990-09-13

6.9

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

4.4

Studio One
1948-11-07

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

One Step Beyond

5.6

One Step Beyond
1959-01-20

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

5.3

Lights Out
1949-07-19

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers

5

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
1974-09-14

5.3

Naked City
1958-09-30

5.3

Naked City
1958-09-30

5.3

Naked City
1958-09-30

5.3

Naked City
1958-09-30

Crime Photographer

0

Crime Photographer
1951-04-19

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Great Performances

4.9

Great Performances
1971-01-28