Jan Miner
Birthday
1917/10/15
Day of death
2004/02/15 (86 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
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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 productio...Read more
Acting
(1974) Lenny
as Sally Marr
(1981) Endless Love
as Mrs. Switzer
(1980) F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Cousin Daisy
(1989) Used Innocence
as Laurie Bembenek
(1987) Gertrude Stein and a Companion!
as Gertrude Stein
(1968) The Swimmer
as Lillian Hunsacker
(1978) Out of Our Fathers' House
as ---
(1980) Willie and Phil
as Maria Kaufman
(1990) Mermaids
as Mother Superior
(1990) Stood Up!
as Mrs. Abbott
(1990) Law & Order
as Edna Hodge
(1982) Cagney & Lacey
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as Mother
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Grace Harkness
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1949) Lights Out
as ---
(1974) Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Elsie Knauf
(1958) Naked City
as Lia Wallace
(1958) Naked City
as Rosie Wilkin
(1958) Naked City
as Superintendent
(1951) Casey, Crime Photographer
as Ann Williams
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Lesley
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Julia
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Janet Ballard
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Jennie Ward
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Irene
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Enid Garroway
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Melinda Phillips
(1971) Great Performances
as ---
(1996) Remember WENN
as Aunt Agatha