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Jan Miner was an American actress best known for her role as the character "Madge", the manicurist in Palmolive dish-washing detergent television commercials beginning in the 1960s.
Birth Name
Janice Miner
Born
Monday, 15 October 1917
Died
Sunday, 15 February 2004
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Remember WENN | Aunt Agatha | 1996 |
| Mermaids | Mother Superior | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Edna Hodge | 1990 |
| Used Innocence | Laurie Bembenek | 1989 |
| Gertrude Stein and a Companion! | Gertrude Stein | 1987 |
| Paper Dolls | Booker #2 | 1984 |
| Cagney & Lacey | Stella Wall | 1981 |
| Endless Love | Mrs. Switzer | 1981 |
| Willie & Phil | Maria Kaufman / Mrs. Kaufman | 1980 |
| F.D.R.: The Last Year | Daisy | 1980 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Remember WENN | Aunt Agatha | 1996 |
| Mermaids | Mother Superior | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Edna Hodge | 1990 |
| Used Innocence | Laurie Bembenek | 1989 |
| Gertrude Stein and a Companion! | Gertrude Stein | 1987 |
| Paper Dolls | Booker #2 | 1984 |
| Cagney & Lacey | Stella Wall | 1981 |
| Endless Love | Mrs. Switzer | 1981 |
| Willie & Phil | Maria Kaufman / Mrs. Kaufman | 1980 |
| F.D.R.: The Last Year | Daisy | 1980 |
| One Day at a Time | Rose Stegemuller | 1975 |
| Lenny | Sally Marr | 1974 |
| Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers | Marge Dreyfuss | 1974 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Mrs. Abbott | 1972 |
| The Swimmer | Lillian Hunsacker | 1968 |
| N.Y.P.D. | Mrs. Matthews | 1967 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Stella the Makeup Lady | 1966 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Mrs. Harmon / Lee Stevens | 1962 |
| Ten Girls Ago | Aunt Minnie | 1962 |
| The Defenders | Mrs. Thomas / Mrs. Berger | 1961 |
| Deadline | Alma / Mrs. Landley | 1959 |
| One Step Beyond | Grace Harkness | 1959 |
| Naked City | Elsie Knauf / Lia Wallace / Rosie Wilkin / Superintendent / Wilma Rogan | 1958 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| Caesar's Hour | Self | 1954 |
| Crime Photographer | Ann Williams | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Self - Spry Commercials / Spry Commercials | 1950 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Vivian / Melinda Phillips / Linda Reed / Lesley / Julia / Jennie Ward / Janet Ballard / Irene / Enid Garroway | 1950 |
| Studio One | Mother | 1948 |
| Lights Out | Mrs. Leon Jackson | 1946 |
