Jan Miner
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Remember WENN
1996
as Aunt Agatha
Mermaids
1990
as Mother Superior
Stood Up!
1990
as Mrs. Abbott
Law & Order
1990
as Edna Hodge
Used Innocence
1989
as Laurie Bembenek
Gertrude Stein and a Companion!
1987
as Gertrude Stein
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Stella Wall
Endless Love
1981
as Mrs. Switzer
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
as Cousin Daisy
Willie & Phil
1980
as Maria Kaufman
Out of Our Fathers' House
1978
Lenny
1974
as Sally Marr
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
1974
Great Performances
1971
The Swimmer
1968
as Lillian Hunsacker
One Step Beyond
1959
as Grace Harkness
Naked City
1958
as Elsie Knauf
Naked City
1958
as Lia Wallace
Naked City
1958
as Rosie Wilkin
Naked City
1958
as Superintendent
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Casey, Crime Photographer
1951
as Ann Williams
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Julia
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Janet Ballard
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Lesley
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Jennie Ward
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Irene
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Melinda Phillips
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Enid Garroway
Lights Out
1949
Studio One
1948
as Mother