Jan Miner

Acting

Jan Miner

Born 1917-10-15 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 10 films

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 s…

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Filmography

10 films
Mermaids poster

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town a…

Mermaids

★ 6.7 1990

Used Innocence poster

Using experimental narrative structure as his vehicle, Benning recreates the sensationalized and co…

Used Innocence

★ 6.0 1989

Endless Love poster

As their romance unfolds, Jade and David's growing love for one another becomes the scorn of Jade's…

Endless Love

★ 5.7 1981

Willie & Phil poster

Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — bec…

Willie & Phil

★ 4.6 1980

Lenny poster

The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and socia…

Lenny

★ 7.3 1974

The Swimmer poster

A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

The Swimmer

★ 7.4 1968