TV's "Madge" - Jan Miner dead at 86

[oxymoron]

"You're soaking in it."

Jan Miner, the theatre, film and TV actress whose best-known character shocked women in a fictional manicure shop on television, died Feb. 15 in a Bethel, Connecticut, health care facility, The New York Times reported.

For than 20 years Ms. Miner played Madge the Manicurist in commercials for Palmolive dishwashing detergent, which was billed as being so mild that it could be used to soften cuticles in the fictional salon where Madge made her living.

"You're soaking in it," Madge would tell her customers. Pulling their fingers out of the soapy soup, the ladies would be reassured by Madge that it was safe for their hands.

Ms. Miner was a Boston native who made her stage debut in Light Up the Sky in 1958 at the Playhouse in Cincinnati and at the Webster Playhouse in Massachusetts. The Times reported her age as 86, though some biographical information indicates she was 84. She made her New York City debut in Obbligato, followed by appearances in Viva Madison Avenue!, Decameron and The Lady of the Camellias. In stock and regional theatre, she appeared at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, the Mineola Playhouse and elsewhere. In TV's infancy, she appeared in "Robert Montgomery Presents" and other programs.

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[Piperay]

1. R-I-P Madge

I remember her in those commericials, it's hard to believe that so much times has passed and that she was 86 years old. RIP O8)