You knew her as Madge the Manicurist, who promoted Palmolive dishwashing soap with that trademark line she uttered to disbelieving women who were having their nails done: "You're soaking in it!" Jan Miner, the actress who played Madge in Palmolive TV commercials from 1966 to 1992, died in Bethel, Conn., on Sunday at the age of 86, reports The Associated Press.

Click to see a photograph of Jan "Madge" Miner shot in 1955.

As Washington Post reporter Hank Stuever says, Madge the Manicurist made her TV debut in an age of "blissful, new-and-improved consumer disbelief." Fine restaurants secretly replaced their coffee with Folgers. We tried to fool Mother Nature into thinking margarine was better than butter. And Madge tricked many an unsuspecting woman into soaking her delicate hands in a shallow bowl filled with green suds that were really Palmolive dishwashing soap. Aghast, the ladies always tried to yank their hands out of the bowl, but Madge gently held them down. It makes you want to go wash some dishes right now.

no..not madge!!

guess she's finally "soaking in it"


sorry, couldn't resist...

FiveFootNine said:

No, not Madge I grew up watching those ads. Never tried soaking my fingers in it to see what it would actually do.

FiveFootNine said:

OMG... that is really fucking funny!!!

btw - I fucking love how these ads are so fucking thread related! There's a link to the fucking Palmolive soap product up there!!!

June7 said:

It was mean't to be.

Wow! 86? I only remember her from the Palmolive commercials.

R.I.P. Ms. Miner.

you mean shes . . .


soaking in it?

Aw Madge...