You're Soaking In It

The television landscape had a staple for many decades. It was a woman loved by millions who was able to give sell you her product without making herself annoying. This woman was Jan Miner but she was known to you and I as Madge the Manicurist. Her famous phrase "You're Soaking in it." was heard world wide for over 30 years.

Jan Miner was born and raised in Boston, MA and studied acting with Lee Strasberg. She worked for years on radio at one time she played Della Street on the radio version of Perry Mason. It was television that really brought her fame as sassy manicurist Madge who soaked her clients fingers in Palmolive dish liquid. She may well have been the first manicurist many people ever saw.
She did other work over the years acting in movies such as the Lenny Bruce Biopic. playing Bruce's mother opposite Dustin Hoffman.
Jan Miner died after a period of failing heath in 2004.