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Linda has done 5,000 commericals with her hands and another 150 commercials that include her face.
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 Linda handacting for Susan Blakely |
Famous advertising hands that Linda has done:
- Susan Blakely, for Fabergé
- Barbara Britton, for Revlon
- Kitty Carlise, for Simplicity
- Gloria DeHaven, for Alberto Culver shampoo
- Barbara Feldon, for Revlon
- Arlene Francis, for Arpège
- Farrah Fawcett, for Fabergé
- Sunny Griffin, for Avon
- Florence Henderson, for Wesson Oil
- Lauren Hutton, for Revlon
- Julia Meade, for Kodak
- Jan Miner (Madge) for Palmolive soap
- Nico (Andy Warhol's star) for Revlon
- Patricia O'Neill, for Revlon
- Jennifer O'Neill, for Maxim
- Cybill Shepard, for Clairol
- Jacquline Smith, for Fabergé
- Gene Tierney, for Lux soaps
- Jane Withers, for Comet cleanser
- Gretchen Wyler, for Lipton
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"You've seen that Saran Wrap commercial where I wrap a bowl of berries and then flip it over to show that it sticks perfectly the first time?
Guess how many times we had to film that until we actually got it to stick!
The sight of food dumping onto the floor while the camera is rolling can make grown men cry."
-- Linda Rose, in the San Diego Union Tribune.
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You've seen Linda's hands:
- Walking her fingers through the Yellow Pages
- Reacting in surprise when Madge the manicurist tells her "You're soaking in it!"
- Dropping the perfect pearl into a a bottle of Prell shampoo
- Twisting open a jar of Taster's Choice instant coffee
- Scrubbing a sink with Comet cleanser
- Frosting a cake with Pillsbury icing and a paper knife
- Cracking eggs over a griddle for Burger King
- Placing a Revlon powder compact just so
- Pouring Uncle Ben's rice in a perfect arc
- Writing the word "Slow" with Heinz ketchup
- Sticking her hands out of a shopping cart for Thrill's Buy a Pair of Hands
- Pouring out two Bufferin aspirins just right, so they fall out with the B rightside up, facing the camera
Linda Rose was part of the stable of models for the Ford Agency and TRH Talent Agency.
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Linda's hands have been in movie closeups for:
- Florence Henderson
- Cybill Shepard
- Candice Bergen
- Christine Ferrare
- Lauren Hutton
- Farah Fawcett
- Jaclyn Smith
- Shelly Hack
- Jennifer O'Neill
- Kitty Carlisle
- Barbara Feldon
- Arlene Francis
- Patricia Neal
- Barbara Britton
- Jacqueline Smith
- Linda Rose has appeared on: Oprah, Good Morning America, David Letterman, Fox , Fox Morning News, Hour Magazine, PM Magazine, Metro Media News, ABC News, Live at Five, NBC News, New Attitudes - Lifetime Network, Merv Griffin, Maury Povich, To Tell the Truth, I've Got a Secret, Oxygen Network
- She has also been in: Vogue, Town & Country, InStyle, Mademoiselle, Glamour, Mirabella, Jane, Cosmopolitan, W, Good Housekeeping, Variety, Self, New York Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Redbook, Parade, People Magazine
- And in: New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Miami Herald, Associated Press (AP), Reuters
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