- Jenny Logan
Jenny Logan (1942-) is a British actress, trained dancer and singer. Though she played WPC Sally Reed in the TV series "
Dixon of Dock Green " in the mid to late 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her cult appearances as the cleaning lady in the television commercial for thecarpet freshener Shake N Vac that ran from 1979 to 1988. .The advert featured
Jenny Logan dancing around a typical Britishliving room inhigh heels , shaking the powder onto the carpet and hoovering it up, while singing a musicaljingle . The main lyric is "do the Shake 'n' Vac, and put the freshness back".After the advert, she continued to work in the
theatre including various West End shows likeCowardy Custard ,Annie and Copacabana which took her toDenmark . She also appeared as a black leather clad police vixen in a mini series ofThe Two Ronnies "The Worm That Turned"Other acting credits include "Pennies From Heaven", "
Lovejoy ", "Never The Twain ", "Park Ranger " and "Parting Shots " and more recentlyLondons Burning and theJohn Sullivan comedy "Roger Roger ".Logan appeared on "This Morning" in 2004 as a guest to talk about the well-remembered advert. In 2005,
ITV named it one of their best ever commercials as part of their 50th birthday celebrations.In early May 2007, at the ripe old age of 65, Logan featured in a TV magazine interview distributed within the "
Daily Express "' discussing the legacy of the advert and on the28 June 2007 was interviewed on theBBC Radio 2 Drivetime show presented by Chris Evans.References
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Daily Express May 4 2007
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