Famous People From Nostalgic Commercials: Where Are They Now?

15. Farrah Fawcett

Bombshell Farrah Fawcett is one of the greatest TV stars of all time. Before her career breakthrough role on Charlie’s Angels, she could be found starring in highly sexualized commercials for Noxzema shaving cream. The ads featured Fawcett lavishly smearing shaving cream on a man’s face in the bathroom.

The commercial was shot from various angles that made it look like she might not be wearing any clothes at all. As if that was not sexual enough, her catchphrase was “Let Noxzema cream your face.”

16. Stop Calling Me!

British actor Jake Wood played the voice of the cute Geico gecko for 10 years. Rumors say that he was let go after a pay dispute with the insurance giant. Wood apparently refused a pay cut. After Geico hired a new voice actor for the gecko, the internet exploded with rage.

In the UK, Wood is better known for his longstanding role as Max Branning on EastEnders. The British soap opera has pumped out over 5,500 episodes. If you find yourself missing his voice and can imagine him as something other than a gecko, check out the wildly popular show.

17. The Pine-Sol Lady

Diane Amos has been the face of Pine-Sol cleaner for over two decades. Anyone who owns a TV would immediately recognize her on the street. She’s known for her pro cleaning tips and quick wit. Apart from her Pine-Sol career, Amos is an actress and comedian.

Maybe you didn’t notice her but she’s been in a number of box-office hits such as Patch Adams, Sweet November, Copycat and Blue Jasmine, just to name a few. Also, financially she’s been cleaning up pretty nicely with her tagline “That’s the cleaning power of Pine-Sol, baby!”

18. The Snapple Woman

Wendy Kaufman, better known as “The Snapple Lady,” gained her commercial role after working for Snapple and being the only employee who took an interest in responding to fan mail. As such, in the commercials, she would read a fan letter and have the writer make a guest appearance.

Kaufman’s commercials were well received and she helped, in part, to increase company sales from $23 million a year to $750 million in 1995. She has been outspoken about her past drug addiction and works to spread awareness. Kaufman was fired by Snapple in 2008 after she refused to sign a new contract that she said was “one-sided and worth nothing.”

19. The T-Mobile Girl

Canadian model and actress Carly Foulkes catapulted to fame in 2010 when she became “The T-Mobile Girl.” She starred as a spokesperson for the cellular provider through 2013 although she still makes the occasional appearance. Foulkes is best known for her magenta dresses and outfits.

Business Insider named Foulkes “one of the most recognizable brand spokespeople,” and since the airing of her first commercial, she has become a popular sex symbol. She has stated in interviews that she is flattered by the label but definitely does not classify herself as such.

20. Lily Adams

Milana Vayntrub has played the AT&T salesperson Lily Adams since 2013. Her family immigrated to the US from Tashkent, Uzbekistan when she was three years old. Growing up she starred in Mattel Barbie commercials to help out with her family.

Apart from her long-running AT&T commercial appearances, Vayntrub is an actress and comedian. She has appeared in a wide array of television roles on series such as ER, Days of Our Lives, Californication, Silicon Valley and Other Space. In the 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters, Vayntrub played the role of Subway Rat Woman.

21. Beer or Tequila?

Jonathan Goldsmith was known as “The Most Interesting Man in the World” from 2006 to 2016 in Dos Equis beer commercials. His ads led to a 15.4 percent boost in sales for the company in 2009. Nowadays he’s better known as a popular meme.

Goldsmith jumped off the Dos Equis bandwagon in 2016, only to return to TV advertising in 2017. But this time with tequila! He is now the spokesperson for Astral tequila and even makes a quip in the ad about “not always drinking beer.”