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Name
  
Jenny Logan

Role
  
TV actress

TV shows
  
Pennies from Heaven




1980 the original shake n vac tv ad with jenny logan


Jenny Logan (born 1942) is an English actress, trained dancer and singer. Though she played WPC Sally Reed in the TV series Dixon of Dock Green between 1968 and 1969, she is most familiar from her appearances as the woman in the television commercial for the carpet freshener Shake n' Vac, which was shot in 1979, and ran from 1980 to 1989.

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The advert featured Jenny Logan dancing around a typical British living room in high heels, shaking the powder onto the carpet and vacuuming it up, while singing a musical jingle. The main lyric is "do the Shake n' Vac, and put the freshness back". In 2005, ITV named it one of their best ever commercials as part of their 50th birthday celebrations.

At the time this advert was being made Logan was in a leading role at the London West End's Cambridge Theatre in the first British production of Chicago as Velma Kelly.

Logan continued to work in the theatre both in the West End and in national tours. Stepping Out, Cowardy Custard, Irene, Annie and Barry Manilows' Copacabana at The Prince of Wales and a subsequent production in Denmark (directed by Craig Revel-Horwood). She also appeared as a black leather clad policewoman in a comic serial during a run of The Two Ronnies ("The Worm That Turned").

Other TV acting credits include Edna, the Inebriate Woman, Pennies From Heaven as Irene, the friend of Joan (Gemma Craven), Lovejoy, Never the Twain, Park Ranger, London's Burning and the John Sullivan comedy Roger Roger. She also had small roles in the films The Raging Moon (1971) and Parting Shots (1999).

In 2009 she was in the touring show Cabaret, playing Fraulein Schneider. In 2009, she appeared on The Justin Lee Collins Show, as a blast from the past. In 2010 Logan was involved with the 30th anniversary celebrations since the original "Shake n' Vac" advertisement was first shown nationally.

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Filmography

Actress
1998
Parting Shots as
Lady Selwyn
1996
London's Burning (TV Series) as
Mrs. Taylor
- Episode #9.8 (1996) - Mrs. Taylor
1991
Minder (TV Series) as
Manageress
- The Greatest Show in Willesden (1991) - Manageress
1991
Never the Twain (TV Series) as
Mrs. Fisher
- Born Again (1991) - Mrs. Fisher
1986
Christmas Night of One Hundred Stars (TV Special) as
Jack and the Beanstalk
1986
Lovejoy (TV Series) as
Antique Shop Owner
- The Sting (1986) - Antique Shop Owner
1985
Me and My Girl (TV Series) as
Blonde
- Nothing Like a Quiet Sunday (1985) - Blonde
1985
Shine on Harvey Moon (TV Series) as
Di
- All or Nothing at All (1985) - Di
1980
The Two Ronnies (TV Series) as
June / State Police Sergeant
1979
Park Ranger (TV Series) as
Margaret Jackson
- Fire! (1979) - Margaret Jackson
- Waste (1979) - Margaret Jackson
- Treasure (1979) - Margaret Jackson
- Contest (1979) - Margaret Jackson
- Fugitive (1979) - Margaret Jackson
- New Boy (1979) - Margaret Jackson
1978
The Many Wives of Patrick (TV Series) as
Rhoda Townsend
- The Sheikh of Saudi Kensington (1978) - Rhoda Townsend
1978
Pennies from Heaven (TV Mini Series) as
Irene
- Better Think Twice (1978) - Irene
- The Sweetest Thing (1978) - Irene
- Down Sunnyside Lane (1978) - Irene
1975
The Rough with the Smooth (TV Series) as
Beryl
- The Broom Cupboard (1975) - Beryl
1967
Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) as
WPC Sally Reed / Daphne Marley / Barmaid
- On a Moody Complaint (1975) - Daphne Marley
- The One That Got Away (1969) - WPC Sally Reed
- The Brimstone Man (1969) - WPC Sally Reed
- Copper's Luck (1969) - WPC Sally Reed
- Berserk (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- Suspended (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- The Man (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- High Finance (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- English - Born and Bred (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- Number 13 (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- The Last Look (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- Double Jeopardy (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- The Brothers (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- The Prospective Candidate (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- The Hard Way (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- Find the Lady (1968) - WPC Sally Reed
- The Hunch (1967) - Barmaid
1971
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Doris, on the Road
- Edna The Inebriate Woman (1971) - Doris, on the Road
1971
Long Ago, Tomorrow as
Night Nurse
1967
Mickey Dunne (TV Series) as
Eve
- You Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours (1967) - Eve
Soundtrack
1978
Pennies from Heaven (TV Mini Series) (1 episode)
- Down Sunnyside Lane (1978) - (" (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You", uncredited)
Self
2018
The One Show (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Shake 'n' Vac Actress
- Episode dated 4 December 2018 (2018) - Self - Shake 'n' Vac Actress
2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.9 (2009) - Self
2005
Best Ever Ads (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2004
This Morning (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 23 June 2004 (2004) - Self
2000
The 100 Greatest TV Ads (TV Special) as
Self

References

Jenny Logan Wikipedia


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