# Is that Jane Wiedlin in that commercial with Sugar Ray Leonard?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 2, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jane-wiedlin-in-that-commercial-with-sugar-ray-leonard/232049 "2004-03-02T04:50:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jane-wiedlin-in-that-commercial-with-sugar-ray-leonard/232049/1 "2004-03-02T04:50:27Z")

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She looks as though she (or someone who happens to resemble her) is reprising her post-Go-Go career-defining role from the movie “Clue.”

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**Author:** ![Improvisor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@Improvisor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improvisor)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jane-wiedlin-in-that-commercial-with-sugar-ray-leonard/232049/2 "2004-03-02T05:58:41Z")

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If it’s the Gladware commercial you speak of it’s this actress:

[Melanie Moore](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-78445)

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**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jane-wiedlin-in-that-commercial-with-sugar-ray-leonard/232049/3 "2004-03-02T06:10:56Z")

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Her name since she married is Melanie Paxson. She also stars in the t.v. series “Happy Family” with John Larroquette.

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jane-wiedlin-in-that-commercial-with-sugar-ray-leonard/232049/4 "2004-03-02T13:54:29Z")

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Jane isn’t nearly as young as that actress appears to be.

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jane-wiedlin-in-that-commercial-with-sugar-ray-leonard/232049/5 "2004-03-02T18:02:55Z")

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And not nearly as obnoxious. If I knew where she lived, I’d be on death row.