Actors - Wendy Kaufman

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Wendy Kaufman (b. 1959 in North Woodmere, New York, USA) is a Jewish American actress best known for being the spokesperson for Snapple.

Kaufman was born to a homemaking mother and a father who owned a steel manufacturing company. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1980 with degress in film and sociology. She then worked for ten years in the shipping and billing department of her father's company until 1990 when she began working for Snapple corporation.

When it was discovered that Kaufman had been answering Snapple fan-mail in her free time, their advertising department based a campaign around her energetic personality. She appeared in television and print ads until 1994 wherein she answered letters written to Snapple with witty responses. Kaufman's 1990's Snapple ad trade-mark was to appear on camera with her head barely peaking over an anchor's podium, giving the viewer the impression that she was incredibly short in stature. She would begin each commercial by saying in a thick New York accent that she received a letter from a particular Snapple fan, and then proceed to have the contents of the letter acted out.

Kaufman's humorous Snapple ads were well-received, especially among members of Generation X, and she developed a cult following. She was unexpectedly let go by the company in 1994, upon Snapple's sale to Quaker Oats. When Quaker sold Snapple to Triarc brands in 1997 they reinstated Wendy as the Snapple spokesperson.

After becoming known as "The Snapple Lady," Kaufman's identity was so closely associated with Snapple that she found it hard to break through to legitimate acting roles. She played herself in "Vegas Vacation" in 1997, she played a Bridal Clerk in the 1998 film "Enough Already", and finally got a featured role in the film "Funny Valentine" playing Linda.

In 2002 Kaufman began taking classes at John Jay College of Criminal Justice beginning their master's program in criminal justice.

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