- Among the products she pitched were Cashmere Bouquet Soap, Sta Nu Magic ironing spray, Benrus watches, Johnson's Clear Wax, Dove dish detergent, Lilt home permanents, and Eastman Kodak. She began using cue cards after encouraging viewers to enjoy Star-Kist tuna on "crappers" instead of "crackers".
- She and her husband turned the first floor of her Riverside, California home into a short-lived fried-chicken restaurant at one point.
- Mother of Murray MacLeod. Mother-in-law of Stephanie Edwards.
- Has three children: Murray MacLeod, Los Angles, California; Duncan MacLeod, Olympia, Washington; and Melinda MacLeod Patterson, Annadale, Virginia.
- She has three children: Actor/singer/composer Murray MacLeod, Duncan McLeod and Melinda McLeod Patterson. Murray and Melinda, along with Roger Nichols, formed the Small Circle of Friends (Roger Nichols Trio) singing group. Murray was also a singer with The Parade (along with Jerry Riopelle and Smokey Roberds), that had a Billboard Top 20 hit with "Sunshine Girl" in 1967.
- After retiring in 1978, she was a devoted student of the Hindu discipline, lived in rural Virginia and received commissions to paint copies of Impressionist masters.
- Co-hosted the first season of "Here's Hollywood," a daily talk show that debuted in 1960 on NBC.
- Came down with a mild case of polio in 1956, and had to be replaced temporarily by her sister Barbara as a spokesmodel at KTLA-TV.
- Was Bud Collyer's assistant on the quiz show "Beat the Clock" in 1956 and 1957.
- While attending Beverly Hills High School, Jordan modeled professionally, but quit when she married at age 19.
- The second of two daughters of Clarence and Marian Jordan, her father was a pharmacist, and her parents were inventors who moved to Long Beach when she and older sister Barbara were young girls. The family settled in Beverly Hills, but lost everything in the stock market crash of 1929 and her parents divorced soon afterwords.
- Broke into TV on Los Angeles' KTLA-TV Channel 5 in the early 1950s.
- She became an avid user of cue cards after accidentally telling viewers during a commercial run for Star-Kist tuna to enjoy their tuna on "crappers," instead of crackers.
- Six of the industry's female spokespersons -- including Jordan, Betty Furness and Bess Myerson -- were featured in a 1956 photograph in TV Guide. The caption lauded the model-perfect "salesgirls" for doing "man-size sales jobs" while earning "queen-size salaries".
- Best known for touting "long-lasting" Hazel Bishop lipstick, she also was a pitchwoman for assorted products, including soaps, wristwatches, ironing sprays, cameras, dish detergents and floor waxes.
- One of the top, best-paid ($50,000 a year) commercial spokesmodels on television during the 1950s.
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