Coppertone Girl painted by Joyce Ballantyne who used her 4-yr-old daughter, Cheri Brand, as her model. Circa 1959
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The redheaded actress who appeared in the Coppertone Dermabooth commercial was Jodie Foster, who would go on to become an Oscar winning actress. She began her acting career in commercials at the age of 3, and became a household name after her role in The Taxi Driver.
It's name is Copper-- This is where the Coppertone name actually came from believe it or not! :)
yes, she does.
Baby Elephant Walk is not in Wikipedia's list of TV theme songs (although commercials have used it to death).
Coppertone Girl - In 1959, a 3-year-old girl in pig-tails named Cheri Brand posed for a family snapshot in the backyard of her Bronxville, NY home and soon became Little Miss Coppertone®, a symbol of summer and poster-girl for the long-running Coppertone sunscreen ad campaign whose famous slogans proclaim "Don't be a Paleface!" and "Tan - Don't Burn." A popular belief that Jodie Foster was the original Coppertone girl is misleading. Foster did, however, get her start in showbiz for a Coppertone suntan-lotion ad in 1965. She was three years old at the time and appeared in the ad as a toddler on a boat accompanied by her family. Reference: http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_coppertone.htm Interesting article: http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/05/Floridian/Real_Florida__Red_fac.shtml