Australian actress Paula Duncan, known to millions of Australians for her iconic Ajax Spray n’ Wipe advert, has a new life as a charity worker.
The veteran artist, 72, who was the Australian face of Ajax cleaning products from 1988 to 2010, is embracing her role as an advocate for people with disabilities.
“It’s probably one of the most powerful, dominant, incredible things I’ve ever been involved in,” Paula told New Idea magazine about her ambassadorship at the Focus on Ability Short Film Festival.
Paula said the New South Wales film festival, which aims to showcase the “skills of people with disabilities”, was a great cause and she was proud to be involved in it.
‘Most people my age don’t do all the things I do. “I’m the complete opposite, a lot of things are happening,” he added, revealing that he has been in the sector for 35 years.
The New South Wales-born actress added that despite a 50-year career in showbiz, including many years on Channel Seven police drama Cop Shop, she will always be known as the ‘Ajax Spray n’ Wipe lady.’ .
‘That will never leave me. Even today many people who knew the commercial and followed it sing it to me in the supermarket aisles,’ Paula revealed.
‘They’ll come say hello!’
Australian actress Paula Duncan is known to millions of Australians for her iconic Ajax Spray n’ Wipe advert.
When she’s not doing charity work, Paula keeps busy being a doting grandmother to her grandson Seth, whom her daughter Jess gave birth to last year.
Paula is practically a household name, appearing on Australian television screens throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
He even received the ‘Order of Australia’ award from the Queen and received a ‘This is your life’ tribute.
Paula has previously revealed how grateful she feels to be involved in charity work.
The veteran entertainer, 72, was the Australian face of Ajax cleaning products from 1988 to 2010.
Some of her proudest accomplishments include raising more than $9 million for the Paralympics and the Special Olympics program, of which she is a sponsor.
Paula previously said that helping others has been one of the most rewarding things she has done in her life.
‘For anyone who is really depressed or depressed, the first thing you should do, before anything else, is do something for someone else. “If you do, you will feel appreciated and find an element of self-esteem that you would never have felt otherwise,” he said.
Duncan has a new life as a charity worker and is an ambassador for the Focus on Ability Short Film Festival.