Clara Peller
Clara Peller (born Rocha Swerdlova; August 4, 1902 – August 11, 1987) was a Russian-born American manicurist and television personality who, already an octogenarian, starred in the 1984 "Where's the beef? " advertising campaign for the Wendy's fast food restaurant chain, created by the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample advertising agency. == Life and career == Born in Polotsk in Imperial Russia, in 1902, one of eight or nine children born to Jewish parents Wolf Swerdlove (originally Swerdlov/Sverdlov; died 1949) and Yudis (aka "Julia" or "Judith") Tilkin (or Tilken; died 1952), young Clara spent most of her early life in Chicago.