What Famous TV Commercial Actors Get Paid

The Orbit Gum Girl

Farris Patton is the actress that is better known as the "Orbit Gum Lady." Her telltale commercials featuring her, typically wearing pristine white outfits in strange situations, smiling and simply telling the camera to chew Orbit gum. The premise is simple, but it's effective. 

Where She Is Now

Nowadays, she is a skit actor on Jimmy Kimmell Shes starred in a few things, particularly she was the face of Famous Faces, which was a TV movie about the people who make commercials. She's a model, and she earned $500,000 from the gum gig. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.