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Les Rubie, who has been in and around Toronto's show business for 33 years
Les Rubie, who has been in and around Toronto's show business for 33 years

Les Rubie, who has been in and around Toronto's show business for 33 years

Date9/9/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: That famous face!; Recognize that grin? Of course you do. It belongs to Les Rubie; who has been in and around Toronto? show business for 33 years; but became a famous face overnight when he starred in the popular Lottario television ads in which he plays a shopkeeper who sells a ticket to the spinsterish Miss Penelope (Toronto actress Carol Robinson). Thanks to that one commercial; Rubie's career has taken off.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0100969F
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