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Eileen McKenna, a child actor in high-profile commercials who went on to forge a career at ad agencies like Wells Rich Greene and McCann Erickson, died of cancer Sunday at her home in Greenwich, Conn. She was 61.
Her career in advertising spanned 57 years, beginning as a child actor appearing in dozens of ad campaigns and TV shows in the early days of television. In 1959, McKenna appeared as the little girl in a TV spot used to launch the Xerox 914 copier.
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