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Positively Philadelphia: Hollywood Star With Philadelphia Ties

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - You might not know her name, but you've definitely seen her work.

Sylvia Kauders did public relations for years. After that, she became a character actress in movies, like "Witness" with Harrison Ford.

"Young man! Hello, we're just here for the day. Would you mind if I took your picture?" she said in the film.

At under five feet tall, she has no problem holding her own in movies, TV shows, and commercials:

"I mean, I did a great commercial with Eli Manning, he reaches up in a tree and gets my cat."

While Manning gets her cat down, she's most excited about...

"Wow, Eli Manning really does drive a Toyota," she said in the commercial.

"He was a very nice young man," Kauders says. "In January, I went to Pittsburgh and shot a movie."

(Lipton) And what did you play?

"I don't know, some dumb lady," she responded.

Kauders is filmed all over, but says she always returns to Philadelphia:

"I love it, I love it, I love this town."

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And for this week, that's "Positively Philadelphia!"

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