Which eight-time Emmy nominated actress played Rosie, the diner waitress, in a series of commercials for Bounty paper towels?

Nancy Walker was the individual who made famous the Bounty paper towel promotional tagline "the quicker picker-upper" with a nearly two-decade (1970-1990) run as Rosie, the diner waitress, in what were considered very slick TV commercials. She was an actress that made dozens of television guest appearances and had a number of very successful recurring TV roles as a contributing performer. With these the type of jobs, she had steady and enjoyable work year after year.

Overall her career spanned five decades and included comedies, dramas, and television variety shows such as "Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town", "The Garry Moore Show", "The Carol Burnett Show", etc. Between 1973 and 1987 for her roles on the TV shows "McMillan & Wife", "Rhoda", and "The Golden Girls", she received eight Emmy nominations and four possibilities at winning a Golden Globe.

Also as an accomplished director, she produced sit-com episodes of such hit shows as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Rhoda", and "Alice". In 1966, she produced the Broadway comedy "UTBU" (Unhealthy to be Unpleasant), a work written by James Kirkwood Jr.