Clara Peller was a retired manicurist in 1984 when American viewers watched her demand Where’s the Beef?! in Wendy’s fast-food commercials.

Born on August 4, 1902, the firey octogenarian was an overnight success, inspiring millions of dollars of revenue in subsequent sales of T-shirts and underwear bearing the famous phrase.

Even Presidential candidate Walter Mondale used it in his campaign for office.

In 1985, Peller echoed her legendary refrain on a 45 record called Where’s the Beef? written and performed by Coyote McCloud. That year, she also appeared in a low-budget Neal Israel comedy, Moving Violations.