With her smooth and sultry tones, Linette Beaumont has become the first woman to star in a commercial for Viagra. If the English actress looks vaguely familiar, it's because she's made brief appearances in most of Britain's most popular TV soaps. The 44-year-old blonde was picked, according to Viagra makers Pfizer, after the company polled men suffering with erectile dysfunction who admitted that a woman would 'reassure' them - as well as motivating them to contact their doctor. Scroll down for video The new face of erectile dysfunction: Linette Beamont stars in the first Viagra TV commercial that targets the less-obvious sufferers of the sexual condition: women
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Linette Beaumont, 44, is the first woman to star in a Viagra commercial
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Drug makers Pfizer polled men, who admitted a woman would motivate them to go to the doctor
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