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“ Jayne Mansfield is making a career of being a girl. ”

—Walter Winchell, reporter[1]
“ I don't know why you people [the press] like to compare me to Marilyn or that girl, what's her name, Kim Novak. Cleavage, of course, helped me a lot to get where I am. I don't know how they got there. ”

—Jayne Mansfield[2]
“ I need to have a man around. I have to sleep with a man every night. I really do. ”

—Jayne Mansfield[3]
“ She (Jayne Mansfield) likes men... I heard she never turned anything down except the bedcovers. ”

—Mia Farrow[4]
“ If I look that good at sixty-four I'd have no problems... (though) I think most of Miss West's curves now are from overeating. ”

—Jayne Mansfield[5]
“ She is jealous that I should choose a twenty-two-year-old girl to a woman of about seventy. ”

—Mickey Hargitay[6]

Mansfield, of German and English ancestry, was the only child of Herbert William and Vera (nee Jeffrey) Palmer.[7] She was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, but spent her early childhood in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

Mansfield starred in several popular Hollywood films that emphasized her platinum-blonde hair, dramatic hourglass figure and cleavage-revealing costumes. She was a recipient of a Golden Globe Award and a Theatre World Award for two early screen and stage performances. Although she was unwilling to appear in the play, she received the Theatre World Award of 1956 for her performance in the Broadway production of George Axelrod's comedy Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?. Mansfield won a Golden Globe in 1957 for Most Promising Newcomer - Female, as well as a Golden Laurel in 1959 for Top Female Musical Performance for her role in The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, a western spoof directed by Raoul Walsh. In 1963, Mansfield was voted one of the Top 10 Box Office Attractions by an organization of American theater owners for her performance in Promises! Promises!, a film banned in some cities in the USA. [8] Mansfield has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6328 Hollywood Boulevard.[9]

One Mansfield bio found it significant that after Paul McCartney referred to Mansfield as "an old bag" in a 1965 Playboy interview of The Beatles, Mansfield was never asked to appear nude in the magazine again.[citation needed] (McCartney later referred to Mansfield's film The Girl Can't Help It as a major influence on The Beatles film A Hard Day's Night.)[citation needed]

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[edit] Facts?

  • A Guide For The Married Man-1967-Video/DVD
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  • Producer Louis W. Kellman always said that he "discovered" Jayne Mansfield. He gave the then little known actress her first starring role (Gladden, Dan Duryea's sexy-but-shy gun moll kid sister) in The Burglar (1957) after seeing the normally jaded and unflappable film crew's "overheated" reaction to her on the set of Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) in which she had a small part.
  • Made Mr. Blackwell's Worst-Dressed List in 1961 with Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren and Shirley MacLaine. She also made the List in 1964.
  • The car she died in was sold at auction in 1999 for $8000. The 1965 or 1966 Buick that Jayne was killed in is now locked in a garage, in the same shape it was in after the crash. The owner, who is a big fan, used to display it at various shows over the years, and it was sometimes billed as "Jayne Mansfield's death car." He dosen't show it any more. Reportedly, the car still has the blood stains on the seats.
  • Her measurements at the time of the movie "Illegal" were reported as 40-21-35 1/2. Measurements: 39 1/2-23-36 1/2 (smallest ever measured), 46D-18-36 (largest ever measured), 44D-18-36 (self-described), 46D-23-37 (after having children), 40D-21-35 1/2 (standard for the majority of her career), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
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  • Sharon Tate: Dyed hair blond, wore wigs, and were famous for physical assets. In the 1960s she was cast for those assets, and in her 20s were considered a hot starlet. Posed for Playboy in 1967 and 1969. Died violently and were compared to Marilyn Monroe.
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  • The Japanese female rock band The 5,6,7,8's wrote a song called "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield," which is featured in the film Kill Bill Vol. 1, directed by Quentin Tarantino.
  • Some allege that she became involved with the International Church Of Satan, founded in 1966 by Anton LaVey, and that she had an affair with LaVey. The truth apparently is that a meeting between Mansfield and LaVey was arranged as a publicity stunt. According to Jayne's press agent, Ray Strait, "The biggest backfire of a press stunt that she ever pulled." LaVey was apparently smitten with the actress, who was not interested. Mansfield, who made no secret of her many affairs, denied being intimate with LaVey and no associate of hers ever confirmed any such romance. In an interview, Mansfield said, "He had fallen in love with me and wanted to join my life with his. It was a laugh." So, it appears that her involvement with the Church of Satan was no more than another photo-shoot. And LaVey's public claims of an affair with her apparently began only after her death.
  • One biographer quotes Jayne as saying that Paul was not Jayne-Marie's father, but that she married him rather than getting an abortion as she was personally opposed to it. Actor Nelson Sardelli claims to have fathered Mariska.
  • She formed Jayne Mansfield Productions.
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  1. The image accompanies ample critical description of a specific historical happening that is directly linked with the subject's notability. This image is part of the 7-page pictorial that established the mainstay of her notability. (per WP:FUC#1 and WP:FUC#4)
    1. Detail concerning WP:NFCC#1: No alternate, free image exists that can be used to illustrate the subject matter that will provide the same information, i.e. this image from a Playboy pictorial of July 1976.
  2. The image accompanies ample critical commentary. (per WP:FUC#8)
    1. Detail concerning WP:NFCC#8: Its presence significantly increases readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding. No amount of written description can replace a work of art (painting, sculpture, architecture or photograph) including this image.
    2. Detail concerning WP:FURG: Used as the primary means of visual identification of the subject or topic. Used to illustrate a particular topic. This image of the daughter from Playboy which is complementary to the image of her mother from Playboy
  3. This image Used at least once and that on an article page (Jayne Marie Mansfield) for encyclopedic purposes to illustrate a historical happening well renowned.[10][11][12][13] (per WP:FUC#3 and WP:FUC#5)
  4. This image is of low resolution. It is believed that this image will not devalue the ability of the copyright holder to profit from the original work. Hugh Hefner enterprises retains all copyrights to this image. (per WP:FUC#2)
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[edit] Books

  • My marriage to Jayne by Mickey Hargitay (Novel Books, 1965)
  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? by Jayne Mansfield (1955)

[edit] External links

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ Strait, p. ??
  2. ^ Strait, p. ??
  3. ^ Strait, pp. 177-190
  4. ^ Allan Zullo, Mara Bovsun; Mews Items: Amazing But True Cat Stories; page 242
  5. ^ Allan Zullo, Mara Bovsun; Mews Items: Amazing But True Cat Stories; page 242
  6. ^ Allan Zullo, Mara Bovsun; Mews Items: Amazing But True Cat Stories; page 242
  7. ^ Heller & More: PA, NJ, New England, Cornwall, NW Europe., worldconnect.rootsweb.com (4 January 2004). Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
  8. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057428/
  9. ^ Hollywood Walk of Fame
  10. ^ Marion Dreyfus on Playboy
  11. ^ Playboy Newsgroup
  12. ^ FAQ at AllAnswers
  13. ^ Playboy stats and info at Celebswap

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[edit] Jayne Mansfield biographical timeline

This is a chronology of the life and times of Jayne Mansfield, a leading American actress, model, Playboy Playmate and sex symbol.

[edit] 1930s-1940s

  • 1933: Jayne Mansfield is born Vera Jane Palmer in Bryn Mawr to Herbert William Palmer and Vera Jeffrey Palmer.
  • 1936: Her father Herbert Palmer dies. Vera Jane and her mother Vera move to Pen Argyl, Pa.
  • 1939: Vera Palmer and her new husband Harry Peers move the family to Dallas, Texas.
  • 1940: Vera Jane begins studying at Highland Park High School in Dallas.
  • 1947: Marilyn Monroe becomes Miss California Artichoke Queen.

[edit] 1950-1954

  • 1950: Vera Jane gets pregnant and marries Paul Mansfield. Jayne Marie is born.
  • 1952: Jayne, Paul and Jayne-Marie move to Hollywood, Calif. Jayne wins a leading role in The Female Jungle and thinks up some wild publicity stunts to keep herself in the public eye, like delivering bottles of liquor to the National Press Association in a bikini. Jayne and Paul Mansfield part ways. She keeps his name because she thinks it sounds good.
  • 1954: The couple moves to Los Angeles. Jayne begins studying drama at UCLA. She lands a small part in The Female Jungle. Marilyn Monroe wins a Golden Globe Award as World Female Film Favorite.

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