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Jayne Mansfield
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American actress and Playboy Playmate (1933–1967)
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress and Playboy Playmate who became a prominent figure in entertainment during the 1950s and 1960s. She remains a notable part of popular culture history as an icon of that era, though her career and life were cut short when she died in 1967 at age 33.
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Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
Jayne Mansfield (April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress working both on Broadway and in Hollywood. One of the leading blonde sex symbols of the 1950s, Mansfield starred in several popular Hollywood films that emphasized her platinum-blonde hair, hourglass figure and cleavage-revealing costumes. While Mansfield's film career was short-lived, she had several box office successes.…
Known for
- My Mom Jayne — Self (archive footage)2025
- Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)2022
- Mansfield 66/67 — Self (archive footage)2017
- Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite — Self (archive footage)2017
- 100 jaar Het Kasteel — Self (archive footage)2016
- Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde — Self (archive footage)2015
- I Am Divine — Self (archive)2014
- Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds — Self (archive footage)2006
- Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini2004
- Celebrity Naked Ambition — Self (archive footage)2003
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mansfield
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bryn Mawr
- Place of death
- Slidell
- Spouse
- Matt Cimber
- Occupation
- model
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Mass
- 58
- Official website
- www.jaynemansfield.com
- Image
- Jayne Mansfield (Kiss Them For Me) - Color.jpg
- Height
- 168
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- Category:Jayne Mansfield
- Commons category
- Jayne Mansfield
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- date of birth
- 1933-04-19
- date of death
- 1967-06-29
- Commons gallery
- Jayne Mansfield
- name in native language
- Jayne Mansfield
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress, Playboy Playmate, and singer. Mansfield was a sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, and was known for her numerous publicity stunts, her buxom figure, and her personal life. She gained a reputation as Hollywood's "smartest dumb blonde".
Mansfield played the fictional actress Rita Marlowe in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? on Broadway in 1955–1956, obtaining a Theatre World Award for the portrayal, and reprised the role in the 1957 film adaptation. Her other film roles include the musical comedy The Girl Can't Help It (1956), the drama The Wayward Bus (1957), the neo-noir Too Hot to Handle (1960), and the sex comedy Promises! Promises! (1963). In Promises! Promises!, Mansfield became the first American actress to perform a nude scene in a starring film role. Her performance in The Girl Can't Help It won a Golden Globe Award for New Star.
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