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Jayne Mansfield Biography (1933-1967)

Original name, Vera Jayne Palmer; born April 19, 1933, in Bryn Mawr, PA; diedof injuries from a car accident, June 29, 1967, near New Orleans, LA; daughter of Herbert (an attorney and politician) and Vera (a kindergarten teacher;maiden name, Jeffrey) Palmer; married Paul Mansfield, January 28 (some sources say May 10), 1950 (divorced, January 8, 1958); married Mickey Hargitay (a bodybuilder), January 13, 1958 (divorced, January 24, 1964); married Matt Cimber (a director), September 24, 1964 (separated, July, 1966); children: (firstmarriage) Jayne Marie; (second marriage) Micklos, Zoltan, Mariska (an actress); (third marriage) Antonio Raphael Ottaviano.

Mansfield's life was portrayed in the television movie, The Jayne Mansfield Story, which was aired by CBS in 1980.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

April 19, 1933

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Details

June 29, 1967

near New Orleans

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Appearances
• Cigarette girl, Pete Kelly's Blues, Warner Bros., 1955.
• Underwater!, 1955.
• Angel O'Hara, Illegal, Warner Bros., 1955.
• Blonde woman, Hell on Frisco Bay (also known as The Darkest Hour), WarnerBros., 1955.
• Jerri Jordan, The Girl Can't Help It, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956.
• Candy Price, Female Jungle (also known as The Hangover), American International Pictures, 1956.
• Gladden, The Burglar, Columbia, 1956.
• Rita Marlowe, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (also known as Oh! For a Man!), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.
• Alice Kratzner, Kiss Them for Me, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.
• Camille, The Wayward Bus, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.
• Kate, The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958.
• Midnight Franklin, Too Hot to Handle (also known as Playgirl after Dark),Topaz, 1959.
• Billy, It Takes a Thief (also known as The Challenge), Valiant, 1960.
• Queen Dianira, Hercules versus The Hydra (also known as Hercules and theHydra, The Loves of Hercules, and Gli Amori di Ercole), Contact, 1960.
• Lisa Lang, The George Raft Story (also known as Spin of a Coin), Allied Artists, 1961.
• Eleni Costa, It Happened in Athens, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962.
• Sandy Brodes, Promises! Promises! (also known as Promise Her Anything), NTD, 1963.
• Heimlich Nach St. Pauli, [West Germany], 1963.
• Angela, Panic Button, Gorton, 1964.
• Darlene, Dog Eat Dog (also known as When Strangers Meet, Einer Frisst DenAnderen, and La Morte Vestita di Dollari), Ajay, 1964.
• Jane, Primitive Love (also known as L'Amore Primitivo), American Film Distributors, 1964.
• The Las Vegas Hillbillies (also known as Country Music, U.S.A.), Warner Bros., 1966.
• Junior, The Fat Spy, Magna, 1966.
• Spree (documentary; also known as Here's Las Vegas and Las Vegas by Night), Trans America, 1967.
• Actress in archival footage, Mondo Hollywood (documentary), Omega-CyranoProductions, 1967.
• Actress in archival footage, The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (documentary), Something Weird Video, 1968.
• Johnnie/Mae/Eilene, Single Room Furnished, Crown, 1968.
• Credits; Film Work
• Technical adviser, A Guide for the Married Man, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
• "An Angel Went A.W.O.L.," Lux Video Theatre, NBC, 1954.
• Person to Person, CBS, 1956.
• "The Jack Benny Show," Shower of Stars, CBS, 1957.
• Person to Person, CBS, 1960.
• "The House on the Rue Riviera," Kraft Mystery Theater, NBC, 1961.
• "The Dumbest Blonde," Follow the Sun, ABC, 1962.
• Marion, "Hangover," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, 1963.
• "Jack Takes a Boat from Hawaii," The Jack Benny Program, CBS, 1963.
• Herself, "Who Killed Molly?," Burke's Law, ABC, 1964.
• "Jayne's Exercise Program," Guest Shot, syndicated, 1964.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Series
• Regular panelist, Down You Go, ABC and NBC, 1956.
• Regular, "It Pays to Be Ignorant," Jackie Gleason and His American SceneMagazine, CBS, 1962-63.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Specials
• The Bachelor, NBC, 1956.
• Holiday in Las Vegas, NBC, 1957.
• The Bob Hope Show, NBC, 1958.
• The Bob Hope Show, NBC, 1960.
• The Arthur Murray Party for Bob Hope, NBC, 1960.
• The Bob Hope Show, NBC, 1961.
• Actress in archival footage, Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Women I Love--Beautiful but Funny, NBC, 1982.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Pilots
• The Jayne Mansfield Show, 1965.
• Credits; Stage Appearances
• Ten Nights in a Barroom, Austin, TX, 1951.
• Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Broadway production, 1955.