Jayne Mansfield young
Birth Date
April 19, 1933
Nationality
United States
Sun Sign
Aries
Natural hair color
Blonde
Eye color
Light brown
Height
5 ft 5 in | 166 cm
Body Measurements
40-21-35 in | 102-53-89 cm
Weight
58 kg | 128 pounds
Bra Size
40D
Shoe size
7 US | 37 EU
Early acting career First film Breakthrough
Jayne Mansfield was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S., on April 19, 1933, was an American actress. Young Jayne Mansfield started her career as a model and in beauty contests, she won Miss Photoflash in 1952.
She made her acting debut on stage in several local theater productions in Dallas. She appeared in a play "Death of a Salesman", with the Knox Street Theater (1953).
She got her big screen debut in noir movie Female Jungle (1955) in role as Candy Price.
Her breakthrough performance came as Jerri Jordan in musical comedy movie The Girl Can't Help It (1956), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year.
Best Movies
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) satirical comedy opposite Tony Randall
The Wayward Bus (1957) drama with Joan Collins
Too Hot to Handle (1960) neo-noir gangster thriller with Christopher Lee
Kiss Them for Me (1957) comedy with Cary Grant
Promises! Promises! (1963) comedy in role as Sandy Brooks
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) Western comedy in role as Kate
A Guide for the Married Man (1967) farce comedy with Walter Matthau
The Burglar (1957) crime thriller in role as Gladden
Illegal (1955) noir drama in role as Angel O'Hara
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) Western comedy in role as Kate
Facts
She was the only child.
Studied drama at the University of Dallas and the University of Texas.
She posed for the Playboy from 1955 to 1958 and in 1960.
She was a Playboy Playmate of the Month for February 1955.
She starred in 31 films.
Was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6328 Hollywood Boulevard in 1960.
She had an iq of 163.
She was a trained pianist and violinist.
She had five children.
Mansfield died on June 29, 1967, Slidell, Louisiana, United States, at age of 34.
Relationships
She was married to Matt Cimber (1964-1966), Mickey Hargitay (1958-1964) and Paul Mansfield (1950-1958).
She dated Steve Cochran (1954-1955), Nicholas Ray (1955-1956), Bobby Darin (1967), Samuel Brody (1966-1967), Nelson Sardelli (1963-1964), Claude Terrail (1963), Clint Eastwood (1962), Jorge Guinle (1962-1964), John F. Kennedy (1960) and George Jessel (1955).
Quotes
I didn't come to Hollywood to be the girl next door. I came to be a movie star.
Stars were made to suffer, and I am a star.
I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it.
It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted.
I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me.
I want to earn my own way, I like having nice things, but I've never accepted anything I haven't earned.
Cary Grant was one of the most marvelous men I've ever met.
I've been identified with pink throughout my career, but I'm not as crazy about it as I've led people to believe. My favorite colors are actually neutrals — black and white — but then who thinks of a movie queen in black and white? Everything has to be in living color.
