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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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- 1941
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Jayne Mansfield (April 19, 1933 — June 29, 1967) was a buxom American actress who had a career on stage & screen. In addition to singing in English and German in a number of films, in 1964, Mansfield released a novelty album called Jayne Mansfield: Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky & Me, on which she recited Shakespeare's sonnets and poems by Marlowe, Browning, Wordsworth, and others against a background of Tchaikovsky's music. The album cover depicted a bouffant-coiffed Mansfield with lips pursed and
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- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
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- 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides
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- Practical methods for incorporating summary time-to-event data into meta-analysis
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Quotes
- “I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it.”
- “A woman should be pink and cuddly for a man.”
- “I don't want to get involved in the racial situation at the expense of losing fans. I wouldn't say anything too strong but I do know that God created us equal and we're not living up to it.”
- “A forty-one inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee — a lot more. But most girls don't know what to do with what they've got.”
- “Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a female can enjoy. A father shares in that experience, knowing that he caused it to happen.”
- “Mickey is a hard worker. He takes care of the house, looks after my animals, and satisfies me. What else can one expect of a man?”
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- Mass
- 58
- Official website
- www.jaynemansfield.com
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- Jayne Mansfield (Kiss Them For Me) - Color.jpg
- Height
- 168
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- 1933-04-19
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- 1967-06-29
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- Jayne Mansfield
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
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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.