Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield
Mansfield in Kiss Them for Me (1957)
Born	Vera Jayne Palmer (1933-04-19)April 19, 1933 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Died	June 29, 1967(1967-06-29) (aged 34) Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Cause of death	brain trauma sustained in automobile accident
Resting place	Fairview Cemetery (Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania) 40°51′42″N 75°14′25″W / 40.861672°N 75.240244°W / 40.861672; -75.240244
Other names	Vera Jayne Peers Vera Palmer
Education	Southern Methodist University University of Texas at Austin University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation	Actress Singer Playboy Playmate Nightclub entertainer Model
Years active	1954–1967
Spouse(s)	Paul Mansfield (m. 1950–58) Miklós Hargitay (m. 1958–64) T.V. Ottaviano, alias Matt Cimber (m. 1964–66)
Children	Jayne Marie Mansfield Mickey Hargitay Jr. Zoltan Hargitay Mariska Hargitay Antonio Raphael Ottaviano (aka Tony Cimber)
Parent(s)	Herbert William Palmer (1904–1936) Vera Jeffrey Palmer Peers (1903–2000)
Awards	Theatre World Award for Promising Personality (1956) Golden Globe for New Star Of The Year – Actress (1957)
Website	http://www.jaynemansfield.com/
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Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress in film, theatre, and television. She was also a nightclub entertainer, a singer, and one of the early Playboy Playmates. She was a major Hollywood sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s and 20th Century Fox's main sex symbol actress, along with Marilyn Monroe. She was also known for her well-publicized personal life and publicity stunts, such as wardrobe malfunctions.

While Mansfield's film career was short lived, she had several box-office successes and won a Theatre World Award and a Golden Globe. She enjoyed success in the role of fictional actress Rita Marlowe, both in the 1955–1956 Broadway version and the 1957 Hollywood film version of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?. Her other major movie performances were for The Girl Can't Help It (1956), The Wayward Bus (1957), and Too Hot to Handle (1960). In the sexploitation film Promises! Promises! (1963), she became the first major American actress to have a nude starring role in a Hollywood motion picture. Mansfield's professional name came from her first husband, public relations professional Paul Mansfield. In 1967, Mansfield was killed in a car crash at the age of 34, along with two others.

Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jayne Palmer on April 19, 1933, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She was the only child of Herbert William Palmer (1904–1936), who was of German and English ancestry, and Vera (Jeffrey) Palmer (1903–2000), of English origin. She inherited more than $90,000 from her maternal grandfather Thomas ($747,000 in 2016 dollars) and more than $36,000 from her maternal grandmother, Beatrice Mary Palmer, in 1958 ($299,000 in 2016 dollars).