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- NAME: Jayne Mansfield
- OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up
- BIRTH DATE: April 19, 1933
- DEATH DATE: June 29, 1967
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- PLACE OF DEATH: U.S. Highway 90 near Slidell, Louisiana
- Originally: Vera Jayne Palmer
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Jayne Mansfield was an American actress best known for her bombshell curves and roles in films during the 1950s and '60s.
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In 1958, she married the winner of the Mr. Universe Competition, Mickey Hargitay, and they had three children.
However, theirs was a tumultuous relationship, and in 1964 Mansfield married actor Matt Cimber in Mexico, even though she had not yet officially divorced Hargitay. Mansfield and Cimber had one child before also parting ways. For the rest of her life, Mansfield was involved in a rocky relationship with Sam Brody, the attorney she hired to assist with her divorce proceedings.
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Fatal Car Crash
On June 29, 1967, Mansfield and Brody were driving home from a nightclub performance in Mississippi when they whipped around a dark curve and crashed into a slow-moving semi-truck, instantly killing both of them. Jayne Mansfield was only 34 years old and still in the prime of her career at the time of her shocking and tragic death.
With her beautiful blonde locks and Barbie-doll figure, Mansfield was second only to Marilyn Monroe among the blonde sex symbols of the 1950s. She was also an incredibly driven performer whose tireless performing schedule and talent for self-promotion allowed her to stand out among the many beauties who populate Hollywood to become one of the most memorable faces of an era. "I will never be satisfied," she once said, summing up her relentless approach to her life and career. "Life is one constant search for betterment for me."
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