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Jayne Mansfield

American actress and Playmate (1933–1967)

For her daughter, see Jayne Marie Mansfield.

Jayne Mansfield

Mansfield in 1957

Born

Vera Jayne Palmer


(1933-04-19)April 19, 1933

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.

DiedJune 29, 1967(1967-06-29) (aged 34)

New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

Resting placeFairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
40°51′42″N75°14′25″W / 40.861672°N 75.240244°W / 40.861672; -75.240244
Occupations
Years active1954–1967
Spouses
  • Paul Mansfield

    (m. 1950; div. 1958)​
  • Mickey Hargitay

    (m. 1958; div. 1964)​
  • Matt Cimber

    (m. 1964; div. 1966)​
Children5, including Jayne and Mariska[1]
Awards
Websitejaynemansfield.com

Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 196

Get to Know Hollywood Blonde Bombshell Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jane Palmer in 1933 in Bryn Mawr, Penn., and at age 3, after the death of her father, moved to Dallas, Texas. She was eager to be in Hollywood like her idol Shirley Temple and took lessons in ballroom dancing, violin, piano and viola, as well as Spanish and German. At age 16, she met 20-year-old Paul Mansfield during a high school Christmas Eve party. They married secretly that January despite knowing each other less than a month and, after Jayne got pregnant, had a public ceremony in May. They later moved to Los Angeles to further Jayne’s career.

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The couple fought constantly about Jayne’s ambition and possible infidelities, and both decided to divorce. The process lasted from 1955-58, during which Jayne decided to keep Mansfield as her professional name and began a long tradition of appearing in Playboy magazine. Her 1955 appearance as the Playmate of the Month not only increased subscriptions but also launched her career, as Warner Bros. took notice and off

Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jayne Palmer on April 19, 1933, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to Herbert and Vera Palmer. Herbert, who was 30, died of an unexpected heart attack when she was three years old. After his death, Vera Palmer worked as a schoolteacher to support the family. In 1939, she met a sales engineer named Harry L. Peers, fell in love, and moved to Dallas, Texas. Mansfield had a middle-class upbringing and had piano, violin, and dance lessons.

When Jayne Mansfield was 17 she married Paul Mansfield, who was 21. They married on May 6, 1950, in Fort Worth, Texas. In June 1950, Mansfield graduated from Highland Park High School. She went on to give birth to her first child, Jayne Marie Mansfield, on November 8, 1950. Mansfield attended the University of Texas at Austin in 1951, and decided to become an actress. Her husband, Paul, was drafted the next year into the Korean War. During the two years he was in the army, she appeared in local television shows and plays and studied drama in Dallas. Following his discharge, the couple moved to Hollywood, California, in 1954 so

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