Jayne Mansfield: The Urban Legend
Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield was born on the 19th of April 1933 and died on June 29, 1967. She was an American actress in theatre working both on Broadway and in Hollywood. One of the leading blonde sex symbols of the 1950s, known for her hourglass figure and plunging clothes that reveals cleavage and platinum blonde hair.
Although, Mansfield’s film career was short-lived, she had several box office successes. She won the Theatre World Award, a Golden Globe and a Golden Laurel. She remained a popular celebrity despite the demands for Blonde Bombshell decline in the sixties.
In her later career she continued to attract large crowds in foreign countries and in lucrative and successful nightclub tours. Mansfield had been a Playboy Playmate of the Month and appeared in the magazine several additional times. She died in an automobile accident at age 34.
Mansfield acted on stage and appeared in a prominent role in the Broadway production of George Axelrod’s comedy Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Wherein The New York Times described the “commendable abandon” of her scantily clad rendition of Rita Marlowe in the play, “a platinum-pated movie siren” with the wavy contours of Marilyn Monroe. Mansfield tour 16 countries in Europe for the 20th Century Fox. She also appeared in stage productions of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Bus Stop, which were well reviewed and co-starred Hargitay.
Mansfield was dissatisfied with her film roles when Hargitay and her were headlined at the Dunes in Las Vegas in an act called The House of Love, for which the actress earned $35,000 a week. It proved to be such a hit that she extended her stay, and 20th Century Fox Records subsequently recorded the show for an album called Jayne Mansfield Busts Up Las Vegas, in 1962. Because of her huge success she still commanded a salary of $8,000-$25,000 per week for her nightclub act. She traveled all over the world with it. In 1967, the year she died, Mansfield’s time was split between nightclub performances and the production of her last film, Single Room Furnished, a low-budget production directed by then-husband Matt Cimber.
Mansfield was married three times, divorced twice, and had five children. Reportedly she also had illicit affairs and sexual encounters with numerous individuals, including Claude Terrail (the owner of the Paris restaurant La Tour d’Argent), Robert F. Kennedy, John F Kennedy the Brazilian billionaire Jorge Guinle, and Anton LaVey. She had a brief affair with Jan Cremer, a young Dutch writer who dedicated his 1965 autobiographical novel, I, Jan Cremer, to her. Jan Cremer wrote a large part of his book I, Jan Cremer – III about their relationship. She also had a well-publicized relationship in 1963 with the singer Nelson Sardelli, whom she said she planned to marry once her divorce from Hargitay was finalized. At the time of her death, Mansfield was accompanied by Sam Brody, her married divorce lawyer and lover at the time.
The Urban legend died in automotive accident, The death certificate stated that the immediate cause of Mansfield’s death was a “crushed skull with avulsion of cranium and brain”. She is interred in Fairview Cemetery, southeast of Pen Argyl. Her gravestone reads “We Live to Love You More Each Day”. A memorial cenotaph, showing an incorrect birth year, was erected in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California. The cenotaph was placed by The Jayne Mansfield Fan Club and has the incorrect birth year because Mansfield herself tended to provide incorrect information about her age.
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Is there any other source other than Raymond Strait’s book on her which might authenticate her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy or there could be no such source available?
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I once worked with a man named Rambo. One day he said to me, “Young man, I’ve heard you talk about Jayne Mansfield. I never told anyone this, but I had an affair with her when I was trying to make it in the movies in Hollywood.” According to Mr. Rambo, he wound up selling cars. A friend of his – who was a famous football player – introduced him to Jayne. One day, a big, black Cadillac pulled into Rambo’s car lot. Out came two men dressed in suits wearing smiles and sunglasses. They entered the office and asked for Rambo. They then told him that his ‘dalliance with Miss Mansfield will cease and desist immediately.’ Rambo said a chill went down his spine. Interestingly, the man who was driving the truck that Jayne’s car crashed into was named Rambo.
GREG MAY of Orlando, FL says: Jayne was the bomb! She certainly knew how to get publicity. Remember those classic photos of her and Sophia Loren at Romanoffs? Jayne also knew how to put people in their place. Once, Zsa Zsa Gabor said to her, “I don’t see what you have that’s so fascinating.” Jayne replied, “Honey, are you kidding? Next to me you look like Tony Randall!” Jayne was killed when I was 11 years old. Years later, I got to meet Divine – who was a cross between Jayne Mansfield and Godzilla!
My fascination with JAYNE MANSFIELD began when I was a little boy. My mom would take me with her to the grocery store and while she was shopping I would go over to the magazine rack and ‘sneak a peek’ at PLAYBOY. Jayne was the first nude woman I ever saw! Before Mickey Mouse came to Orlando the only attraction around was a zoo called “Gatorland”. Hanging on the wall of their gift shop amid the alligator purses was a big, black-and-white photo of Jayne and “Gatorland’s” owner. I was fascinated! Mickey Hargitay was not Mariska’s father. Jayne was having an affair with Italian nightclub entertainer Nelson Sardelli in 1962.
Mariska looks just like him!
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