Max Girls: [Celebs_of_TV_and_Magazine2] Jayne Mansfield Time Line

Saturday, January 31, 2009

[Celebs_of_TV_and_Magazine2] Jayne Mansfield Time Line

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Jayne Mansfield

1933 April .....Jayne Born Vera Jayne Palmer in Bryn Mawn Pennsylvania

1950 Jayne marries Paul Mansfield and moves to Austin Texas
Nov Jayne... still only 17 .. gives birth to her first child Jayne Marie Mansfield

1953 first appearance on stage....in Arthur Millers... "Death of a Salesman "

1954 Jayne and family move to LA
Frequent references were made to Jaynes very high IQ, which she advertised as 163. She spoke five languages, and was a classically trained pianist and violinist.
Jayne admitted that her public didn't care about her brains. "They're more interested in my vital stastistics.... 40-21-35," Jayne was 5ft 6 inches tall (although her autopsy puts her at 5ft 8 inches )

(Jayne's movie career began with bit parts in Warner Bros movies)

1955 Feb Playboy pictorial
Jayne makes the film noir movie " The Burglar "
Jayne makes the movie "Illegal " with Edward G Robinson
Jayne appears on Broadway in ... " Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter ? "

1956 Jayne stars in the movie " The Girl Cant Help It " Jayne signs a long term contract with 20th cent Fox

Jayne appears in over 2500 newspaper photos during 1956 and 1957

1957 April.. the famous dinner with Sophia Loren.. the "Battle of the Boobs "

In the movie " The Wayward Bus " Jayne tries to move away from her " dumb blonde " image .
Jayne wins a golden globe award for her performance in Wayward Bus... beating Natalie Wood !
Jayne stars in the movie .. " Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter "Jayne makes the movie... "Kiss them for Me " co starring Cary Grant.

This would prove to be her final appearance in a mainstream Hollywood movie.
October... Jayne goes on a 16 country tour of Europe for 20th Cent Fox
Nov Jayne buys a 40 room mansion in Sunset Boulevard Beverly Hills she dubs it ... "The Pink Palace" .
Mickey proves himself the handiman by building a pink, heart shaped swimming pool.
Good roles in Hollywood movies begin to dry up for Jayne... however she keeps busy in a series of low budget movies ... mainly in Europe.

1958 January Jayne divorces her first husband... Paul Mansfield
January Jayne marries Mickey Hargitay an actor, bodybuilder
December Miklos Hargitay born

1962 Jayne records the album... " Jayne Busts up Las Vegas " for 20th Cent Fox Records
Jayne appears in the drama series..... "Follow the Sun." for ABC.

1960 Zoltan Hargitay born

1963 "Promises Promises"
" Homesick."... low budget German movie
May Jayne divorces Mickey Hargitay

1964 Maria Hargitay born
Sept Jayne marries film director... Matt Cimber

1965 October Tony Cimber born

1967 June 29 death in car crash

2002 Pink Palace demolished by greedy property developers.