Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 - June 29, 1967) was an American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, as well as a Playboy Playmate. A sex-related icon from the 1950s and 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox, Mansfield was famous for her well-publicized private life and publicity stunts. Her film career was brief but she did have many box-office successes, and she won an Theatre World Award and a Golden Globe Award. Mansfield had a great time in the role of the fictional actress Rita Marlowe in the Broadway play Will Success Make You a Rock Hunter? (1955-1956) that she reprised in the film adaptation of the play (1957). Other roles in films she performed includes The Girl Can't Help But Smile (1956), The Wayward Bus (1957) The Musical Comedy (1956) The Drama The Girl Can't Help it (1957) and The Neo-Noir Too Hot to Handle (1960) and The Sex Comedy Promises! Promises! (1963) The film established Mansfield as the first significant American actress to be featured in a naked scene in a post-silent-era film.
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