The Jayne Mansfield Story

Oct 29, 1980

1h 40m

★ 5.9

Overview

The story of the 1950s platinum-blonde sex symbol whose search for stardom and meteoric (if brief) career ended in an automobile accident when she was 36.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Alan Landsburg Productions

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Cast

Jayne Mansfield

Loni Anderson

Mickey Hargitay

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Bob Garrett

Ray Buktenica

Carol Sue Peters

Kathleen Lloyd

Gerald Conway

G. D. Spradlin

Barry Charles

Dave Shelley

Jayne Marie (at 6)

Laura Jacoby

Photographer

Whitney Rydbeck

Bud Leland

John Medici

Publicity Man

Lewis Arquette

Middle-Aged Man

James Jeter

Young Woman Writer

Janice Kent

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