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The Jayne Mansfield Story

The Jayne Mansfield Story

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The Jayne Mansfield Story

1980

1h 40m

6.0(26 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Loni Anderson

Loni Anderson

Jayne Mansfield

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mickey Hargitay

Ray Buktenica

Ray Buktenica

Bob Garrett

Kathleen Lloyd

Kathleen Lloyd

Carol Sue Peters

G.D. Spradlin

G.D. Spradlin

Gerald Conway

Dave Shelley

Dave Shelley

Barry Charles

Laura Jacoby

Laura Jacoby

Jayne Marie (at 6)

Whitney Rydbeck

Photographer

John Medici

Bud Leland

Lewis Arquette

Lewis Arquette

Publicity Man

Creative team

Directed by: Dick Lowry
Produced by: Joan Barnett
Linda Otto

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