The Jayne Mansfield Story

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The Jayne Mansfield Story

1980

1h 40m

5.9(22 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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Cast & Crew

28 members

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Loni Anderson

Jayne Mansfield

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mickey Hargitay

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Ray Buktenica

Bob Garrett

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Kathleen Lloyd

Carol Sue Peters

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G. D. Spradlin

Gerald Conway

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Dave Shelley

Barry Charles

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Laura Jacoby

Jayne Marie (at 6)

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Whitney Rydbeck

Photographer

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John Medici

Bud Leland

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Lewis Arquette

Publicity Man

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James Jeter

Middle-Aged Man

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Janice Kent

Young Woman Writer

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Lynn Philip Seibel

Casting Director

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Gwen Van Dam

Vivian

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Joan Welles

Sheila

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Buck Young

City Editor

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David Hunt Stafford

Driver

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Kathy Beaudine

Secretary (Casting Office)

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Nora Boland

Fan

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Cynthia Szigeti

Girl at Movie Popcorn Stand

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Lawrence Bame

Reporter #1

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Charles Parks

Reporter #2

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Len Lawson

Reporter #1 (Hospital)

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J.P. Bumstead

Reporter #2 (Hospital)

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Elizabeth Gardner

Fan in Alley

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Frank Holmgren

Photographer

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Robb Madrid

Gate Guard

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William Ward

Photographer

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