Jayne
Mansfield was the classic Hollywood sex symbol during the 1950’s. In her
prime, she was pursued by a voracious army of reporters and photographers
quietly praying that one of her flimsy outfits might
strategically slip off, or perhaps bust apart at the seams. Her bold
antics were stimulating, and her iconic figure (40D-21-36) inspired
the Rev. Billy Graham himself to proclaim, “This country knows
more about her statistics than the Second Commandment!” Throughout the era
of the blonde bombshell, she and her studio rival Marilyn Monroe ruled the
roost.
In
reality, Jayne was a highly intelligent and multi-talented woman who was fluent
in five languages, played a mean fiddle, and had no shame when it came to
promoting herself. She was married three times and had five children. She
allegedly had affairs with both Kennedy brothers, jammed with Jimi Hendrix, and
briefly appeared on the Top 10 list of box office attractions during her short
film career. Later on, she famously turned down the role of Ginger on
TV’s “Gilligan’s Island,” no longer willing to be stereotyped as the
dumb blonde actress. But the 1960’s were not kind to her, and when the
public grew tired of her antics, they turned their attention to
more sedate stars like Audrey Hepburn. You can catch her daughter, Mariska Hargitay as the 'Special Victims Detective Benson' on "Law & Order SVU."
FIN...
No comments:
Post a Comment