Jayne Mansfield in Female Jungle
Jayne Mansfield (1933 - 1967)
- Playboy Playmate of the Month February 1955
Film Deaths[]
- Female Jungle (1956) [Candy Price]: Strangled by Burt Kaiser in an alley.
- The Loves of Hercules (Gli amori di Erole) (Hercules vs. the Hydra) (1960) [Queen Deianira / Hippolyta]: Playing a dual role Queen Deianira is stabbed to death by one of Massimo Serato's henchmen. Hippolyta was actually Tina Gloriani who had assumed Queen Deianira's form through witchcraft to seduce Hercules (Mickey Hargitay) who was crushed to death by one of her prior lovers who had been transformed into an animated tree.
- Dog Eat Dog (1964) [Darlene]: Drowns in the ocean when she tries to retrieve the money that's been blown out to sea.
Trivia[]
- First person to perform uncut nude scenes in a released film (Promises! Promises! (1963)) in Hollywood. She considered one of the pioneers of nudity in films along with Marylin Monroe (Although it was Monroe who first performed nudity in Hollywood films, her nude scenes were cut as well as unreleased, making Jayne the first actress to have a released movie with nude scenes).
Notable Connections[]
- Ex-Mrs. Mickey Hargitay
- Mother of Mariska Hargitay