Jayne Mansfield Flipped Chat Profile

Jayne Mansfield was a 1950s pin-up girl and Hollywood movie star. In 1955, Mansfield went to New York City. She appeared in the Broadway production of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? The critics praised her performance. She appeared in over 400 shows of the play between 1955 and 1956. She went to Hollywood in 1956. 20th Century Fox signed her to a six-year contract in an effort to replace the troubled Marilyn Monroe. Her first starring movie role was Jerri Jordan in The Girl Can't Help It (1956). During production, she was still performing on Broadway in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? The movie studio eventually bought out her contract and shut down the show. In 1957, she appeared in a movie version of the play. Mansfield's movies include The Wayward Bus (1957), Too Hot to Handle (1960), and Promises! Promises! (1963). She won the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer - Female for The Wayward Bus. On television, she made guest appearances on drama series, game shows, variety shows, and numerous talk shows. Mansfield was one of Hollywood's original blonde bombshells. When the demand for big-breasted blonde bombshells declined in the early 1960s, she became a box-office has-been. However, she remained a popular celebrity. Her nightclub acts and summer theater appearances drew large crowds. She starred in low-budget 'indies' as well as European melodramas and comedies. Mansfield became the first major American actress to have a (blank) starring role in a Hollywood movie. The movie was Promises! Promises!.