The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)

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Loni Anderson plays the 1950s sexpot Jayne Mansfield, who starred in films like The Girl Can't Help It and who married bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay (Arnold Schwarzenegger) before a car accident ended her life. A.K.A. Jayne Mansfield: A Symbol of the '50s. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Director(s):: Dick Lowry

Format(s):: DVD
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Synopsis of The Jayne Mansfield Story

Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 87 mins

Complete Cast of The Jayne Mansfield Story

Loni Anderson - Jayne Mansfield
Lewis Arquette - Publicity Man
Ray Buktenica - Bob Garrett
James Jeter - Middle-Aged Man
Len Lawson - Reporter #1 (Hospital)
John Medici - Bud Leland
Whitney Rydbeck - Photographer
Gwen van Dam - Vivian
David Shelley - Barry Charles
Laura Jacoby - Jayne Marie (at 6)

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Mickey Hargitay
Nora Boland - Fan
J.P. Bumstead - Reporter #2 (Hospital)
Janice Kent - Young Woman Writer
Kathleen Lloyd - Carol Sue Peters
Charles Parks - Reporter #2
Cynthia Szigeti - Girl at Movie Popcorn Stand
Buck Young - City Editor
G.D. Spradlin - Gerald Conway
Robb Madrid - Gate Guard

Director(s):: Dick Lowry

Producer(s):: Alan Landsburg, Linda Otto, Joan Barnett

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	Lloyd V.

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As a huge fan of Jayne, I was glued to my recliner in 1980 for the debut of this TV biopic, prepared to forgive ANY flaws. And there were more than a few to forgive, but forgive them I did. Primary flaw is casting. Loni is a big plastic thing a la Jayne, but she seemed content to look vaguely like her as opposed to finding a way to let us inside her (the script, as with Jayne bios, dwells on her alleged high IQ, insisting that she was a shrewd manipulator of her bimbo image...I never believed it in Jayne's lifetime, and Loni does nothing to change my mind). The Governator is ALL wrong as Mickey Hargitay, the male bimbo in Jayne's life, and has NO acting chops to bridge the gap between Hargitay and himself. BUT...the period detail is excellent, the landmark moments of Jayne's career are accurately represented, and it's a colorful and fun, if uninsightful, 90 minutes.

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