Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield (19 April 1933 – 29 June 1967), born Vera Jayne Palmer, was an American actress and sex symbol. Famed for her platinum-blonde hair, dramatic hourglass figure, and cleavage-revealing costumes, she emerged during the 1950s appetite for well-endowed sex symbols led by Marilyn Monroe. Is the mother of the actress Mariska Hargitay.

Quotes



 * I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it.
 * As quoted in The Sex Goddess in American Film, 1930-1965: Jean Harlow, Mae West, Lana Turner, and Jayne Mansfield (2009) by Jessica Hope Jordan

Here They Are Jayne Mansfield (1992)

 * Quotes from Here They Are Jayne Mansfield (1992) by Raymond Strait


 * I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for betterment for me.


 * A woman should be pink and cuddly for a man.


 * I don't want to get involved in the racial situation at the expense of losing fans. I wouldn't say anything too strong but I do know that God created us equal and we're not living up to it.


 * A forty-one inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee — a lot more. But most girls don't know what to do with what they've got.


 * Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a female can enjoy. A father shares in that experience, knowing that he caused it to happen.


 * Mickey is a hard worker. He takes care of the house, looks after my animals, and satisfies me. What else can one expect of a man?
 * On her second husband, Mickey Hargitay


 * Honey, beside me, you look like Tony Randall!
 * Remark to one of the Gabor sisters


 * I don't know why you people [the press] like to compare me to Marilyn or that girl, what's her name, Kim Novak. Cleavage, of course, helped me a lot to get where I am. I don't know how they got there.


 * I've been identified with pink throughout my career, but I'm not as crazy about it as I've led people to believe. My favorite colors are actually neutrals&mdash;black and white&mdash;but then who thinks of a movie queen in black and white? Everything has to be in living color.

On Being Blonde (2004)

 * Quotes of Mansfield in On Being Blonde : Wit and Wisdom from the World's Most Infamous Blondes (2004) by Paula Munier


 * Nothing risqué nothing gained!
 * p. 78


 * We eat a lot of lean meat and fresh vegetables…. You are what you eat, you know. When I'm 100, I'll still be doing pin-ups.
 * p. 78


 * It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, you know, knowing you are loved and wanted.
 * p. 79


 * If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way.
 * p. 79

Quotes about Mansfield

 * Jayne Mansfield is making a career of being a girl.
 * Walter Winchell, as quoted in On Being Blonde : Wit and Wisdom from the World's Most Infamous Blondes (2004) by Paula Munier, p. 79