ACTOR

Jayne Mansfield

1933 - 1967

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Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, Mansfield was known for her numerous publicity stunts and open personal life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jayne Mansfield has received more than 22,622,369 page views. Her biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Jayne Mansfield is the 242nd most popular actor (up from 442nd in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from United States (up from 847th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Actor.

Jayne Mansfield is most famous for her acting career, which spanned from the 1950s to the 1970s. She was a successful actress and a sex symbol.

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  • 23M

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  • 67.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jayne Mansfield ranks 242 out of 13,578. Before her are Ursula Andress, Mako, Viggo Mortensen, Danny Trejo, Michel Piccoli, and Bryan Cranston. After her are Jodie Foster, Ian McShane, Raffaella Carrà, Paul Walker, Kevin Spacey, and Shirley Temple.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Jayne Mansfield ranks 26. Before her are Philip Roth, Susan Sontag, Mako, Elinor Ostrom, Francisco Gento, and Arno Allan Penzias. After her are Krzysztof Penderecki, Paul Biya, Paul J. Crutzen, Abolhassan Banisadr, Bernardo Provenzano, and Kim Novak. Among people deceased in 1967, Jayne Mansfield ranks 17. Before her are Ilse Koch, Spencer Tracy, Zoltán Kodály, Jack Ruby, André Maurois, and Edward Hopper. After her are Gordon Allport, Rodion Malinovsky, Ilya Ehrenburg, Johannes Itten, Felix Yusupov, and John Coltrane.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jayne Mansfield ranks 467 out of 20,380. Before her are Ralph Lauren (1939), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), Bryan Cranston (1956), Douglas Engelbart (1925), and Iggy Pop (1947). After her are Dick Cheney (1941), Steven Van Zandt (1950), Gordon Allport (1897), Lou Reed (1942), Jodie Foster (1962), and John Tyler (1790).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jayne Mansfield ranks 117. Before her are Richard Widmark (1914), Dennis Hopper (1936), Lauren Bacall (1924), Viggo Mortensen (1958), Danny Trejo (1944), and Bryan Cranston (1956). After her are Jodie Foster (1962), Paul Walker (1973), Kevin Spacey (1959), Shirley Temple (1928), John Malkovich (1953), and Sidney Poitier (1927).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Loves of Hercules
Queen Deianira / Hippolyta
Hercules decides to avenge the death of his wife, murdered at the hands of Éurito, king of Ecalia, but everything is a plot of an ambitious courtier. Hercules ends up falling in love with Deyanira, who is now a good queen.
Aug 19th 19603.4 / 10
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Rita Marlowe
To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick but in exchange, she wants him to pretend to be her lover.
Jul 29th 19576.7 / 10
The Girl Can't Help It
Jerri Jordan
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.
Dec 1st 19566.032 / 10