Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield 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.

Sourced

• "A woman should be pink and cuddly for a man."
  • From Here They Are Jayne Mansfield by Raymond Strait
• "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."
  • From Here They Are Jayne Mansfield by Raymond Strait
• "A forty-one inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee—a lot more."
  • From Here They Are Jayne Mansfield by Raymond Strait
• "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."
  • • From Here They Are Jayne Mansfield by Raymond Strait
• "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?"—Mansfield on her second husband, Mickey Hargitay
  • From Here They Are Jayne Mansfield by Raymond Strait
• '"Honey, beside me, you look like Tony Randall!"—Mansfield to one of the Gabor sisters
  • From Here They Are Jayne Mansfield by Raymond Strait
• "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."
  • From Here They Are Jayne Mansfield by Raymond Strait
• "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—black and white—but then who thinks of a movie queen in black and white? Everything has to be in living color."
  • From Here They Are Jayne Mansfield by Raymond Strait

Unsourced

• "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."
• "I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it."
• "If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way."
• "It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, you know, knowing you are loved and wanted."
• "I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for betterment for me."

Criticism

• "Jayne Mansfield is making a career of being a girl."—Walter Winchell, reporter