The Jayne Mansfield Story
PG-13 1980 · 100 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, TV Movie
The story of the 1950s platinum-blonde sex symbol whose search for stardom and meteoric (if brief) career ended in an automobile accident when she was 36.
Directed by Dick Lowry
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Ray Buktenica Bob Garrett -
Kathleen Lloyd Carol Sue Peters -
G.D. Spradlin Gerald Conway -
Dave Shelley Barry Charles -
Laura Jacoby Jayne Marie (at 6) - W Whitney Rydbeck Photographer
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Lewis Arquette Publicity Man -
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Janice Kent Young Woman Writer
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