38 years ago today, Jayne Mansfield departed us...

[edbermac]

Star of The Girl Can't Help It; killed in a car crash...

And some people say wasn't equipped to be a mother :evilgrin:

[progmom]

1. sad.

Apparently there was a lot more to her than most people thought.

Her daughter is Mariska Hargitay, another beauty:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Yep

[GOPisEvil]

7. Oh my...that's a REALLY good picture.

[msanthrope]

11. She was in the car, wasn't she? n/t

[madrchsod]

16. yup

[madrchsod]

15. say it isn`t so.....

she`s over forty! well by one year.....

[progmom]

22. yep - women over 40 can still be super hot

who woulda thunk it? :shrug:

[SOteric]

23. And still incredibly lovely

[Coventina]

3. Was she involved in the Satanic Church?

Or was that an urban legend?

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. She dabbled in it, as did a few celebs in the 60's.

[jonnyblitz]

5. she was involved with anton levey and the church of satan

I don't have immediate links at my fingertips but i have read this many times...

[Debi]

6. Wasn't there questions about her death?

When she died and all that?

[progmom]

8. i think there was a rumor that she was decapitated

which later proved to be false.

[Coventina]

10. Yes, Snopes has a good article, I posted the link below

http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/jayne.htm

and here as well!
:-)

[Debi]

13. Thanks, just went to snopes.com and got the whole story.

:hi:

[jonnyblitz]

17. I had heard and believed that. I didn't realize it was false.

I hate it when that happens. :P

[Coventina]

9. Here's Snopes article on the tragedy:

http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/jayne.htm

[RebelOne]

12. If I remember correctly, her career was on the skids

when she was killed.

[madrchsod]

18. maybe ..i have seen clips from her

last film that was never completed, she was going in another direction moving away from the bomb shell and into "real" women roles. the few scenes i saw, i think she would have made the transition.

[catzies]

14. Her eldest daughter and namesake worked next door to me.

Bu I never got the courage to ask her about her mom; I assumed anything I could ask would just come out in poor taste.

I think she must have been a teen when she lost her mom & with so famous an incident, I don't know how strangers could approach someone and say, "Hey your mom was hot & she got beheaded. Did that suck for you?"

[Felix Mala]

19. What was the last thing that went through her mind?

[48pan]

20. Nice ti^h^h photo...

[Shell Beau]

21. She left a beautiful legacy...