She graduated from Highland Park High School in 1950. At age 12, Palmer took ballroom dance lessons. As a child, she wanted to be a Hollywood star like Shirley Temple. In 1939, Jayne Mansfield’s mother married sales engineer Harry Lawrence Peers and the family moved to Dallas, Texas, where she was known as Vera Jayne Peers. In 1936, her father died of a heart attack. Jayne Mansfield spent her early childhood in Philipsburg, New Jersey, where her father was an attorney practicing with future New Jersey governor Robert B. She inherited more than $90,000 from her maternal grandfather, Thomas ($910,000 in 2022 dollars), and more than $36,000 from her maternal grandmother, Beatrice Mary Palmer, in 1958 ($370,000 in 2022 dollars). Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jayne Palmer on April 19, 1933, at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the only child of Herbert William Palmer, of English and German ancestry, and Vera Jeffrey (née Palmer) Palmer, of English and Cornish descent.

On June 29, 1967, she died in an automobile crash in New Orleans at the age of 34.

Brody, and Las Vegas entertainer Nelson Sardelli. She was allegedly intimately involved with numerous men, including Robert and John F. She married three times, each marriage ending in divorce, and had five children. Mansfield took her professional name from her first husband, public relations professional Paul Mansfield. Her other film roles include the musical comedy The Girl Can't Help It (1956), the drama The Wayward Bus (1957), the neo-noir Too Hot to Handle (1960), and the sex comedy Promises! Promises! (1963) the latter established Mansfield as the first major American actress to perform in a nude scene in a post-silent era film. Mansfield gained notoriety after playing the role of fictional actress Rita Marlowe in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1955–1956) on Broadway, which she reprised in the film adaptation of the same name in 1957. Although her film career was short-lived, she had several box-office successes, and won a Theatre World Award and Golden Globe Award, and soon gained the nickname of Hollywood's 'smartest dumb blonde.' A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, Mansfield was known for her numerous publicity stunts and open personal life. Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer Ap– June 29, 1967) was an American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, and Playboy Playmate. Golden Globe for New Star Of The Year – Actress (1957).Theatre World Award for Promising Personality (1956).

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