The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)

Directed by

Dick Lowry

Genre

drama film, biographical film, drama fiction

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This TV movie follows the rise to fame of 1950s actress Jayne Mansfield. It shows her career and her marriage to bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay.

biographicalmelodramaticdatedearnesttragicsentimentalretroglitzy

What happens

The Jayne Mansfield Story is a 1980 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Dick Lowry starring Loni Anderson as the actress, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as her bodybuilder husband, based on the life of Jayne Mansfield. The film was originally titled Jayne Mansfield: A Symbol of the '50s. The script is based on the book Jayne Mansfield and the American Fifties by Martha Saxton. It originally aired on CBS on October 29, 1980. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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