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The Jayne Mansfield Story is a american film of genre Drama directed by Dick Lowry released in USA on 29 october 1980 with Loni Anderson
The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 october 1980
Length 1h40
Directed by Dick Lowry
OriginUSA
Themes Films about television
Rating52%
The Jayne Mansfield Story is a 1980 television film directed by Dick Lowry, starring Loni Anderson as the sex goddess, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as her body builder husband; based on the life of Jayne Mansfield. The film was originally titled Jayne Mansfield: A Symbol of the '50's. The script is based on the book Jayne Mansfield and the American Fifties by Martha Saxton.
It originally aired on CBS 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 The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.
Synopsis
The film tells the fictionalized rise and fall of Hollywood bombshell and sex symbol, Jayne Mansfield.Actors
Loni Anderson
(Jayne Mansfield)
Arnold Schwarzenegger
(Mickey Hargitay)
Lewis Arquette
(Publicity Man)
Kathleen Lloyd
(Carol Sue Peters)
G. D. Spradlin
(Gerald Conway)
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