Jayne Mansfield - A Bio-Bibliography

People today remember Jayne Mansfield as a famous Hollywood movie star. However, she starred in only three American movies before moving to low-budget European films. She was a master of publicity who appeared in newspapers across the nation almost daily. The media focused on her figure and her stormy love life. Through her constant exposure in the press, she gave the public the false impression that she was a major movie star.

This book charts the captivating life and career of Jayne Mansfield. A biography overviews her rise to fame, her three marriages and five children, and her death in a grisly automobile accident at an early age. The chapters that follow are each devoted to her performances in a particular genre, such as film, stage, and television. Each chapter contains annotated entries for her work in that media, providing cast and credit listings, plot summaries, review excerpts, and commentary. Appendices list her appearances on magazine and record covers, and an annotated bibliography discusses additional sources of information.

List of contents

Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Biography
Chronology
Plays and Personal Appearances
Filmography
Television
Discography
Awards and Honors
Song Sheets
Annotated Bibliography
Appendix A: Magazine Covers
Appendix B: Record Covers
Index

About the author

JOCELYN FARIS is a freelance writer./e Her books include Ginger Rogers: A Bio-Bibliography (1994) and Jayne Mansfield: A Bio-Bibliography (1994), both published by Greenwood Press.

Product details

• Authors: Jocelyn Faris, Faris Jocelyn
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.1994
• EAN: 9780313285448
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28544-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Popular Culture, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Individual actors & performers, Films, cinema, Biography: arts & entertainment, Theatre Studies, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Bibliographies, catalogues