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The DVD, Jayne Mansfield – From Hollywood To Yorkshire, which Neil produced with documentary-maker Sharaz Ali, includes interviews filmed at locations including Bradford’s Midland Hotel.
- “The Monroe Mantle”
- “A Kerfuffle at Harry Ramsdens”
- “Still Causing A Fuss”
- Q&A with Neil Sean
Jayne Mansfield was the Golden Age of Hollywood’s star self-publicist. It’s strange to consider that back in the fifties Hollywood stars did not sell and brand themselves that much – they were movie stars and that was enough. In her movies, you always remembered Jayne Mansfield, if not the film. The roles started off well with the terrific The Girl...
I decided that the real story of Jayne’s visit needed investigating. Having never been fortunate enough before to make a programme based in my native Yorkshire, this seemed the perfect opportunity. I recruited the multi-talented documentary maker Sharaz Ali. Together we retraced Jayne’s steps. What we found was fascinating and bizarre. It appears J...
The pictures were found by a lady whose husband had passed away and had just been lying around for years. Jayne’s live show, honed with various stints in the far more glittering world of Las Vegas, consisted of breathy ballads and risqué dancing routines. But sadly, behind the scenes, the actress’s life was spiralling out of control. Yet she still ...
How did the DVD come about? I was telling a studio boss how Jayne Mansfield had, in fact, played at a local club in my home town in the last year of her life. He was shocked and said he had no idea, but what a great story it would make. This got me thinking. When we returned to Yorkshire we decided to track down the people that Jayne worked with in...
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Apr 19, 2024 · Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jane Palmer on April 19, 1933 in Bryn Mawr, Penn., and at age 3, after the death of her father, moved to Dallas, Texas. She was eager to be in Hollywood like her idol Shirley Temple and took lessons in ballroom dancing, violin, piano and viola, as well as Spanish and German. At age 16, she met 20-year-old Paul ...
Nov 10, 2021 · There's a myth surrounding her death. Jayne Mansfield died on June 29, 1967, in a car accident on Route 90 on her way to New Orleans from Biloxi, Mississippi. According to History, Mansfield was in the car with her "companion," Samuel S. Brody, along with a driver and the actor's three children.
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Jun 25, 2012 · Sean has created a documentary telling the tale, Jayne Mansfield: From Hollywood to Yorkshire, out now on DVD. “Getting a huge Hollywood star in our midst was fantastic,” says Sean of ...
Apr 22, 2017 · For proof of that famous opening line from L.P. Hartley's novel The Go Between, we can rewind 50 years to late April 1967 when Tralee prepared itself for the visit of Hollywood glamour girl and ...
Dive into the captivating world of Jayne Mansfield, the iconic 1950s Hollywood bombshell known for her platinum blonde hair and hourglass figure, often compa...
