Filmography
Jayne only made 25 movies throughout her career but she always made a splash in whatever she was in. Below you will find her complete filmography and a summary of her role along with the year each movie was filmed and a release year after a slash if the film came out over a year after principal photography ended.
Early Jayne
Female Jungle
Jayne plays an artist’s mistress who meets a horrible end in this Z-grade noir.
1954/1955
Hell on Frisco Bay
Jayne plays the dancing partner to 6th billed Perry Lopez.
1955
Pete Kelly’s Blues
Jayne plays an uncredited, blink-and-you’ll-miss-her cigarette girl with two lines.
1955
The Burglar
Jayne once again plays a wayward girl connected to a criminal.
1955/1957
Illegal
Jayne plays a gangster’s mistress/mole in this B-noir starring Edward G. Robinson
1955
Jayne’s Peak Work
The Girl Can’t Help It
Jayne plays the hopelessly naive Jerri Jordan, a girl being forced into a film career by a mobster boyfriend.
1956
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Jayne reprises her Broadway role, Rita Marlowe – the vapid, scheming #1 Blonde Movie Star in the US.
1957
The Wayward Bus
Jayne plays a “bubble dancer” on her way to a better job in San Juan.
1957
Kiss Them For Me
Jayne plays Alice Kratzner, a dumb blonde obsessed with servicemen.
1957
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
Jayne plays a tough-as-nails saloon owner/chorus dancer.
1958
Too Hot to Handle
Really the start of her B-movie career but well-written film featuring Jayne as a burlesque queen.
1959/1961
Later Jayne
The Challenge
Jayne plays a gang leader organizing a heist in Mexico.
1959/1963
The Loves of Hercules
Jayne plays duel roles opposite then-husband Mickey Hargitay.
1960
It Happened in Athens
Jayne plays a Greek actress with her heart set on making it in America.
1960/1962
The George Raft Story
Jayne plays Lucy Lang (loosely based on Betty Grable) in this bio-pic loosely based on Raft’s life.
1961
Homesick for St. Pauli
Jayne plays the star of a television show.
1963
Dog Eat Dog
Jayne once again plays the girlfriend to a criminal. She spends most of the movie complaining about needing panties.
1964/1966
A Guide for the Married Man
Jayne has a cameo role in this Fox film.
1966/1967
Panic Button
Jayne plays a thinly veiled version of herself against heavyweight Maurice Chevalier.
1962/1964
Primitive Love
Jayne plays Dr. Jayne Mansfield, a scientist studying love in “primitive cultures.”
1964/1966
The Fat Spy
Jayne plays an airhead in love with her father’s colleague.
1965/1966
Single Room Furnished
Jayne plays three roles in this drama directed by ex-husband Matt Cimber. The film was shot sporadically over a several year period.
1967
Promises, Promises
Jayne made history as the first American actress to appear nude in a mainstream picture after the adoption of the Hays Code.
1963
The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield
Travelogue featuring Jayne.
1964/1968
The Las Vegas Hillbillys
Jayne plays a showgirl who helps a couple of hillbillies run their casino.
1966
Puffblicity 