The Hollywood bombshell was only 34 when she was killed in a car crash in Louisiana in June 1967 Lynsey Eidell is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work ...

Last Updated on September 29, 2025 by Matt Staff Jayne Mansfield was more than just a blonde bombshell of the 1950s and 1960s. I think I first came across word of Jayne Mansfield when someone was ...

Emmy Award-winning Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor Mariska Hargitay was just 3 years old in 1967 when her movie star mother, Jayne Mansfield, died in a tragic car crash. Though she and her ...

Bold, brash, and smart as a whip, Jayne Mansfield simply loved to push the limits of decency. Making great use of her buxom figure, Mansfield was not only a rabidly popular actress, but also one of ...