she was a smart confident woman at least she wasn't saying she wanted to help teh starving children and help world peace-LOL.I am always gonna miss her and I wasnt even old enough to appreciate her.
RIP Jayne Mansfield. She was MENSA and had a real IQ of 163 well past 130 and Genius... she was under-rated and greatly misunderstood. Brave Lady. Respect.
Yes, her IQ (163) was verified by the University Of Texas. Not that IQ scores are the final say on intelligence in any case, but in Jayne's day a lot of emphasis was placed on them.
wow. She knows she HAS to be cheesy to "get her foot in the door". She pretty much just put it all out there. Maybe if she came to this interview with her dark hair and took a few deep breaths, she could have just been herself. I feel like she feels like she's still auditioning. But she's trying to slowly ween the audience off of her image.
I see all the negative comments are by WOMEN...only a woman would call her a "skank" especially after seeing this interview. I was myself surprised by her depth and warmth.......
@yoginiha I think Jayne was much more feminine, elegant, and more beautiful than her daughter Mariska. She had that special something that Mariska doesn't have. Mariska resembles her Dad too much---not as fine-boned and petite as Jayne Mansfield. Unfortunately, Mariska inherited too much of her father's looks and demeanor.
... the interviewer needs to change her evereadys... Typical open liner... trying to downsize a star by referring to her past... cheap... no class... J.M. held her head up... and she keeps starring at the camera in a true attempt to communicate with the people behind the camera and overpass this shitwit interviewer...
Jayne was 50 years ahead of her times, a REAL modern gal back in the 50's !!!!!!!! I'm not sure that women liked her (?) but I do think they all wanted to live on the fast lane like she did !!!!!!!!!
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Why does she keep looking back at the camera after every sentence? She looks/sounds like she's on a job interview and very nervous about it. She was skanky and smarmy, but so was Marilyn Monroe.
I don't see that as a tragedy at all. Plenty of people have gifts or talents that aren't ever utilised in their careers. I don't see an intelligent women who profits from her looks any different to a beautiful woman working in an intellectually demanding field. Jayne certainly got the attention and adoration she required from being a star; personally I think she would have been unhappy doing anything else.
yes, you probably are, but you can always try junior college. it's never too late to pursue an education. try taking an aptitude test to assess your abilities first before deciding on which classess to take. don't be so hard on yourself, not everyone is as intelligent as Jayne was, but you can always improve with study and purhaps the help of a good tutor. good luck, and best wishes.
ha! you are too funny. what a pathetic excuse for a life you must have worshiping the likes Mansfield. omg, a Jayne Mansfield sycophant. Now toddle off and look that up in your dictionary. Back to the Enquirer or Reader's Digest or whatever it is that occupies your "mind."
Golly David, you mean you're actually capable of stringing more than 3 words together? I'm ever so impressed! Sycophant? Hmmmm. . .I don't recall writing anything particularly gushing over Jayne. I'm not really much of a fan, it's just that it was pretty stupid of you to write some pissy little dismissal of her. You're pathetic if you've nothing better to do than that. If you want to criticize, fine, but say something intelligent, or why even bother opening your scabby yap?
No too many people know this. Jayne Mansfield had a IQ of 160+. She was a very quick and lucid thinker, and a shrewd businesswoman. The average person knows about 4000 words. Once tested, she knew over 12,000 words! She was also very skilled in several branches of mathematics. She kept this very quiet, because she wanted to succeed as the flashy blonde "vamp" in Hollywood. Her womanly features sold well to the public which is what she wanted. So, don't be fooled by this truly amazing woman.
I think that canadian woman tried to fake her out and make her say something stupid..But Jayne just blew her out of the ballpark ..10 stars Jane! 0 ..for the interviewer!
If you don't think Jayne was down to earth then you simply don't know the basics about her. Jayne was incredibly accessible, what other star of that time greeted crowds with open arms and allowed fans into her home? It's sad that you equate beauty and sex appeal with a lack of intellect and professionalism, and it again shows your lack of knowledge about Jayne.
If you compare a pic of Mariska and Jayne their faces are so close in appearance, it is the dark hair and 50 year difference in styles that make them look different. But the bone structure is almost identical.
Too bad she got so deep in the pin up look for that's all she had to keep moving on doing some embarrassing movies in the 60s. Still she did what she had to do to keep eating and paying the bills plus supporting her five children. Jayne Mansfield was no dummy.
I've been a fan of hers for many years. A very beautiful, sweet woman. A short, ultimately tragic, life. She was offered the part of Ginger on Gilligan's Island but, taking some misguided advice, turned it down. Too bad. It would have greatly helped her, financially. She might not have had to do the one-night appearances that she was reduced to doing, at the end of her career. Therefore, she might never have been on that foggy southern road, that night in 1967.
actually, mamie van doren was supposed to sing at gus steven's club on june 28th 1967, but she traded with jayne. if mamie would of sang on that date, jayne would have lived
It's true that TV actors didn't make much money in the mid-60's, during the time that their shows were in production. The Gilligan's Island cast made their real money later on, when the show went into syndication. Since the show is still being broadcast, somewhere in the world, the surviving members of the cast are still collecting royalties.
After Marilyn died she should have let her hair go natural and used her real voice, she could have gone far. Too bad she held onto that dumb blonde routine after it went out of style.
there's a difference between dumb blonde and speaking softly. // I love the fact that she turned to the camera to talk, because they should always sit the guest facing the camera or at least not in profile. Like she was not about to let a stupid production decision make her waste a good opportunity to get herself known in Canada. // She sounds like she's on the defensive. It reminds me a lot of an interview that Callas did in 1957, but Callas walked off.
is that Joyce Davidson? I can't find any pictures of her in google pictures. // They didn't put the chairs in optimal positions, when she talks to the host, she has to be in profile, even farther than profile, we practically see the back of her head. But Jayne knows how to remedy.
but i have a question, I guess I can understand why Jayne was compared to Marilyn, but why did Jayne do parodies of Marilyn, did they not like each other?
I don't know for certain if she had a super high IQ as was often said, but she wasn't by any means a "dumb blonde" even though she often played those kind of roles on screen ~ and I do think that, had she been given the chance, she could have displayed her acting abilities on a higher level in better quality films.
She didn't play them in films but she did at some appearances like the Jack Benny show. You can google 'Jayne Mansfield violin' as well as 'Jayne Mansfield piano' to see footage of her playing them. Jayne only played dumb blonde roles because she was desperate to become a star and being a sex symbol in the 50's was the easiest route to fame for her. However she had an IQ of 163.
Does anyone know this song from Jane: "now you say you love me?"
Has anyone got a video from that? Let me know pleause, because it was my favorite number. My aunt braught this number out of Canada for me on single a long time ago.
Hi, you are probably thinking of the song 'Cry Me a River' by Julie London. Jayne doesn't sing it, but Julie does in one of Jayne's films, 'The Girl Can't Help It'. That probably explains the confusion.
Scheming gal!! She seemed a little naive here. Before all the real success...kind of the calm before the storm. She's kind of "little girl" like here too.
Charming! The sad thing is, she never "relaxed" the cheesecake or thought seriously about the roles she was offered--she took anything, after FOX dropped her, and they lost confidence in her early-on. Funny--she had a lot of confidence in herself, unlike Marilyn. Too much, in fact. She believed her own publicity, and that's when she lost her way. At her best, she was really rather special. (In fact, this clip is the height, she began to fall soon after.)
That's because after Fox dropped her, she had no choice but to take anything that was offered to her. In 1957 at the time of this interview, Jayne was Queen of the Fox lot and a huge box office draw, and probably believed she had the power and influence to control her image, not foreseeing her career decline. The 60's were a hard time for actresses in general (particularly the bombshells), and Jayne only achieved stardom a few years earlier. I agree her excess publicity also led to overexposure.
Pink..that is cool. I went into a music shop one day and owner had a picture of city's orchestra...he pointed to this woman and told me who it was...she was holding a violin, that's all i really knew about her at the time. thanks for your info!
this woman interviewing Jayne Mansfield sounds kinda of jealous with some of her questioning
classicNHLfights 1 year ago
Just from speaking it would seem to conclude that Jayne Mansfield would be smarter than most of the dumb bimbos in Hollywood today.
frankystein12 1 year ago 2
A real blonde!
ve2so 1 year ago
jayne,marilyn,mamie always remembered
xxblackpeltxx 2 years ago
Wow. Mariska looks just like Jayne! Jayne has such a soft voice!!
KACIE681 2 years ago
she was a smart confident woman at least she wasn't saying she wanted to help teh starving children and help world peace-LOL.I am always gonna miss her and I wasnt even old enough to appreciate her.
outlawwolf621 2 years ago
im sure she wasnt like 'fuck them'. its hard to find intelligent, normal healthy women who don't have atleast a slight concern for those things.
jennyrgar 2 years ago
please don't insult Jayne by comparing her to that pig Anna nicole-she was a greedy old man fucking pig,Jayne had class.
outlawwolf621 2 years ago
I definitely agree,but you could've said it a little nicer!ROFL
Sher1962 2 years ago
She was from research a very smart, driven, and ambitious woman. It's a just a shame that she was taken so soon.
Gem5771 2 years ago
Yes, like her mother, Mariska is a very beautiful woman, She is also a very positive roll model for girls every where.
1cannonshot 2 years ago 3
She was a knock-out beauty and so is Mariska!!
jtoshawa 2 years ago 3
Her daughter looks so much like her Jayne was beautiful she was for me looks wise a cross between Anna Nicole Smith and Jessica Simpson face wise
ifusuckilltellu 2 years ago
she was 23/24 in this interview...compare her speech to other women in the biz her age in interviews
kjackson2k1 2 years ago 3
@kjackson2k1 lol...you're quite right....the ones nowadays can't speak.
jtoshawa 2 years ago
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rehtafsedaj777 2 years ago
And how many Jayne films have you seen?
xXPinkGoddessXx 2 years ago
RIP Jayne Mansfield. She was MENSA and had a real IQ of 163 well past 130 and Genius... she was under-rated and greatly misunderstood. Brave Lady. Respect.
Lylyth480 2 years ago 2
@Lylyth480
Jayne was never in MENSA. Nor was her 160+ IQ ever verified. She claimed it and that is the extent of the proof.
torchkit 2 years ago
I've known a lot of people who have claimed to have IQs in that range. They're all liars.
hobgoblinlkjfdsa 2 years ago
Yes, her IQ (163) was verified by the University Of Texas. Not that IQ scores are the final say on intelligence in any case, but in Jayne's day a lot of emphasis was placed on them.
xXPinkGoddessXx 2 years ago
IQ tests never prove anything signifigant
jennyrgar 2 years ago
wow. She knows she HAS to be cheesy to "get her foot in the door". She pretty much just put it all out there. Maybe if she came to this interview with her dark hair and took a few deep breaths, she could have just been herself. I feel like she feels like she's still auditioning. But she's trying to slowly ween the audience off of her image.
stitchgrl777 2 years ago
I believe she could play the volin
sdsunandfun 2 years ago
And i can play th Vola!
rehtafsedaj777 2 years ago
I see all the negative comments are by WOMEN...only a woman would call her a "skank" especially after seeing this interview. I was myself surprised by her depth and warmth.......
fjdmusicman 2 years ago
was she "discovered" before or after Marilyn Monroe?
ashtree80 2 years ago
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I read somewhere that before she made it big a young Marilyn Monroe was an understudy for Jaynes Mansfield.
MoesTube1 2 years ago
didnt marilyn die before jayne? 62 i believe
jennyrgar 2 years ago
@jennyrgar Yes, you're right Jane Mansfield died in 1967.
MoesTube1 2 years ago
@ashtree80 after
kriccistarr 2 years ago
Her lovely daughter, Mariska, resembles her very much.
yoginiha 2 years ago 3
I'm obsessed with Mariska on Law & Order SVU she is an amazing actress!
MoesTube1 2 years ago 2
@yoginiha I think Jayne was much more feminine, elegant, and more beautiful than her daughter Mariska. She had that special something that Mariska doesn't have. Mariska resembles her Dad too much---not as fine-boned and petite as Jayne Mansfield. Unfortunately, Mariska inherited too much of her father's looks and demeanor.
mrshinyshoes 10 months ago
... the interviewer needs to change her evereadys... Typical open liner... trying to downsize a star by referring to her past... cheap... no class... J.M. held her head up... and she keeps starring at the camera in a true attempt to communicate with the people behind the camera and overpass this shitwit interviewer...
pierre766 2 years ago 3
Jayne was 50 years ahead of her times, a REAL modern gal back in the 50's !!!!!!!! I'm not sure that women liked her (?) but I do think they all wanted to live on the fast lane like she did !!!!!!!!!
redtorso 2 years ago
she looks kinda shiny
shealways 2 years ago 6
Feminine, beautiful, sexy, warm, intelligent, well-spoken. That was Jayne Mansfield.
mrshinyshoes 2 years ago 2
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Why does she keep looking back at the camera after every sentence? She looks/sounds like she's on a job interview and very nervous about it. She was skanky and smarmy, but so was Marilyn Monroe.
jemjean 2 years ago
She was no dumb blonde!!
MikeHudson65 2 years ago 3
I would love to have that hair!
jamogeler58 2 years ago
You can. It's called bleach.
EnchantedSilence 2 years ago 2
She's so sweet.
grainofsandfan 2 years ago
What a smart, beautiful girl. And what a great tragedy. So sad she died so young and so tragically. :(
mrshinyshoes 2 years ago
she's so full of shit but i love her anyway
ivano0o0o0 2 years ago 3
yet another American tragedy.... She was very intelligent as well as beautiful but it didn't matter!
mickalene 2 years ago
I don't see that as a tragedy at all. Plenty of people have gifts or talents that aren't ever utilised in their careers. I don't see an intelligent women who profits from her looks any different to a beautiful woman working in an intellectually demanding field. Jayne certainly got the attention and adoration she required from being a star; personally I think she would have been unhappy doing anything else.
xXPinkGoddessXx 2 years ago 2
she looks like she needs a shower
jackinla8 2 years ago 4
jeez, what a horrible interviewee. she answers to the camera. but, damn gorgeous.
torchkit 2 years ago
utterly utterly fabulous.......
Skarlettte 2 years ago
Mariska has her Mama's eyes----beautiful!!
redlion83 2 years ago 5
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Her tits don't look huge here, must of had some enhancement...it worked out.
jackinla8 2 years ago
That's because they weren't "huge" in 1957, they were big but didn't get huge until she had three more kids.
xXPinkGoddessXx 2 years ago
In those days they didn't have implants. Jayne was all natural. :)
mrshinyshoes 2 years ago 4
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just another ditz.
dream7184 2 years ago
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KlabooeyVideoKing 2 years ago
yes, you probably are, but you can always try junior college. it's never too late to pursue an education. try taking an aptitude test to assess your abilities first before deciding on which classess to take. don't be so hard on yourself, not everyone is as intelligent as Jayne was, but you can always improve with study and purhaps the help of a good tutor. good luck, and best wishes.
ironbuttermilk 2 years ago
ha! you are too funny. what a pathetic excuse for a life you must have worshiping the likes Mansfield. omg, a Jayne Mansfield sycophant. Now toddle off and look that up in your dictionary. Back to the Enquirer or Reader's Digest or whatever it is that occupies your "mind."
dream7184 2 years ago
Golly David, you mean you're actually capable of stringing more than 3 words together? I'm ever so impressed! Sycophant? Hmmmm. . .I don't recall writing anything particularly gushing over Jayne. I'm not really much of a fan, it's just that it was pretty stupid of you to write some pissy little dismissal of her. You're pathetic if you've nothing better to do than that. If you want to criticize, fine, but say something intelligent, or why even bother opening your scabby yap?
ironbuttermilk 2 years ago
Its totally obvious shes studied Marilyn and copied her "voice" and movements, her smiles. even her eyes widen at certain times like Marilyn.
madelnthe80s 2 years ago
No too many people know this. Jayne Mansfield had a IQ of 160+. She was a very quick and lucid thinker, and a shrewd businesswoman. The average person knows about 4000 words. Once tested, she knew over 12,000 words! She was also very skilled in several branches of mathematics. She kept this very quiet, because she wanted to succeed as the flashy blonde "vamp" in Hollywood. Her womanly features sold well to the public which is what she wanted. So, don't be fooled by this truly amazing woman.
DrStimulus 2 years ago 17
Jayne was awesome.
nomedia2009 2 years ago 3
I think that canadian woman tried to fake her out and make her say something stupid..But Jayne just blew her out of the ballpark ..10 stars Jane! 0 ..for the interviewer!
KellyGiftShop 2 years ago 6
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That Canadian woman did not need to fake out Jayne Mansfield
Jayne was already a fake.
To me it represented two types of women, the intellectual
professional, down to earth journalist and the glittering starlet.
CommonwealthCanadian 2 years ago
If you don't think Jayne was down to earth then you simply don't know the basics about her. Jayne was incredibly accessible, what other star of that time greeted crowds with open arms and allowed fans into her home? It's sad that you equate beauty and sex appeal with a lack of intellect and professionalism, and it again shows your lack of knowledge about Jayne.
xXPinkGoddessXx 2 years ago
If you compare a pic of Mariska and Jayne their faces are so close in appearance, it is the dark hair and 50 year difference in styles that make them look different. But the bone structure is almost identical.
DA90027 2 years ago 2
hubba hubba
2indulgent 2 years ago
Too bad she got so deep in the pin up look for that's all she had to keep moving on doing some embarrassing movies in the 60s. Still she did what she had to do to keep eating and paying the bills plus supporting her five children. Jayne Mansfield was no dummy.
Vincent50 2 years ago 10
isnt she the mother of merisa hagerty on law and order? or am i thinking of someone else
dianetwee 2 years ago
Yes you are correct! Mariska Hargitay is her daughter.
SHRINA17 2 years ago
I've been a fan of hers for many years. A very beautiful, sweet woman. A short, ultimately tragic, life. She was offered the part of Ginger on Gilligan's Island but, taking some misguided advice, turned it down. Too bad. It would have greatly helped her, financially. She might not have had to do the one-night appearances that she was reduced to doing, at the end of her career. Therefore, she might never have been on that foggy southern road, that night in 1967.
ftsjr 2 years ago
actually, mamie van doren was supposed to sing at gus steven's club on june 28th 1967, but she traded with jayne. if mamie would of sang on that date, jayne would have lived
jaynemansfield1967 2 years ago
Tina Louise never made much money. In those days, TV actors had terrible contracts.
wattever333 2 years ago
It's true that TV actors didn't make much money in the mid-60's, during the time that their shows were in production. The Gilligan's Island cast made their real money later on, when the show went into syndication. Since the show is still being broadcast, somewhere in the world, the surviving members of the cast are still collecting royalties.
ftsjr 2 years ago
I can see a HOT one when I spot one! Meteoric Rise! Yes, her TITS!
NathanForstGump 2 years ago
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NathanForstGump 2 years ago
After Marilyn died she should have let her hair go natural and used her real voice, she could have gone far. Too bad she held onto that dumb blonde routine after it went out of style.
DA90027 2 years ago 4
there's a difference between dumb blonde and speaking softly. // I love the fact that she turned to the camera to talk, because they should always sit the guest facing the camera or at least not in profile. Like she was not about to let a stupid production decision make her waste a good opportunity to get herself known in Canada. // She sounds like she's on the defensive. It reminds me a lot of an interview that Callas did in 1957, but Callas walked off.
wattever333 2 years ago
Tom Waits used to say that his girlfriend Ricky Lee Jones looked like Jayne...interesting...never thought of it, but I can see it.
sclogse1 2 years ago
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heyheymnday 3 years ago
is that Joyce Davidson? I can't find any pictures of her in google pictures. // They didn't put the chairs in optimal positions, when she talks to the host, she has to be in profile, even farther than profile, we practically see the back of her head. But Jayne knows how to remedy.
wattever333 3 years ago
what a gorgeous person!
but i have a question, I guess I can understand why Jayne was compared to Marilyn, but why did Jayne do parodies of Marilyn, did they not like each other?
SouthMemphis06 3 years ago
Those lights they were using must have been really hot because you can she her sweating.
Chiswick2 3 years ago
She also seems like she's out of breath at the beginning.
wattever333 3 years ago
I don't know for certain if she had a super high IQ as was often said, but she wasn't by any means a "dumb blonde" even though she often played those kind of roles on screen ~ and I do think that, had she been given the chance, she could have displayed her acting abilities on a higher level in better quality films.
JohnnyGNV 3 years ago
She did indeed have an IQ of 163, she even showed the press her test certificate from the University Of Texas.
xXPinkGoddessXx 2 years ago
oh my gosh is she ever dippy!!
FinCups 3 years ago
Wow, I've never seen this. This is so cool. Thank you for posting it.
JMansfield34 3 years ago
"Mediocre rise to fame" Did she really just say that to her?
irvingklaw57 3 years ago
I think she said "Meteoric"
newportguy 3 years ago
are there any films where she would play these instruments - violin and piano. I was supriced that she was so talented?
vladislavskalicky 3 years ago
She didn't play them in films but she did at some appearances like the Jack Benny show. You can google 'Jayne Mansfield violin' as well as 'Jayne Mansfield piano' to see footage of her playing them. Jayne only played dumb blonde roles because she was desperate to become a star and being a sex symbol in the 50's was the easiest route to fame for her. However she had an IQ of 163.
xXPinkGoddessXx 3 years ago
Sorry, I meant search on Youtube, not google.
xXPinkGoddessXx 3 years ago
Does anyone know this song from Jane: "now you say you love me?"
Has anyone got a video from that? Let me know pleause, because it was my favorite number. My aunt braught this number out of Canada for me on single a long time ago.
peignoir91 3 years ago
Hi, you are probably thinking of the song 'Cry Me a River' by Julie London. Jayne doesn't sing it, but Julie does in one of Jayne's films, 'The Girl Can't Help It'. That probably explains the confusion.
xXPinkGoddessXx 3 years ago
Many, Many thanks!
mugginsmajik 3 years ago
Thank you for posting this fantastic interview.
What I find very funny is the way she hardly responds to the journalist,and instead replies to the camera,meaning her public..
Very,Very Jayne !
Regards.
Michelle De Ville
MichelleDeVille 3 years ago 4
Wow, even in old black and white she still radiates glamour and beauty.
UsedCassetteTape 3 years ago 3
Scheming gal!! She seemed a little naive here. Before all the real success...kind of the calm before the storm. She's kind of "little girl" like here too.
gregoryagogo 3 years ago 2
Charming! The sad thing is, she never "relaxed" the cheesecake or thought seriously about the roles she was offered--she took anything, after FOX dropped her, and they lost confidence in her early-on. Funny--she had a lot of confidence in herself, unlike Marilyn. Too much, in fact. She believed her own publicity, and that's when she lost her way. At her best, she was really rather special. (In fact, this clip is the height, she began to fall soon after.)
waif55 3 years ago
That's because after Fox dropped her, she had no choice but to take anything that was offered to her. In 1957 at the time of this interview, Jayne was Queen of the Fox lot and a huge box office draw, and probably believed she had the power and influence to control her image, not foreseeing her career decline. The 60's were a hard time for actresses in general (particularly the bombshells), and Jayne only achieved stardom a few years earlier. I agree her excess publicity also led to overexposure.
xXPinkGoddessXx 3 years ago
Pink..that is cool. I went into a music shop one day and owner had a picture of city's orchestra...he pointed to this woman and told me who it was...she was holding a violin, that's all i really knew about her at the time. thanks for your info!
exupery1952 3 years ago 8
she was also an accomplished violinist...can't judge a book by it's cover...like Charo who is a classical guitarist....
exupery1952 3 years ago 7
She was also a classically trained pianist with an IQ of 163, who could speak five languages!
xXPinkGoddessXx 3 years ago 2
she was no "dumb" blond either...she was an accomplished violinist...
exupery1952 3 years ago 5
She was soooooo cute
pinkfairygirl86 3 years ago 2
baby cakes, that was one HOT women !!!
danoinreno 3 years ago 4
wondedul! Jayne was so beautiful!
PlatinumBlonde87 3 years ago 5