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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 269666" data-attributes="member: 5079">I think Jayne's career was doomed for a simple reason: Fox saw her as a threat to and replacement for Marilyn.  Once Marilyn reconciled with Fox after her NYC sojourn, the studio didn't need a replacement.  Jayne was a superfluity.  Beyond that, she was a prisoner of her own gimmicky image.  I see Jayne  as being like Carmen Miranda -- a gaudy, cartoony novelty that was glorious fun for a brief period.  Perhaps she would have fared better if Fox moved her into supporting roles, as a sexy-funny comic relief.  And at the risk of being un-gallant, Jayne lost her looks fairly quickly.   She was gorgeous in the mid-50s but even by the early 60s she was kind of blowsy.   I think she was pregnant more often than not.</blockquote>