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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 443581" data-attributes="member: 7">The A&amp;E biography on Mansfield says Monroe was &quot;the undisputed queen of glamour&quot;, Mamie was called &quot;the pretender to the throne&quot;, and Mansfield was called &quot;the lady-in-waiting&quot;.None of them reached the height of Marilyn, but Jayne was a legitimate star. She had success -- at least for a time -- on stage, on screen, on television, and even in Las Vegas. Of course, her splash of mainstream stardom was short-lived, and she contributed to her own decline by her over-publicity, which led to overexposure.Mamie, on the other hand, never made out of B-movies. She was signed with Universal in 1953, but they appeared to have zero interest in promoting her as anything other than a pin-up girl that played supporting roles in second-run movies.By comparison, in 1956, when Marilyn made her big comeback-of-sorts with BUS STOP and Jayne made a splashy debut in THE GIRL CAN&#039;T HELP IT, Mamie had like eight minutes of screen-time in her sole release that year, the mid-tier Western STAR IN THE DUST.Oh, but, apparently, Mamie and Marilyn both studied with drama coach Natasha Lytess in the late 1940s. Mamie and Marilyn allegedly met several times while studying with Lytess. But, as it&#039;s told, Mamie bailed on the lessons because she didn&#039;t learn anything (and I guess Natasha made advances towards Mamie), but Marilyn needed the training, so she stayed. Yeah.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 443581, member: 7"] The A&E biography on Mansfield says Monroe was "the undisputed queen of glamour", Mamie was called "the pretender to the throne", and Mansfield was called "the lady-in-waiting". None of them reached the height of Marilyn, but Jayne was a legitimate star. She had success -- at least for a time -- on stage, on screen, on television, and even in Las Vegas. Of course, her splash of mainstream stardom was short-lived, and she contributed to her own decline by her over-publicity, which led to overexposure. Mamie, on the other hand, never made out of B-movies. She was signed with Universal in 1953, but they appeared to have zero interest in promoting her as anything other than a pin-up girl that played supporting roles in second-run movies. By comparison, in 1956, when Marilyn made her big comeback-of-sorts with BUS STOP and Jayne made a splashy debut in THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, Mamie had like eight minutes of screen-time in her sole release that year, the mid-tier Western STAR IN THE DUST. [B][I]Oh, but, apparently,[/I][/B] Mamie and Marilyn both studied with drama coach Natasha Lytess in the late 1940s. Mamie and Marilyn allegedly met several times while studying with Lytess. But, as it's told, Mamie bailed on the lessons because she didn't learn anything (and I guess Natasha made advances towards Mamie), but Marilyn needed the training, so she stayed. Yeah. [/QUOTE]

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