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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 403034" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>She might outdone Shelley Winters.  She was always basically a character actress anyway, she just never evolved beyond that too-specific characterization.  As beautiful as she was in the 50s, I don't think she could have been a movie star or leading lady even if she hadn't developed her Marilyn caricature.  Jayne was just ... too much.  Her features and body were too out-sized.  What roles of the 50s could she possibly have been appropriate for as a leading lady -- VERTIGO?  CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF?  I'LL CRY TOMORROW?  The mind boggles.  But as a character actress, both comedic and even dramatic, I think she could have found less disreputable success.</p></blockquote><p></p>