Marilyn Monroe you ought to have heard of, but in case you need reminding, this is she: please log in to view this image Very, very famous blonde bombshell star of the 50s and early 60s films including Some Like It Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and The Seven Year Itch, until her untimely death from a drug overdose (conspiracy theories suggest President Kennedy had her bumped off by the mafia, but that has been disproved). Jayne Mansfield you may not know so well, but she was as famous for a short time as Monroe during the same era, although she made fewer films, but she was quite popular. This is her: please log in to view this image Her films include The Girl Can't Help It and Too Hot To Handle. Jayne died not longer after Marilyn in a car crash in which she was said to have been decapitated, but in fact she had been wearing a blonde wig which had fallen off her head. They had a lot in common: they had both married very young, they were brunettes who dyed their hair blonde, they had big boobs, they were both funny and likeable, but Jayne had something Marilyn could not have: children. One of her daughters, Mariska Hargitay stars in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Her father was Mickey Hargitay, former Mr Universe, and Jayne was married to him for a short time. He helped her to shape her famous figure with exercises. This is Mariska: please log in to view this image So, who do you prefer? By the way, before you say it I have some time on my hands before I carry on with my book.