I agree with you, Kat on both#1 and#2.

"Marilyn Monroe was talented & brilliant & beautiful
& with respect, Mansfield was not in Monroe's class."

Mansfield was the "naughtier alternative" to Marilyn Monroe. I think she was jealous of Marilyn. I was digging to find out more about Mariska's circumstances re: the boot club.

That's when I found out that Mansfield dated Anton LaVey (Church of Satan founder). She was also a Playboy playmate (Hugh Hefner connection).

The movies her father, Mickey Hargitay starred in are all horrible Satanic movies: The Bloody Pit of Horror, The Reincarnation of Isabel, Black Magic Rites, Box of Blood...

All of her siblings also work in Hollywood in one form or another. Her older sister was also a Playboy playmate.

https://stylecaster.com/mariska-hargitay-siblings/

Jayne Mansfield's Tragic Death

Mansfield starred in films like Too Hot to Handle in 1960 and The Girl Can’t Help it in 1956, but what she is best known for is her persona off-screen. She loved to play up her curvaceousness and sell herself as the naughtier alternative to Marilyn Monroe.

Mansfield wasn’t timid about the rivalry with Monroe. Rather, she embraced it. After bedding John F. Kennedy, she famously exclaimed “I’ll bet Marilyn is pissed as all get out!”.

"Another rumor began to spread following her death. Because Mansfield had once dated Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, it was speculated that LeVey had placed some kind of curse on her boyfriend Brody. Of course, there is no way to substantiate that rumor, but it was the subject of a 2017 documentary titled Mansfield 66/67."

https://factsverse.com/jayne-mansfields-tragic-death-the-truth-behind-her-decapitation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c2pKIht_Cg&t=169s