Jayne Mansfield 1963 she studied Italian. Reputed to be Hollywood's "smartest dumb blonde", she later complained that the public did not care about her brains saying: "They're more interested in 40–21–35." A natural brunette, Mansfield had her hair bleached, and colored platinum blonde when she moved to Los Angeles, and became one of the early "blonde bombshells", along with Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Mamie Van Doren. In 1958, she also had her eyebrows dyed platinum. Following Jean Harlow (who started the trend with her film "Bombshell"), Monroe, Mansfield, Van Doren and Diana Dors helped establish the stereotype typified by a combination
Bombshell (Smash) planning on committing suicide by overdosing on a whole bottle of sleeping pills. "New York Post" theatre critic Michael Riedel was to make a second cameo appearance as himself in this episode, but his scene did not air. In its original broadcast, "Bombshell" was watched by 5.96 million American viewers, attaining a 1.8 rating/5 share in the key adults 18–49 demographic. Bombshell (Smash) "Bombshell" is the fifteenth episode and first season finale of the American television series, "Smash". The episode was written by series creator Theresa Rebeck and directed by Michael Morris. It premiered on the NBC network on May