Mansfield's film career was short-lived, but she had several box-office successes and won a Theatre World Award and a Golden Globe. She enjoyed success in the role of fictional actress Rita Marlowe, both in the 1955–1956 Broadway version and the 1957 film version of "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" Her other major movie performances were in "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956), "The Wayward Bus" (1957), and "Too Hot to Handle" (1960). She became the first major American actress in a post-silent Hollywood film to have a nude scene in "Promises! Promises!" (1963).