Jayne Mansfield's Pink Palace
In November 1957, shortly before her marriage to Mickey Hargitay, Mansfield bought a 40-room Mediterranean-style mansion formerly owned by Rudy Vallée at 10100 Sunset Boulevard in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles.[1] Much of the investment to buy the house came from the $81,340 ($882,404 in 2023 dollars)[2] she inherited from her maternal grandfather Elmer Palmer."[5] Hargitay, a plumber and carpenter before getting into bodybuilding, built a pink heart-shaped swimming pool.Mansfield decorated the Pink Palace by writing to furniture and building suppliers requesting free samples.[7] The Pink Palace was sold after her death and its subsequent owners have included Ringo Starr and Engelbert Humperdinck.