Matt Cimber

Matt Cimber (born Thomas Vitale Ottaviano in 1936) is an Italian-American film producer, director and writer. He was the last husband of Jayne Mansfield. Cimber directed her on stage and in one movie, Single Room Furnished (1968). They divorced about one year before her death.

Personal life

Cimber married his first wife Jane Baldera in 1954, and together they have two children, Katie and Venicio. They divorced in 1963. Cimber married his second wife Jayne Mansfield the following year, and have one son, Antonio. They divorced in 1966. Cimber married his third wife, Christy Hanak in 1967. He is now married to his fourth wife, Liz Furio.

Theater

Cimber began his career in the early 60s directing off-Broadway plays including works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tennessee Williams and the US premieres of the Jean Cocteau trilogy. During his theater years, Cimber adapted Burning Bright by John Steinbeck which introduced Sandy Dennis who went on to win an Academy Award for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Cimber then directed the Broadway revival of Bus Stop, where he met his future wife Jayne Mansfield.