Jackey Neyman Jones, born on July 2, 1959, is the child actress who played “Debbie” in the 1966 cult classic B-movie horror film, Manos: The Hands Of Fate. Her father, Tom Neyman, played the film’s antagonist, the immortal cult leader known as “The Master”.

After its disastrous premiere on November 15th, 1966, Manos: The Hands Of Fate faded into obscurity. But, as chance would have it, the film re-emerged from the shadows of time when it was featured on the cult smash television show, Mystery Science Theater 3000 almost twenty-seven years later. It instantly became a fan-favorite episode. 

In more recent times,  the film gained a much wider audience, thanks largely to social media, YouTube bad movie reviews and bad movie admirers the world over. Manos has been occasionally referenced in other media, such as Gravity Falls, How I Met Your Mother and Elementary, among others.

Prior to the film’s resurgence however, Neyman Jones invested herself in creative passions. Using her artistic gift, she carved an entrepreneurial path for herself by designing and selling hand-painted t-shirts and custom hand-painted silk clothing. From humble beginnings, this transitioned into a decades-long career in professional master faux finishing for esteemed clients in Western Oregon and Northern California. 

Neyman Jones also co-founded the Falls City Arts Association in Falls City, Oregon. The co-op was established to help cultivate artistic expression of its members through community programs, classes and projects.

Since the re-discovery of Manos: The Hands Of Fate, Jackey Neyman Jones published a book in 2012 called “Growing Up With Manos: The Hands Of Fate”, attended various horror movie conventions is currently hosting online paint classes through Dumb Industries, an MST3K-adjacent comedy content creation hub.

Jackey has since appeared in several indie horror films, including two Manos legacy features: a prequel to the original Manos film, Manos: The Rise Of Torgo (2018; as “Manos”) and a sequel to the original, Manos Returns (2018; as “Debbie”), which she co-wrote and produced. Currently, Jackey maintains her role as “Debbie” in the series, The Manos Chronicles, which is available on Tubi and Amazon Prime.

To this day, Jackey Neyman Jones has grown a fanbase of her own, where she engages with them and shares what she’s doing as well as answering questions about her experiences. You can even find her partaking in the annual Manos Day celebrations, every November 15th. If you were to ask her how this all came to be, she’d tell you, “the hands of fate works in mysterious ways”.