US EditionMariska Hargitay Tries to Understand Late Mom in 'My Mom Jayne'
- Mariska Hargitay directs the documentary My Mom Jayne about her mother Jayne Mansfield, which premiered at Cannes on May 17, 2025, and will air June 27 on HBO and Max.
- When Mariska Hargitay was three, her mother, Jayne Mansfield, died in a 1967 car crash on U.S. 90, and it was only later in life that Mariska discovered her biological father is Nelson Sardelli, an Italian singer.
- The documentary features Hargitay interviewing her siblings, exploring Mansfield’s public image as a 1950s sex symbol versus her private life, and Mariska’s own journey to understand her mother whom she distanced from for years.
- In the trailer, Hargitay reveals that she has long kept her distance from her mother, Jayne Mansfield, known as a sex symbol, but now she aims to explore and reclaim her family's history.
- My Mom Jayne aims to reveal deeper truths about Mansfield and reflects Hargitay’s effort to reclaim her family story, suggesting a personal and public reexamination of her mother’s legacy.
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Hargitay, Mansfield's daughter, directed the new HBO doc about the '50s bombshell. Courtesy of Hargitay Family/HBO Jayne Mansfield with a young Mariska Hargitay in 'My Mom Jayne'Key PointsJayne Mansfield was one of the most famous (and infamous) actresses and tabloid fixtures of the '50s and '60s. The bombshell is the subject of a new HBO documentary, My Mom Jayne, from her daughter, Mariska Hargitay. The documentary is now streaming on HBO Max.…
Review: In ‘My Mom Jayne,’ Mariska Hargitay grapples with a secret and her mother’s choices
By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times That Mariska Hargitay is the daughter of Jayne Mansfield is one of those things everyone who knows anything about either of them seems to know — in some cases maybe the only thing. Even Hargitay — who was only 3 years old when, in 1967, her mother died in a road accident, which she and two brothers survived — had much to learn about her, and she spent most of her life not learning it. Now, in her inquisitive 60…
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