Overview

• Hargitay makes her directorial debut by confronting a legacy she once avoided after losing her mother in a 1967 car crash at age three.
• The film combines archival footage, personal letters and photographs to examine the contrast between Mansfield’s public bombshell persona and her private self.
• Intimate interviews with siblings Jayne Marie Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay Jr., Zoltan Hargitay and Tony Cimber uncover their memories and long-held family secrets.
• A revelation disclosed for the first time confirms that Italian singer Nelson Sardelli, not Mickey Hargitay, is Mariska’s biological father.
• Following its Cannes premiere in May and North American debut at Tribeca on June 13, My Mom Jayne will stream on HBO and Max starting June 27.