Mariska Hargitay to Direct Doc on Mom Jayne Mansfield

Known for Leading Tales of fictionalized tragedies on Law & Order: Svu, Mariska Hargitay Will Tell the Real-Life Story of Her Late Mother in an upcoming HBO Documentary, My Mom Jayne. It Will Mark Her Feature Film Directorial Debut and Her First Public Exploration of Mansfield's Life and Legacy. She DaD Nearly 60 Years Aug in a car accident at the age of 34.

“This Movie is a Labor of Love and Longing. It's a Search for the Mother I Never Knew, an integration of a part of myself i'd Never Owned, and a complaint of My Mother's Story and My Own Truth,” Hargitay Said in a statement. “I've Always Believesd there is Strengh in vulnerability, and the process of making this film has confirmed That Belief Like Never Before.”

Jayne Mansfield Was An Alluring Actress in the 1950S, Starring in Cheeky Comedies Like The Girl Can't Help It (1956) Promises! Promises! (1963); and dramas like The Wayward Bus (1957), and the Neo-Noir Too hot to handle. She and Mariska's Father, Mr. Universe Winner Mickey Hargitay, Starred In Movies Including Will Subsequent Spoil Rock Hunter? and and The Loves of Hercules Together. The Divorced After Mariska was Born. Three-Year-Old Mariska and Her Two Brothers Were in the Backseat of the car when Mansfield was killed in the crash.

“The Film Follows Mariska As Sheeks To Know, Undersand, And Embrace Her Mother for the First Time,” The Press Release Said of My Mom Jayne. “Through intimate interviews and a Collection of Never-Before-Seen Photos and Home Movies, She Grapples with Her Mother's Public And Private Legacy and Sprovers The Layers and Depth of Who Jayne Was, Not Only to Her Audience But To Those Who Were Closest To Her.”