Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and complex woman.
Direction
Mariska's first doc — vulnerability as directorial superpower.
Editing
Juxtaposing sex symbol mythology against family home movies.
Director
Mariska Hargitay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jayne Mansfield was marketed as Marilyn Monroe's rival but was arguably more subversive — the first major American actress to appear nude in a mainstream film (Promises! Promises!, 1963).
Mariska Hargitay was only three years old when the crash killed her mother; she bears a scar from the accident, which she rarely discusses publicly until this film.
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