Mariska Hargitay revisited the life and legacy of her mom Jayne Mansfield with her directorial debut, My Mom Jayne, which premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. "The fact that I get to take her back and to tell her story there,

The late actress Jayne Mansfield became a regular at the Cannes Film Festival in the 1950s and ‘60s, sometimes photographed on the Croisette with her husband, Mickey Hargitay, and on at least one occasion accompanied by her pet pooch.

It’s a miracle that Mariska Hargitay and her brothers survived the car accident that killed their mother, 1950s film star Jayne Mansfield, and two other adults. But as Hargitay’s new documentary, My Mom Jayne,