“My Mom, Jayne,” a “sad, sweet, and generous” documentary about actress Jayne Mansfield
Mariska Hargitay, star of the series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," is also the daughter of actress Jayne Mansfield, a contemporary of Marilyn Monroe and, like her, crushed by the film industry. The documentary she made about her, available on Max, has stirred the American press.
Touching, moving, poignant... reading the adjectives used by the American press to describe My Mom, Jayne , it's easy to see why Mariska Hargitay's documentary, available on Max since June 27, has struck a chord. It's a " sad, sweet, and generous" film, writes the Los Angeles Times .
Mariska Hargitay, now 61, was previously known as an actress: since 1999, she has been a mainstay of the police series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. For her directorial debut (she had previously helmed only a handful of episodes of the series that made her famous), she chose to follow in the footsteps of her mother Jayne Mansfield, a Hollywood actress who died at the age of 34 in a car accident in 1967.
“It may not be so surprising to discover that, after playing a cop in more than 500 episodes [of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ], Mariska Hargitay has proven herself to be an effective investigator, even in real life,” comments The Washington Post .
The actress has no memory of her mother, who died when she was only 3 years old. What she does remember, however, is growing up embarrassed by being the daughter of Jayne Mansfield, a peroxide blonde with a silhouette
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