My Mom Jayne
“Reclaiming her mother's story. And her own.”
2025•NR•1h 46m•8.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Mariska Hargitay
Languages
English
Studio
HBO Documentary Films
Cast
Jayne Mansfield
Self (archive footage)
Mariska Hargitay
Self
Jayne Marie Mansfield
Self
Mickey Hargitay Jr.
Self
Zoltan Hargitay
Self
Tony Cimber
Self
Ellen Jean Siano Hargitay
Self
Pietra Sardelli
Self
Giovanna Sardelli
Self
Rusty Strait
Self
Nelson Sardelli
Self
Peter Hermann
Self
Mickey Hargitay
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
Joan Collins
archive footage
Production
Company
HBO Documentary Films
Company
Mighty Entertainment
Producer
Mariska Hargitay
Producer
Trish Adlesic
Recommended
7.9
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.2
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
6.5
Heart of a Dog
2015
7.3
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
7.2
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
7.1
The Class of ‘92
2013
7.4
Maria by Callas
2017
6.9
Sidney
2022
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
7
Marvel's Behind the Mask
2021
6.7
Cameraperson
2016
8.7
Selena y Los Dinos: A Family's Legacy
2025
6.2
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
7.3
Whitney
2018
7.2
Deliver Us from Evil
2006
7.8
Miss Americana
2020
6.6
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
6
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
6.8
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
7.3
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
Similar Movies
7.4
The Librarians
2025
8.3
Remarkably Bright Creatures
2026
6.2
Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival
2016
In the Light of the Sands
2026
Doberdob - A Novel by a Rebel
2015
8
Violets Blossom in the Caucasus
2010
Bombay X-Ray
2019
5
Repainting Cuba
2009
9
Sophia, In Her Own Words
2019
Störfall AfD – Das Netz der Rechten
2019
10
Freedom for the Wolf
2017
History of the TT 1907-2020
2021
The Lady of Saigon
1996
7
Goshen
2015
VISIONS_OF_NY
2019
Work (or To Whom Does the World Belong)
2019
O resplandor das Atochas
2007
Del olvido a la memoria. Presas de Franco
2007
8
Don’t Shoot the Composer
1966
La segona pàtria
2009