Mariska Hargitay has introduced a particular new undertaking near her coronary heart – directing and producing a brand new movie about her late mom, Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield.
Hargitay, 61, who’s finest recognized her work on Regulation & Order: Particular Victims Unit, stated she feels “so proud” concerning the upcoming documentary movie, titled My Mother Jayne.
Hargitay was simply three years outdated when tragedy struck and her mom died in a automotive crash on the age of 34 in 1967.
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She stated the undertaking “is a spot of assembly” for her and her late mom.
Beneath a black and white image of the pair collectively, which she shared on Instagram, she wrote: “I really feel grateful, fulfilled and so proud to share this movie.”
“I by no means obtained to make a film with my mother, and he or she by no means obtained to make the sort of films she wished to make.”
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“#MyMomJayne is a spot of assembly for us, and phrases fail me to explain how significant it’s to inform her story, my very own, and ours collectively. @hbodocs
Based on IMDb, Hargitay is a producer and director on the undertaking. It is believed it is going to come out later this yr.
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“This film is a labor of affection and longing. It is a seek for the mom I by no means knew, an integration of part of myself I would by no means owned, and a reclaiming of my mom’s story and my very own fact,” she reportedly stated in a launch concerning the undertaking.
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Mansfield, born Vera Jayne Palmer, was recognized for movies together with 1956’s The Woman Cannot Assist It, Panic Button and Will Success Spil Rock Hunter? earlier than her premature demise.
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She turned a intercourse image in Hollywood earlier than her demise in a automotive crash within the early hours of the morning in 1967 whereas leaving Biloxi, Mississippi.
Hargitay beforehand instructed Folks about shedding her mom and grieving her loss, saying: “The way in which I’ve lived with loss is to lean into it.”
“In my life, actually I’ve tried to keep away from ache, loss, feeling issues. However I’ve discovered as a substitute to actually lean into it, as a result of ultimately it’s important to pay the piper.”
Hargitay’s father was late Hungarian-American actor Mickey Hargitay, who died in 2006.
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