Mickey Hargitay Jr., Nelson Sardelli, Mariska Hargitay, Ellen Hargitay, Zoltan Hargitay, Peter Hermann and Jayne Marie Mansfield attend the 'My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay' premiere on ...

Jayne Mansfield, right, with Brazilian-born Italian singer and actor Nelson Sardelli, Los Angeles, April 1963 Everett Collection / Everett Collection Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay and their kids ...

She even speaks to Mansfield's press secretary, Raymond “Rusty” Strait, who wrote a book in the 1970s about Mansfield after her death. In it, he shared the truth about Mariska Hargitay's father.

The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star reflected on her complicated family dynamic during a Q&A following a screening of her documentary, My Mom Jayne, which revealed that her biological dad is ...

July 9, 2025Updated Thu., July 10, 2025 at 3:34 p.m. Mariska Hargitay, top, and Jayne Mansfield in a clip from documentary, “My Mom Jayne.” (HBO) By Dan Webster For The Spokesman-Review ...

At the time, Mansfield had five children with three husbands and Sardelli. In the end, Hargitay said the journey to make the film, though brutal at times, eventually took her to places of great joy.

Hargitay revealed that Sardelli was her biological father in My Mom Jayne, a documentary about her late mother, Jayne Mansfield. The actress revealed in the doc — her directorial debut — that ...

Mickey Hargitay Jr., Nelson Sardelli, Mariska Hargitay, Ellen Hargitay, Zoltan Hargitay, Peter Hermann and Jayne Marie Mansfield attend the 'My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay' premiere on ...

Mariska Hargitay revealed that she spent Father's Day with her biological father, Nelson Sardelli. The actress, who was raised by her mother's husband, said that Sardelli apologized to her during ...