Jayne Mansfield’s press agent — first revealed in his 1974 biography, The Tragic Secret Life of Jayne Mansfield, that Mariska ...

Mickey and Mansfield separated in 1963, then Mansfield had a brief relationship with Sardelli. But after her mom reconciled with Mickey shortly before she was born, Mariska was raised a the ...

Mariska Hargitay embarks on a family journey to honor her mother, the 1950s movie star and pinup model Jayne Mansfield.Hargitay, 61, was just 3 and survived the infamous 1967 car crash that killed ...

Mariska Hargitay disclosed the truth about her biological father, Nelson Sardelli, for the first time in her documentary, My Mom Jayne. In Mariska’s documentary about her late-mother, Hollywood ...

Mariska Hargitay recently spent Father’s Day with her biological father, Nelson Sardelli — and they shared a powerful ...

Jayne Mansfield, one of the defining sex symbols of the 1950s and '60s, is the subject of a new HBO documentary, My Mom Jayne.. As its title implies, the documentary is directed by Mansfield's ...

Sardelli and Mariska Hargitay then read letters Mansfield wrote, including one from Father's Day in 1963. She wrote in part, "This special day is even more special to both of us.

Hargitay was 25 years old when she found out the former Las Vegas entertainer was her biological father — not Mickey Hargitay ...

Nelson Sardelli and Mariska Hargitay attend the “My Mom Jayne” premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival. FilmMagic. The producer also detailed just how she found out her dad is comedian and ...

A&E; Movies; Reel Rundown: Documentary pays tribute to mother, sex symbol Jayne Mansfield, who died in car accident July 9, 2025 Updated Thu., July 10, 2025 at 3:34 p.m. Mariska Hargitay, top, and ...

Mariska Hargitay shared how her biological father, Nelson Sardelli, reacted to her new documentary, My Mom Jayne. “My birth father … was thrilled because he’d been living with this secret ...

Mariska Hargitay attends the premiere of her new documentary “My Mom Jayne.” WireImage. Mansfield, the 34-year-old Hollywood star of the 1957 movie “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?,” was ...