About this episode

Mariska Hargitay and Trish Adlesic discuss their film 'My Mom Jayne' with Lisa Cortés, exploring the legacy of Jayne Mansfield through archival materials.

Director Mariska Hargitay and Producer Trish Adlesic discuss their new film, My Mom Jayne, with fellow Director Lisa Cortés in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, they discuss how Mariska knew she was ready to take on the film, working with 18,000 photos and 2,500 videos worth of archival materials, and how Mariska came to learn more of the mother who was gone too soon. The film navigates Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield’s public and private legacy through interviews, and a collection of never-before-seen photos and home movies as Hargitay sought to know, understand and embrace her mother for the first time. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/events/2026/june2026/docseries_mymomjayne-0426

People in this episode

Guests: Mariska Hargitay, Trish Adlesic, Lisa Cortés

Topics covered

• film production
• documentary
• family legacy
• archival materials
• Hollywood history

Keywords

• Mariska Hargitay
• Trish Adlesic
• Lisa Cortés
• My Mom Jayne
• Jayne Mansfield
• documentary
• film
• archival footage
• family history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Directors Guild of America

Books & works: My Mom Jayne

Places: DGA theater in New York

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