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Mariska Hargitay Was Accidentally Left Behind at the Scene of the Car Wreck That Killed Her Mom Jayne Mansfield

In Mariska Hargitay's new film 'My Mom Jayne,' which premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 13, it is revealed she was accidentally left at the scene of the crash which killed her mom, Jayne Mansfield. It was only after her siblings had been pulled to safety that they realized she was missing and went back for her.

My Mom Jayne, which marks Mariska's feature film directorial debut, premiered as part of the Tribeca Festival on June 13 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In the film, Mariska, 61, discovers through a conversation with her brother, Zoltan, that she was accidentally left behind at the scene of the car wreck that killed their mother, Jayne Mansfield, in 1967. Zoltan wonders aloud in a scene from the film, recalling how Mansfield had been arguing with her then-boyfriend, Sam Brody, and had decided to move up to the front of the car with him while the kids slept in the back.

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