Mansfield, a Golden Globe winner, was an actress and sex symbol in the 50s and 60s.
She was also a singer and a classically trained pianist and violinist.
This movie is a labor of love and longing.
Actor Mickey Hargitay with Jayne Mansfield, and their children Zoltan, 5, Mikos, 7, Mariska, 2, and 14 year old Jayne Marie, Miss Mansfield’s daughter by a previous marriage.Getty
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Hargitay is also producing the HBO Original doc with Trish Adlesic.
Lauran Bromley serves as executive producer.
Previously, Hargitay and Adlesic produced HBOs Emmy-winning documentaryI Am Evidence.
Hargitay is repped by CAA and Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks.