My Mom Jayne with Mariska Hargitay, Trish Adlesic and Lisa Cortés (Ep. 612)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

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

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0:00.0	When I started making this film, I hated the sound of my mother's voice.
0:05.0	It was so painful to me.
0:07.0	I was like, I'm so embarrassed by this voice, this sex symbol, what are you doing?
0:13.0	Why you acting like that? Just be normal.
0:16.0	Just like, just drop down in there.
0:19.0	Let's just, I just need to see you for one second.
0:22.6	And that's what I got in this movie,
0:24.7	is I would watch the archive and go,
0:26.4	there she is. Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:52.3	In this episode, director Mariska Hargate explores the life
0:55.9	and legacy of her mother, Hollywood icon Jane Mansfield, in the documentary My Mom Jane.
1:03.0	Screened as part of the DGA's documentary series, the film navigates Mansfield's public and
1:08.0	private legacy through interviews and a collection of never-before-seen
1:11.7	photos and home movies. Having lost her mother at three years old, Hargate seeks to know,
1:17.7	understand, and embrace her mother for the first time. In addition to My Mom Jane, Hargatay's
1:25.1	other directorial credits include episodes of the series
1:27.7	Law and Order Special Victims Unit.
1:31.5	Following the documentary series screening of the film at the DGA Theater in New York,
1:36.4	Hargatay, joined by the film's producer Trish Adlaesik, spoke with director Lisa Cortez
1:41.4	about filming My Mom Jane.
1:44.5	Listen on for their conversation.
1:50.0	I want to speak on behalf of people navigating grief.
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