Mariska Hargitay is remembering her late mom, Jayne Mansfield, on her posthumous 93rd birthday. The actress shared a black-and-white image of her mother being held aloft on Instagram. Mansfield died in 1967 at age 34. She had three children with her husband, bodybuilder-turned-actor Mickey Hargiday. Mariska has often stated that her mother's death at a young age influenced her deeply. In 2025, Mariskan announced a new documentary about her mother, My Mom Jayne, which premiered on Max.