My Mom Jayne

My Mom Jayne

Reclaiming her mother's story. And her own.

2025106 min8.0 / 10

An intimate documentary portrait where a daughter reconstructs her mother's legacy through family testimony and archival material, balancing public myth with private complexity.

Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and complex woman.

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