Mariska Hargitay was 3 years old when her mother, actress Jayne Mansfield, was killed in a car accident in 1967. The mother of five, who was compared to Marilyn Monroe, was 34.

It was like the floor fell out from underneath me,' Hargitay says in the new film, her feature directorial debut.

The "My Mom Jayne" director explores her parentage and the death of her mother, actress Jayne Mansfield in her debut documentary.