Mariska Hargitay’s Parents: Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Law & Order’ Star’s Bodybuilder Mom and Dad

• Mariska Hargitay is an actress best known for starring in ‘Law & Order: SVU’
• She is the daughter of actress Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay’s former Mr. Universe.
• At age 3, the star was in the back seat of her car when her mother was killed in a car accident in 1967.

Mariska Hargitay she became a TV icon when she played Detective Olivia Benson Law and order: SVU since 1999. The gritty performance in the police procedural even earned her an Emmy in 2006 for best actress. Before making it big on the beloved series, Mariska worked her way up the Tinseltown ladder with small roles in horror films and a few recurring roles in shows like hawk’s crest AND Town center.

Mariska’s Hollywood roots, however, didn’t end there, as she was the daughter of two celebrities! her mother, jayne mansfieldwas one of the first blondes to dominate the big screen, while her father, hargitay mouse, turned his fame as a former Mr. Universe into a successful acting career. The couple married in 1958 and had three children: boys miklos AND Zoltán, and her daughter Mariska. In 1963, they divorced and quickly reconciled, only to officially separate a year later. Learn more about Mariska’s famous mom and dad below!

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Born in Hungary in January 1926, Mickey began performing an acrobatic act with his four brothers at a young age, eventually taking the show to the largest opera house in Budapest, according to NBC. Eventually he made his way to the United States, settling in Cleveland, Ohio where his bodybuilding dreams began to take shape. Mickey trained hard throughout the 1950s and won several local “body beauty” contests, according to the agency. In 1955, Mickey Mouse was ready to take the Mr. Universe title.

Championship bodybuilders have inspired a generation to take up the sport. “Bodybuilding was dominated by American champions; there was no hope for anyone else.” Arnold Schwarzenegger said to the Los Angeles Times. “The fact that someone from Central Europe became Mr. Universe gave hope for someone like me and others to dream.”

“At the time, bodybuilding was considered a strange and unusual activity that was not popular with the general public.” gene mozzie, a bodybuilding historian, told the agency. “At the time, sports coaches advised against lifting weights, thinking you’d build muscle. And along came Mickey Hargitay, a great all-around athlete.

Mickey then found work as a hunk at Mae West’s nightclub, the Mae West Revue, in 1956. According to the LA Times, Jayne began performing at a New York City club, and when asked what she would like that night , he allegedly replied: ” I’m going to eat a steak and the man left!” Mickey and Jayne would get married two years later.

Later, the pair would work together in films like The loves of Hercules, promises! Promises! and primitive love. “I’ve enjoyed my career,” Mickey once said, according to the channel. “I never wanted to be more than who I was, and I enjoyed doing it.” He died at the age of 80 on September 14, 2006 of multiple myeloma.

“I’ll take inspiration and information wherever I can, whether it’s my character or my husband or my father, who always said, ‘Mariska, you can learn from anyone,’” Mariska said. good house cleaning in 2012. The actress also has a half-sister, basin, of his father’s relationship with Mary.

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Jayne was a Midwestern girl born in Pennsylvania on April 19, 1933. After finding fame with Playboy photo shoots, Jayne soon became a sex symbol on the silver screen, as well as in films such as The girl can’t help it. (1956), the rebel bus (1957) and Too hot to handle (1960).

As for the incredible fame that ensued and fans clamoring to know more about her, Jayne seemed down to earth. In a 1960 interview, Jayne explained, “I feel a star owes it to her audience to draw an audience into her life because the fans feel like they’re yours and if you kept your life completely a secret it wouldn’t be right.” to them. But my private life, and when I say private life, I mean my private life, will always be private.”

Her romance with Mickey seemed to be on and off. In 1963, Jayne attended a five-minute divorce hearing with Mickey in a courthouse in Mexico, according to the Los Angeles Times. The divorce was deemed invalid in California. After a brief reconciliation and subsequent separation, Jayne sued to have the Mexican divorce recognized, winning in 1964.

In 1967, Jayne was killed in a car accident along with her boyfriend and their chauffeur. Mariska and her brothers were also in the car at the time, but survived. Mariska was only three at the time and Jayne was 34.

On April 20, 2023, Mariska posted on Instagram what it would be Jayne 90th anniversary to remember with a heartfelt message, which you can SEE HERE. Mariska also has a half-sister named Jayne of his mother’s relationship with Paul Mansfield and a half-brother named Tony from his mother’s relationship with dull climber.

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