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Mariska Hargitay on grieving her mom, Jayne Mansfield: ‘I’ve had a hole in my heart’

Mariska Hargitay was three when she survived the car crash that killed her mother, actress Jayne Mansfield. She talks with Anderson Cooper about her search to know her mother and heal the pain of her past.

0:00 Intro 2:14 Feeling a sense of loss and longing 8:55 'My body definitely' remembers them 11:40 Exploring an old family storage unit 22:45 Grief in hiding 29:01 What Mariska Hargitay learned from her grief

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