Zoltan Hargitay is known for the movies, Retroactive (1997), T-Force (1994), and Reflections on a Crime (1994). Apart from working on movies, he is also popular for being the son of Jayne Mansfield. Zoltan Hargitay’s mother Mansfield was an American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox, Mansfield was known for her well-publicized personal life and publicity stunts.
Zoltan Hargitay: Bio Summary
| Full Name | Zoltan Hargitay |
| famous as | son of Jayne Mansfield |
| Age | 62 years old as of 2022 |
| Date of Birth | August 1, 1960 |
| Place of Birth | Santa Monica, California, USA. |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Siblings | Tina Hargitay, Mickey Hargitay Jr, Mariska Hargitay |
| Parents | Mickey Hargitay, Jayne Mansfield |
Zoltan Hargitay was born on August 1, 1960, in Santa Monica, California, the USA to his parents, Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield. He is the second son of Mickey and Jayne. As of 2022, he is 72 years old. Zoltan is not the only child of her parents. He has two siblings, Mickey Hargitay Jr and Mariska Hargitay. And he also has three other half-siblings, who are Tina Hargitay, Jayne Marie Mansfield, and Tony Cimber.
Zoltan also worked in Hollywood, though he isn’t an actor like his sister Mariska Hargitay, who is famous for her many roles in Hollywood movies. Instead, Zoltan worked as a carpenter on films like 1997’s Retroactive, and 1994’s T-Force, Reflections on a Crime and Shrunken Heads. Zoltan was among several of the Law & Order star, Mariska Hargitay’s siblings who attended a ceremony for her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in 2013.
Zoltan Hargitay’s parents Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield
Zoltan Hargitay’s father Mickey was a Hungarian-American actor and the 1955 Mr. Universe. Born in Budapest, Hargitay moved to the United States in 1947, where he eventually became a citizen. During their marriage, Hargitay and Mansfield made four movies together: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), The Loves of Hercules (1960), Promises! Promises! (1963), and L’Amore Primitivo (1964).
How did the two love birds meet and started their relationship? Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield met in 1956 when he was performing in The Mae West Show at the Latin Quarter. The couple married on January 13, 1958. They had three children: Miklós Jeffrey Palmer Hargitay (b. December 21, 1958), Zoltán Anthony Hargitay (b. August 1, 1960), and Mariska Magdolina Hargitay (b. January 23, 1964).
Hargitay remodeled much of his and Mansfield’s Beverly Hills mansion, known as “The Pink Palace”, building its famous heart-shaped swimming pool. In November 2002, the house was razed by developers who had purchased it from Engelbert Humperdinck.
In May 1963, Hargitay and Mansfield filed for divorce in Ciudad Juárez. The divorce was ruled invalid, and the two reconciled in October 1963. After Mariska’s birth, Mansfield sued for the Juárez divorce to be declared legal and ultimately won. The divorce was recognized in the United States on August 26, 1964.
Zoltan Hargitay’s mother’s death
In 1967, Mansfield was in Biloxi, Mississippi, for an engagement at the Gus Stevens Supper Club. After two appearances on the evening of June 28, Mansfield, Sam Brody (her attorney and companion), their driver Ronnie Harrison (age 20), and three of her children – Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska – left Biloxi after midnight in a 1966 Buick Electra 225.
Their destination was New Orleans, where Mansfield was to appear on WDSU’s Midday Show the next day. At about 2:25 a.m. on June 29, on U.S. Highway 90, 1 mile west of the Rigolets Bridge, the Buick crashed at high speed into the rear of a tractor-trailer that had slowed behind a truck spraying mosquito fogger.
The semi-trailer was shrouded by insecticide fog. The three adults in the front seat died instantly. The children, asleep in the rear seat, survived with minor injuries. Had Zoltan Hargitay and his siblings Mickey and Mariska not been lying down, they, too, would have been killed.
After Mansfield’s death in a car crash on June 29, 1967, Hargitay sued Mansfield’s estate for over $5,000 to support the children. In their divorce decree, Mansfield had agreed to pay child support, as well as to give Hargitay approximately $70,000 in cash and property.
Zoltan Hargitay’s father, Hargitay married Ellen Siano in 1967. Hargitay and Siano remained married until his death.
On September 14, 2006, Hargitay died in Los Angeles, California, aged 80, from multiple myeloma. The Los Angeles Times noted in Hargitay’s obituary:
“Walter Winchell once said that what [President] Eisenhower did for golf, Mickey Hargitay did for bodybuilding, because he brought it to the forefront,” Gene Mozee, a bodybuilding historian and writer for Iron Man magazine, told The Times on Monday. “Back in those days, bodybuilding was thought of as a freakish, unusual activity that wasn’t popular with the general public,” Mozee said. “At that time, athletic coaches discouraged lifting weights, thinking you’d become musclebound. And along came Mickey Hargitay, a great all-around athlete.
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