One of the children in the car who lived was Mariska Hargitay, who would grow up to be a successful actress on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Hedy combines intrigue, exoticism, intellect and a devil-may-care attitude that makes her, for me, one of the most compelling characters of Old Hollywood.
Because everyhing in her dress was an explosive device, a weapon with which to defeat someone who Mansfield saw as a threat to her position in Hollywood.
She went through three failed marriages.