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Marcheline Bertrand: Angelina Jolie's mother, dies in Los Angeles
By Stone Martindale Jan 29, 2007, 1:27 GMT
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Marcheline Bertrand, actress and mother of Angelina Jolie, has died of cancer, her daughter said Sunday. Bertrand died Saturday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a 7 1/2-year battle with cancer, Jolie said in a statement released by her manager. She was 56 years old.
Jolie, Brad Pitt and her older brother, James Haven, were at the hospital Saturday, the statement said.
Chicago, Illinois born Bertrand was an Canadian-American actress of Spanish and Québécois descent who had small roles in the movies "Lookin' to Get Out" in 1982 and "The Man Who Loved Women" in 1983, raised Jolie and her brother after divorcing their father, Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, when Jolie was a toddler.
Bertrand studied with Lee Strasberg during her early years as an actress. During a recent interview on Inside the Actor's Studio, Angelina Jolie credited her mother rather than her famous father for getting her involved with acting.
A private funeral was planned.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the Women's Cancer Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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Dear Ms. Angelina i am so sorry to hear about your mother's death i have always admired you and love how you help the poor and the needy. i am sure god is with you.
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Marilyn Alfano KnickrehmJan 29th, 2007 - 02:56:37
I was privileged to sit with Marcia (as she was known to us) on the bus going to school at Elizabeth Seton Catholic High School during Freshman year, as she was from St Mary's Parish in Riverdale, & I also lived in Riverdale, but had graduated from Queen of Apostles School, which was also in Riverdale...I too am battling cancer for the second time in 7 1/2 yrs, although it is breast cancer, & I also became a new grandmother 2 yrs ago to a beautiful baby girl, Jenna Leigh, born to the oldest of my 2 wonderful daughters (I also have 2 wonderful sons), & am very close to all of them as Marcia was to her children...Even though I had remarried several years after my divorce from their father, I, too, had almost single-handedly raised all 4 of my children, as did Marcia...I had wished there had been some way that I could have been able to 'reconnect' with her after she had moved away from the South Suburbs of Chicago to L.A. in 1966, but could not find a way...My own Father died this past Monday, after a long illness, & my Mom died almost 4 yrs ago, after also battling breast cancer, so my thoughts & prayers will be with Marcia's family, Angelina & James & the children & others close to her...Marilyn Alfano Knickrehm, Northlake, IL
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