
Angelina Jolie remembers her late mom, Marcelin BertrandS
49 -year -old Oscar winner Memories of her mother While taking Maltin Modern Master Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California on Wednesday, February 5.
“I think of my mother … She had to give up her dreams of a creative life, but she hugged this side of mine,” Jolie said, citing Bertrand, who was also an actress. (Bertrand died at the age of 56 in January 2007 after fighting chest and ovarian cancer.)
Jolie noted that while she is alive, her mother will write letters to the characters Jolie plays in movies.
“” Dear Jia, “Dear Lisa Rowe,” Sweetheart Lara Croft ” – and in the last 16 years I haven’t had these letters,” Jolie said, shared by footage X from The Hollywood ReporterS
Speaking of her last role as an opera singer Maria CalasShe continued: “I try to imagine sometimes what she will write, and she would probably tell Maria that she loves her because Maria has many things, but she has never had a mother’s love.”
Tear Jolie continued, “I would absolutely nothing without mine. She died many years ago at this time of year, so always that time reminds me of her ”
“And that feeling and that sensitivity that makes it really difficult for me is part of my work and what it connects many artists to their work and I know I’m not alone in it,” the actress added.
Jolie she had previously paid her mother’s tribute In December at the Gotham Awards in New York, where she accepted the Tribute Performer Award for Cals.
“I grew up with a mother who was holding books in the oven because there were more books in our house than shelves in the apartment we had,” Jolie said at the Gotham 2024 awards, which who who who who US Weekly present. “So she solved the problem while still making sure we were fed. But that was her priority. “
“(My mother) took me to the theater. She told me about a meeting Tennessee WilliamsAnd she introduced me to the Lee Strasberg Institute, where I will later study, “Jolie said. “And now I feel the joy of seeing my own daughter theater and getting involved,” she added, referring to daughter Vivien, at 16, who helped Jolie produce Outsider Broadway musical. (Jolie also shares sons Madox23, Pax20 and Knox, 16 and daughters Sugar19, and Broadcast18, with ex Brad Pitt.)