\nAngelina Jolie grew up under the guiding hand of her mother, Marcheline, and when she passed away, the actress experienced a significant change in herself, which only strengthened her resolve to be an example for her children, as her mother was.\n
At Bright Side, we find it extremely moving when famous people open up about their close ties with their parents. So today, we\u2019ll go over the touching eulogy Angelina Jolie wrote for her mother to always hold her memory close to her heart.\n
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Just like her daughter, Marcheline Bertrand had pursued a career in acting and appeared in small movie productions. However, she put everything on hold when she married Jon Voight, and they both made the decision to start a family. Sadly, they had a miscarriage, from which Bertrand greatly suffered.\n
Marcheline and Jon had their first child, James, in 1973, and Angelina was born in 1975. However, the marriage did not last long, and because of Jon\u2019s adultery, they divorced a few years later, with Bertrand taking full responsibility for her children, and him, only financially supporting his family.\n
Although Jon Voight provided for his ex-wife and their 2 children financially, Jolie never had a strong bond with her father, blaming him for their separation. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel that close to my father. I felt more like my mother\u2019s daughter when I was a child.\u201d\n
Angelina had always been candid about their tumultuous relationship and how she had grown apart from him. She even chose not to use her father\u2019s surname to distance herself from him and his fame. Nonetheless, Angelina pursued a professional acting career and eventually surpassed the fame of her Oscar-winning father.\n
Angelina and Jon have, however, recently attempted to work past their differences and come together for the benefit of their family. Even during the difficult period of her divorce from Brad Pitt, Angelina\u2019s father has been a strong backer. \u201cHe\u2019s been very good at understanding they needed their grandfather at this time,\u201d the actress firmly stated.\n
Angelina has consistently portrayed her mother as someone who sacrificed everything to protect her children. \u201cWhen my father had an affair, it changed her life,\u201d Angelina wrote. \u201cIt set her dream of family life ablaze. But she still loved being a mother. \u201d\n
Angelina\u2019s daughter, who is constantly on the front lines of assisting those in need, has undoubtedly inherited her humanitarian tendencies.\n
Angelina learned a lot about parenting from Marcheline. Jolie discussed the experiences of her mother and how having children of her own has allowed her to rediscover her spirit and maternal instinct. The actress confessed, \u201cShe enjoyed me, and I feel I\u2019m enjoying my kids. If anybody ever tells me that I am a mother to them like my mom was to me, it will be a great compliment.\u201d\n
Since her divorce from Brad Pitt, Angelina hopes to be like her mother and develop the same courage she had as a single mother. \u201cI will never be as good a mother as she was. I will try my best, but I don\u2019t think I ever will be. She was the most generous, loving woman. She\u2019s better than me,\u201d stated the actress.\n
\u201cMy mother seemed peaceful when she first knew she had cancer,\u201d Angelina spoke out about her mother\u2019s illness. Marcheline Bertrand was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the late 1990s and battled it for over a decade. Angelina\u2019s mother has also founded an ovarian cancer support organization over the years. After a long illness, she died on January 27, 2007.\n
Her grief over Marcheline\u2019s absence and the void it left completely changed Angelina\u2019s approach to life. \u201cI lost my mother in my thirties. When I look back to that time, I can see how much her death changed me.\u201d She went on to say, \u201cI don\u2019t want to get emotional. I wish she were here. I am never going to stop missing her.\u201d\n
Jolie had to take extreme safety measures because she had also lost her grandmother and aunt to breast cancer. \u201cAs I stood in the hospital\u2019s hallway, her doctor told me she had promised my mother that she would make sure I was informed about my medical options,\u201d Angelina recalled.\n
In order to lower her chances of developing breast cancer, Angelina disclosed in 2013 that she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy. 2 years later, the award winner decided to have her uterine tubes and ovaries removed.\n
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The well-known actress cherishes her mother\u2019s memory and has published a lengthy, heartfelt eulogy that pays tribute to the wonderful person Marcheline was and encourages those who are grieving to keep going. Living without a mother can be difficult, and Angelina had faced many difficulties in accepting it and moving on.\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had my own loss and seen my life take a different direction. And it hurt more than I imagined it ever would.\u201d She described their lovely relationship, referring to her mother as her best friend. \u201cThere are no words to express what an amazing woman and mother she was,\u201d Jolie wrote. \u201cShe was our best friend.\u201d\n
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have 6 children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. While she is still struggling to accept her mother\u2019s death, she is grateful that her mother could see some of her grandchildren while fighting cancer. \u201cMy mom was born to be a grandmother; she would have just loved it. She did meet some of my children, and she was fantastic.\u201d\n
Despite her best efforts to be the best mother to her children, the actress would \u201cgive anything for her to be with me at this time.\u201d Considering her mother a role model, Angelina is now well aware of the values she wants to pass on to her kids to raise them with the same love and affection she had received from her mother. \u201cShe gave me a great sense of love. I might have been nutty in my youth, but I was always loving.\u201d\n
Angelina Jolie, often in the limelight for her beauty, finds herself juxtaposed with legendary actress Claudia Cardinale, whose image was controversially altered for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival poster. The debate revolved around modern beauty standards, with Cardinale herself dismissing concerns, emphasizing the dreamlike nature of the edit.\n
Delving into Jolie\u2019s personal life, her tumultuous relationship with her father, Oscar-winning actor John Voight, has been a topic of much discussion. Their bond, strained by past disagreements and Voight\u2019s admitted infidelity, saw them estranged for years. However, the passing of Jolie\u2019s mother became a turning point, leading to a slow reconciliation. Their shared love for cinema and the presence of Jolie\u2019s children, especially during her divorce from Brad Pitt, played pivotal roles in mending their bond.\n
On the front of motherhood, Angelina Jolie\u2019s journey began unexpectedly in Cambodia. Initially not keen on motherhood, her perspective shifted dramatically after a trip to the Southeast Asian nation. While filming \u201cTomb Raider,\u201d she connected deeply with the country, leading her to adopt baby Maddox from a Cambodian orphanage. Their instant bond was evident, with Maddox smiling at Jolie amidst a sea of crying babies. Despite adoption challenges due to baby trafficking concerns, Jolie\u2019s determination prevailed. Maddox\u2019s Cambodian heritage remains integral to his identity, with Jolie ensuring he stays connected to his roots, evident in their collaborative film project \u201cFirst They Killed My Father\u201d and the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation\u2019s work in Cambodia.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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