Angelina Jolie's Mother Dies of Cancer

The Associated Press
Sunday, January 28, 2007; 6:37 PM

LOS ANGELES -- 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, Jolie said in a news release. No age was provided.


Angelina Jolie, right, is joined by her mother Marcheline Bertrand, at a film premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 31, 2001. Bertrand has died of cancer, her daughter said Sunday, Jan 28, 2007. Bertrand died Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Angelina Jolie, right, is joined by her mother Marcheline Bertrand, at a film premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 31, 2001. Bertrand has died of cancer, her daughter said Sunday, Jan 28, 2007. Bertrand died Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) (Kevork Djansezian - AP)

Jolie, her older brother, James Haven, and her boyfriend, Brad Pitt, were at the hospital Saturday, according to the news release.

Bertrand, 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.

A private funeral was planned.

In lieu of flowers, the family asked that donations be made to the Women's Cancer Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai.


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