Bertrand was born in 1950 in Illinois and studied acting.
While speaking on theAwards Chatterpodcast, Jolie was asked why she omitted “Voight” from her name.
She said: “I didn’t feel that close to my father.
I felt more my mother’s daughter when I was a child.”
She added that she wanted to have her own identity separate from Voight’s Hollywood status.
Even in more recent pictures of the mother and daughter together, they could very well pass as sisters.
Looking at old photos of her, we would argue that she could have.
Angelina Jolie spoke toVoguein 2002 about her childhood and upbringing under her mother’s roof.
She raised awareness and support for refugees, visiting countless displaced people worldwide.
Much of her activism and donations were inspired by her mother.
In an interview withMarie Claire France, Jolie was asked how her mother impacted her ethically and morally.
She always sought to have a go at understand the complexity of the world.
She had a big heart that sensitized her to the violence of the world.
She was praying for peace and couldn’t stand all this violence."
Marcheline Bertrand was also a co-founder of two important organizations.
However, it wasn’t necessarily a path she chose for herself.
I think when I started acting …
It was a job and I wanted to help my mom with bills."
Jolie enrolled in a theater group at age 11 and began working while she was still a child.
She toldVoguein 2002, “Since I first started working, my mom was kind of my manager.
And she’s f****** great.”
“My mom always wanted me to be an actor.
And I started going to theater and going on auditions young.
“I grew up with my career being thrust upon me.
She was a real mother that way.
She waited till everyone was okay.
Then she closed her eyes.”
“you might only just focus on how grateful you are,” she said (viaYouTube).
It was not sudden, but so much shifted inside.
And although she may be gone now, Jolie still calls on her for guidance.
I would give anything for her to be with me at this time.
I’ve needed her.
In a 2012 issue ofMarie Claire, Jolie became notably upset when discussing Bertrand.
She said: “I wish she were here.
I am never going to stop missing her.
My mum was born to be a grandmother; she would have just loved it.
She did meet some of my children, and she was fantastic.
Maddox still remembers everything about her.”
“My mother was very gentle.
That kindness and warmth is a foundation that’s unbelievably important.
She gave me many other things and taught me many lessons.
“Who you are to the children is everything.”
But when it came to her kids, she was fierce in their protection …
Her mother had died young as well, and Angelina Jolie realized she was very much at risk herself.
I know my children will never have to say, ‘Mom died of ovarian cancer.'”
While Knox was named after Pitt’s grandfather, Hal Knox Hillhouse, Vivienne Marcheline was named after Bertrand.
Jolie spoke previously about how she knew Bertrand would have been an incredible grandmother.
Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh are deeply loved children.
They have very kind and caring parents who love and support each other in every way.”
