Angelina Jolie: This personal drama that almost ended her acting career

Very recently, Angelina Jolie returned to the role that her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, had on her life as an actress, but also how she almost put an end to his career.

© PacificPressAgency/Bestimage Angelina Jolie recently spoke about her mother's decisive role in her acting career and what almost ended her career.

IN BRIEF

• Angelina Jolie, who will soon be at the poster for the film Maria, returned to the role that her mother had on her life.
• The actress explained in particular that she had followed in her mother's footsteps to please the latter who dreamed of leading a successful career as an actress.
• When her mother died, Angelina Jolie then realized how much she had pursued an acting career for her mother and not by personal choice.

She was an actress herself. Marcheline Bertrand, mother of Angelina Jolie, has always encouraged her daughter to follow in her footsteps. “At first, I did it because… it was my mother's dream“, the American actress even confided, explainsPeople. She had however tried her luck in theater in Chicago before turning toward cinema and cinema in Los Angeles, but Marcheline Bertrand never had the success she had hoped for.

“When my mother was 25, she was divorced and had two children. She then decided to devote herself entirely to her motherhood“, explained Angelina Jolie, while discussing her parents' separation, “She loved being a stay-at-home mom, but she really wanted me to become an actress. I don't remember making that choice myself. I just remember that it made my mother happy“.

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“We were a team“

For young Angelina, acting had become a way to financially support her mother, who also acted as her agent. “We were a team,” explained the actress who is about to celebrate her 50th birthday, “I always wanted to buy him a house and things like that – that's a bit like how it started“.

The bond between mother and daughter seemed particularly strong. But in 1999, Marcheline Bertrand received two diagnoses: ovarian cancer, followed by breast cancer. She would not survive and would die on January 27, 2007 at the age of 56.

“I realized how much I was doing it for her“

“When my mother passed away, I think I had a harder time “Being an actress for a while“, confided Angelina Jolie at W magazine. “I’realizedà how much I did it for her“. This pain, the actress had already mentioned it in an interview given to Vanity Fair in 2008. She also underlined the admiration she had for her mother for her devotion to her family.

“When [my mother] passed away, I realized that someone who lives their life with that kind of dedication to their family is the noblest person,” she said. “In her passing, she reminded me of what really matters. And what's the most fun – stepping aside for those other little people you're raising“.