Marcheline Bertrand

Marcheline Bertrand was an actress and film producer who studied with renowned theatre teacher Lee Strasberg before she left the business to marry actor Jon Voight. Bertrand and Voight have two children together, one of whom is Angelina Jolie.Fox News: Marcheline Bertrand, Mother of Angelina Jolie, Dies in Los Angeles (January 28, 2007) She died on January 27, 2007, from ovarian cancer.

TMZ.com reported on March 24, 2009, that Bertrand owes $62,928.70, including penalties and interest, in back taxes to the state of California.TMZ: Angelina Jolie's Mom Taxed After Death (March 24, 2009)

1. Full name: Angelina Jolie Voight
2. Born: June 4, 1975
3. Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
4. Started her career as a fashion model
5. 1999: Won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Girl, InterruptedOscars.org: Angeline Jolie Oscar History
6. Has 13 tattoosVanishing Tattoo: Angelina Jolie's 13 Tattoos
7. Partner: Brad Pitt, since 2005US Magazine: Brangelina This Year's Most Popular Celeb Costume (October 27, 2007)
8. Has six children, three adopted and three biological
9. Goodwill Ambassador for the United NationsUNHCR: Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie ends Ecuador mission (June 10, 2002)

"If I am even a sliver of what my mother was... She was extraordinary, so full of kindness and love. ...She was one of those women who would spend weeks to plan the right birthday party. And to write four drafts to get the right birthday card ready that said all those things that were emotional, and you could save them and that meant something."—Angelina JolieMSNBC: Jolie on mother: 'She lived her life to be Mom' (May 24, 2007)

"You know, I want to be a great mom like my mom was and I want to also do the things that I love. So I'm at a strange, I suppose, place in my life. I think that that happens when you lose a parent, where you drop and do a different kind of serious, and yet, at the same time, you want to enjoy and laugh as much as possible every day."—Angelina JolieWashington Post: Jolie: 'I Want to Be a Great Mom' ( May 23, 2007)