Marcia Lynne "Marcheline" Bertrand (May 9, 1950 â€" January 27, 2007)
was an American actress and humanitarian. She was the former wife of
actor Jon Voight, and the mother of actors Angelina Jolie and James
Haven.Bertrand co-founded the All Tribes Foundation, to provide
cultural and economic benefits to Native Americans, and the Give Love
Give Life organization, to raise public awareness of women's cancers.
She died of ovarian cancer at the age of 56.Born at St. Francis
Hospital in Blue Island, Illinois, Bertrand was brought up in the
nearby small town of Riverdale. Her parents were Lois June (née
Gouwens; 1928â€"1973) and Rolland F. Bertrand (1923â€"1985). She had
two younger siblings: a sister, Debbie (1952-2013), and a brother,
Raleigh. In 1965, Bertrand's family moved from the Chicago area to
Beverly Hills, California, where she attended Beverly Hills High
School from sophomore year through graduation.Bertrand's father was of
French-Canadian descent, and her mother was of Dutch and German
ancestry, with ancestors who had immigrated to the United States in
the mid-19th century. Bertrand claimed to be of Iroquois ancestry
through her father's line, although her only known Native American
ancestor is a Huron woman born in 1649 in present-day Quebec.
According to her daughter, Bertrand was often wrongly identified as a
French actress because of her name; she said, "My mom is as far from
French Parisian as you can get. She grew up in a bowling alley that my
grandparents owned."
was an American actress and humanitarian. She was the former wife of
actor Jon Voight, and the mother of actors Angelina Jolie and James
Haven.Bertrand co-founded the All Tribes Foundation, to provide
cultural and economic benefits to Native Americans, and the Give Love
Give Life organization, to raise public awareness of women's cancers.
She died of ovarian cancer at the age of 56.Born at St. Francis
Hospital in Blue Island, Illinois, Bertrand was brought up in the
nearby small town of Riverdale. Her parents were Lois June (née
Gouwens; 1928â€"1973) and Rolland F. Bertrand (1923â€"1985). She had
two younger siblings: a sister, Debbie (1952-2013), and a brother,
Raleigh. In 1965, Bertrand's family moved from the Chicago area to
Beverly Hills, California, where she attended Beverly Hills High
School from sophomore year through graduation.Bertrand's father was of
French-Canadian descent, and her mother was of Dutch and German
ancestry, with ancestors who had immigrated to the United States in
the mid-19th century. Bertrand claimed to be of Iroquois ancestry
through her father's line, although her only known Native American
ancestor is a Huron woman born in 1649 in present-day Quebec.
According to her daughter, Bertrand was often wrongly identified as a
French actress because of her name; she said, "My mom is as far from
French Parisian as you can get. She grew up in a bowling alley that my
grandparents owned."
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