How she must have felt on that night always really stuck with me,” the actress remarked, becoming visibly emotional while honoring her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, upon receiving the Maltin Modern Master Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Angelina Jolie reflected on winning her Academy Award after watching her father Jon Voight, after he separated from her mother Marcheline Bertrand, attending the 1979 Oscars with another woman. The ‘Maria’ star accepted the Maltin Modern Master Award from Ava DuVernay at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

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Angelina Jolie has opened up about winning an Academy Award and why she 'gave' the prize to her mom. The Maria star is daughter to actors Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voight. The pair married in 1971, but separated in 1976 after Voight's infidelity came to light. They later divorced in 1980.

Angelina Jolie's history with the Oscars predates her winning the first time. At the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 5, the Maria star discussed an emotional family memory linked to the night Hollywood chooses its finest.

Angelina Jolie paid an emotional tribute to her late mother as she accepted a coveted award on Wednesday. The actress and filmmaker teared up as she remembered her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California on Wednesday.

Angelina Jolie’s connection to the Oscars began long before her first win. Speaking at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

The 49-year-old actress reflected on her beloved late mother Marcheline Bertrand – who died in 2007 aged 56 from ovarian and breast cancer – and revealed the heartbreaking moment her mum watched her famous dad Jon Voight accepted an Oscar alongside his mistress.