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Feb 16, 2017 · To the world, Mary Lee South was Tom Cruise’s mother, but to the residents of Marco Island, she was just plain ole’ Mary Lee, a larger-than-life individual and one of the nicest people...
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Feb 13, 2017 · Mary Lee South, the mother of Tom Cruise, has died, PEOPLE has learned exclusively. South, 80, died peacefully in her sleep last week. South, who coped with health issues in recent years, was...
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- A Little Motherly Encouragement
- A Lifelong Bond
- From The Small Time Stage to Tinsel Town
- From Hollywood to Florida and An Everlasting Legacy
Though Pfeiffer and Mapother ultimately divorced, she remained close to her superstar son, even after she remarried. In fact, it was Pfeiffer who inspired Tom Cruise to act, telling Rolling Stone, “I was always interested in theater, but I never did anything with it. When I was growing up, if you went to Hollywood, that was really risqué.” Pfeiffer...
Despite his rocky relationship with his father, Tom Cruise did nothing but sing his mom’s praises, telling Parade magazine, “People can create their own lives. I saw how my mother created hers and so made it possible for us to survive. My mother was the one who rose to the occasion. She held three jobs. She said, ‘We’re going to get through this.’”...
His passion renewed, Tom Cruise approached Pfeiffer, and her second husband, John “Jack” South, and asked if they would support him pursuing a career as an actor, giving himself ten years to make it in the industry. Pfeiffer and South were happy to oblige, with Pfeiffer saying, “And we both wholeheartedly agreed, because we both felt it was a God-g...
Despite her son being Hollywood royalty, Pfeiffer chose to live in Florida for much of her later years, residing in Marco Island for close to two decades, before ultimately relocating to Clearwater, Florida. Friends on Marco Island remember Pfeiffer fondly, with one resident saying, “You see Tom and his charisma and his big personality, and Mary Le...
Mary Lee Pfeiffer was a Louisville, Ky, native who was a teacher when she married Cruise's father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III.
Feb 14, 2017 · A service, attended by Cruise and his three sisters, was held for South this weekend at her local Church of Scientology. Cruise and his mother, Mary Lee South, remained close throughout his...
Feb 13, 2017 · Mary Lee South, the mother of Tom Cruise, has died, PEOPLE has learned exclusively. South, 80, died peacefully in her sleep last week. Born Mary Lee Pfeiffer, the Louisville, Kentucky,...
Feb 14, 2017 · Tom Cruise’s mother, Mary Lee South, died peacefully in her sleep, at the age of 80, according to People magazine. South’s unwavering support and guidance played an integral part in developing...
