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Biography. Gerda Theron. Jump to Edit. Mini Bio. Gerda Theron was previously married to Charles Theron. Family. Spouse. Charles Theron (? - 1990) (his death, 1 child) Children. Charlize Theron. Trivia. Mother of Charlize Theron. She is the daughter of Johanna Maria Barindina (Stofberg) and Jacob Johannes Maritz.
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Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner military figure Danie Theron was her great-great-uncle.
Theron received an education as a ballet dancer and has danced both the \\"Swan Lake\\" and \\"The Nutcracker\\". There was not much for a young actress or dancer to do in South Africa, so she soon traveled to Europe and the United States, where she got job at the Joffrey Ballet in New York. She was also able to work as a photo model. However, an injur...
In 1994, her mother bought her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, and Charlize started visiting all of the agents on Hollywood Boulevard, but without any luck. She went to a bank to cash a check for $500 she received from her mother, and became furious when she learned that the bank would not cash it because it was an out-of-state check. She made a s...
Her first role was in the B-film Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995), a non-speaking part with three seconds of screen time. Her next role was as Helga Svelgen in 2 Days in the Valley (1996), which landed her the role of Tina Powers in That Thing You Do! (1996). Since then, she has starred in movies like The Devil's Advocate (1997), Migh...
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- August 7, 1975
Dec 17, 2019 · Published on December 16, 2019 07:31PM EST. Charlize Theron is opening up about the night her mother killed her father in self-defense. The Bombshell actress, 44, spoke to NPR about her father...
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Nov 2, 2023 · Charlize Theron is still dealing with “trauma” since the night her mom, Gerda Maritz, shot and killed the actress’s dad, Charles Theron. In a new interview with Town & Country magazine, the...
Apr 2, 2014 · Actress and philanthropist Charlize Theron was born on August 7, 1975, in rural Benoni, South Africa, to co-owners of a road construction company, Charles and Gerda. The Afrikaans-speaking family ...
Oct 12, 2023 · Charlize Theron is a single mother to two adopted daughters. Instagram. Charlize Theron continued to develop her acting career in the late 2000s and 2010s, working in acclaimed films, like "North ...
Jan 27, 2022 · Jan. 27, 2022, 3:10 PM PST / Source: TODAY. By Rachel Paula Abrahamson. Charlize Theron is celebrating her "utterly awesome" mom Gerda Maritz's birthday. “She TRULY is life,” Theron, 46,...
