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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.
May 18, 2020 · By Marenah Dobin / May 18, 2020 11:50 am EST. In June 1991, when actress Charlize Theron was just 15 years old, she experienced a horrific incident. Her mother Gerda killed her father Charlie...
Theron was born in Benoni, in Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province since 1994) of South Africa on 7 August 1975. She is the only child of road constructionists Gerda (née Maritz): 16-18 and Charles Theron (27 November 1947 – 21 June 1991).: 16-18, 34 The Second Boer War military leader Danie Theron was her great-grand-uncle.
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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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Feb 10, 2020 · Gerda Jacoba Aletta Maritz shot and killed her daughter’s Charlize Theron’s father in 1991. Growing up on her parents’ farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg, the incident happened on the night of June 21, 1991. Charlize’s father, Charles Theron, had a troubled marriage with Gerda Jacoba Aletta Maritz.
Apr 2, 2014 · Gender: Female. Best Known For: Charlize Theron is a South African-born actress, best known for her roles in such films as 'Monster,' for which she won an Academy Award, 'Snow White and the ...
2 days ago · Charlize Theron (born August 7, 1975, Benoni, South Africa) is a South African-born actress who was noted for her versatility and earned an Academy Award for best actress for her performance as a real-life serial killer in Monster (2003).
