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Feb 13, 2017 · Mary Lee South, the mother of Tom Cruise, passed away at 80 in 2017. She was a special-education teacher who encouraged her son's acting career and supported him through his ups and downs.
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Feb 13, 2017 · Mary Lee South, who was formerly known as Mary Lee Pfeiffer, was the mother of actor Tom Cruise. She died last week in her sleep at her home following health issues. She supported Cruise's acting career and believed he had a God-given talent.
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- She Was Dealing with Health Issues in Recent Years
- She Was Responsible For Inspiring Tom Cruise to Act
- South & Cruise’s Father, Thomas Mapother III, Divorced in 1974
- She Later Married John South, Who Reportedly Refused to Join Scientology
People Magazine reportsthat South died peacefully in her sleep. The magazine reports that she had health issues in recent years. Cruise’s three sisters joined the actor at a memorial for their mother, who was a special education teacher. She was born Mary Lee Pfeiffer in Louisville, Kentucky. In May 2016, The Daily Mail published photosof South in ...
In a 1986 interview with Rolling Stone, South said that she was responsible for Cruise being inspired to act. She thought she had the talent to break into Hollywood herself. “I was always interested in theater, but I never did anything with it,” she told Rolling Stone. “When I was growing up, if you went to Hollywood, that was really risque. I woul...
South was married to Cruise’s father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III, an electrical engineer. They divorced in 1974. His father died from cancer in 1984. Cruise once described his father as a “bully” in an interview with People. “He was a bully and a coward,” Cruise said of his father in 2006 Parade Magazine interview. “He was the kind of person where,...
South married John “Jack” South in 1978, when Cruise was 16, reports Celebrity Dirty Laundry. Although Cruise and his sisters were close to South, he reportedly refused to convert to Scientology. South and his mother divorced in 2010. South died in July 2015. The Sun reportedthat both Cruise and his mother skipped the funeral. He was 89 years old a...
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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. Born Mary Lee Pfeiffer, the Louisville, Kentucky,...
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Feb 16, 2017 · She died in her sleep last week at the age of 80. Mary Lee Pfeiffer was a Louisville, Ky., native who was a teacher when she married Cruise's father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III. The marriage...
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Feb 13, 2017 · Cole Delbyck. Feb 13, 2017, 04:13 PM EST. Tom Cruise’s mother, Mary Lee South, died last week after battling health issues in recent years, multiple outlets report. She was 80 years old. Cruise’s publicist confirmed the news to HuffPost. According to People, South died peacefully in her sleep.
Born Mary Lee Pfeiffer, the Louisville, Kentucky, native was a special-education teacher when she wed Cruise’s father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III, an electrical engineer. It was from her that Cruise developed a passion for acting.
