Angelina Jolie is still privately haunted by the specter of cancer , years after losing her mother to the disease and undergoing major preventative surgery herself, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The 50-year-old actress, speaking at the Toronto International Film Festival during a Q&A for her new film Couture , became emotional as she reflected on her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died in 2007 aged 56 after battling both ovarian and breast cancer. Article continues below advertisement

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Jolie underwent a hysterectomy in 2010 and a double mastectomy in 2013 to reduce her own risk – procedures that brought international att

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