![]() ![]() However, as an adult, she's learned to empathize with her mother's struggles: "then you can forgive and you can understand," she told the Guardian.Īccording to the New Yorker, it was also at boarding school that Jane developed bulimia, although the seeds of the disease had been sewn by her father Henry. Henry told the children that Frances had a heart attack: it wasn't until years later that they discovered the truth in a magazine. In an interview with People, Jane said that as a child, she blamed herself for her mother's death. assumes she isn't lovable," Jane told the Guardian.Īfter years of mental health struggles, Frances died by suicide aged 42, when Jane was 12 and Peter was 10. "When a parent isn't around, the child assumes it's her fault. ![]() She suffered from what Jane later described to the Guardian as "what would today be called bipolar." Jane added that Frances was "frequently institutionalized," which was hard on Jane and her brother Peter. ![]() Henry and Frances had a troubled marriage (his second of five.) He was frequently away, both for his acting work and for three years of Navy service during World War II, and was continually unfaithful. ![]()
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