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Charlize Theron and her mother, Gerda
Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron (right) smooches her mother, Gerda Theron, on September 29, 2005. Charlize Theron was receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Gerda Theron was born in 1953 in Africa, where Charlize (born 1975) was raised.