Jane Cameron Agee was an actress and the ex-wife of James Brolin. Jane Cameron’s ex-husband, James is an American actor, producer, and director. He and Jane are the parents of actor Josh Brolin. He is now the husband of Barbra Streisand. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998. Jane Cameron and James Brolin had two children.
Jane Cameron Agee: Bio Summary
Full Name | Jane Cameron Agee |
famous as | Ex-wife of James Brolin |
Age at Time of Death | 56 years old |
Date of Birth | October 19, 1939 |
Date of Death | February 13, 1995 |
Place of Birth | Corpus Christi, Texas, United States |
Place of Death | Templeton, California, United States |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Nationality | American |
Ethnicity | White |
Children | Jess Brolin, Josh Brolin |
Cause of Death | Car Accident |
How old is Jane Cameron Agee?
Born on October 19, 1939, Jane Cameron Agee died at the age of 56. She was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. The Texas native made appearances in This Is Your Life, It’s Your Bet, and Tattletales after marrying James. Jane died in a car accident on February 13, 1995, one day after her son Josh’s 27th birthday. Her son Borlin Josh is a famous movie star who has gained worldwide popularity for his portrayal of the Marvel Comics supervillain, Thanos, in The Avengers movie series.
How did the former love birds meet? James and Janes met on set. Josh Brolin said on the October 14, 2008, episode of the Late Show with David Letterman that his parents met on the TV series Batman, where his mother was an assistant casting director.
In 1966, James Borlin married Jane Cameron Agee, a wildlife activist and aspiring actress at Twentieth Century Fox, 12 days after they first met. The couple had two children, Josh and Jess. They were divorced in 1984. The reason for their divorce was never made public. Jane died in a car accident on February 13, 1995.
As said earlier, Josh Brolin is one of the most famous actors around, and his mother, Jane Cameron Agee, passed away when he and his younger brother, Jess Brolin were pretty young. Keep reading to find out what he has said about losing this important family member.
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What happened to Josh Brolin’s mother?
When Josh Brolin turned 27 years old, his mom died in a car accident. It’s a tragedy to lose a parent at any age, but especially at such a young one.
Jane Cameron Agee’s son, Josh Brolin said he was “liberated” by his mom’s passing. Brolin told Men’s Journal that he has a phone message from the day that she passed away. According to Radar Online, he said, “She called me and got my answering machine with a trick message on it that was like, ‘Oh, hey, what’s up? I can’t hear you very well. Who is this?’ And she started laughing hysterically. That’s the last I heard from my mom. Four hours later, she was dead.”
The actor continued that he was “lost and just spinning” over the next two years, as he had a really tough time dealing with the loss. He also said he felt his mom loved him “conditionally,” as she was really proud of him when he was in jail once for beating people up. He would try to win her support time and time again, and so he stayed in a really bad place.
Jane Cameron Agee’s son, Josh Brolin explained, “Her love for me was hugely, hugely conditional, so it all comes down to that moment and me spending all my days trying to re-create that moment, putting myself in positions of self-destruction. I succumbed to that. And the truth is, although my mom being around was fantastic, after her death, I didn’t have to live up to that anymore. I was liberated. I matured.”
Brolin said in an interview with The Guardian that after his mom passed away, he had a change of heart about his wild lifestyle. He stopped partying so much and hurting himself with his behavior. He said, “My mum dying when I was in my 20s. All the impact that had on me that I hadn’t moved past; I was always such a momma’s boy. But I realized that I was on a destructive path. I knew that I had to change and mature. It was like I stepped back and saw the hamster wheel.”
According to her IMDB profile, Jane Cameron was featured heavily in her former friend Sondra Locke’s autobiography “The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly” (1997) where she painted her as an alcoholic nutcase who lived to cause trouble for those in her life.
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It’s heartbreaking to hear that Josh Brolin lost his mother, Jane Cameron Agee, at the young age of 27 and that she was in a car accident. Although that must have been an incredibly difficult time, it sounds like he was able to take what he learned from his mom and create a better, happier life for himself. And now he has found success in Hollywood, playing many characters that movie fans have loved.
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Following Jane Cameron Agee’s death, her younger son, Jess Brolin moved into a modest apartment, but according to Just Richest, he quickly ran through his funds and was evicted by 2011. Consequently, Jess began living in his truck and then, eventually, the streets of California. Daily Research Plot reported back in 2014 that Brolin was captured by paparazzi wandering around Ojai and eating out of the garbage.
Jane Cameron Agee’s ex-husband, James Borlin refuted this as a misinterpretation of pictures, claiming his son was “collecting bottles and cans from the bin, and all the money went into charity.” In a 2021 interview with Parade, James Brolin stated his son now “lives in a mountain town and runs a charity organization. Right now, he’s probably the happiest of us all.”
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