Photo:Reese Witherspoon InstagramReese Witherspoonis honoring “the best mom.“The Oscar winner, 47, posted a tribute to her mom Betty, now 75, on Instagram Friday.“Happy Birthday to the best mom I could ever dream of!” Witherspooncaptioned the post. “Thank you for always believing in my dreams and cheering me on… and making me Laugh everyday [sic]. I love you, Mama! 💗🌸🤗.”The photo showed theMorning Showactress laughing and smiling with her arm around the chair where Betty sat beside her.On her mom’s birthday last year, Witherspoonwroteon Instagram, “Happy Birthday to the most amazing Mama in the whole world! Every day I get to hear you laugh while you tell the best stories is such a gift! Please keep bringing the sunshine into our lives.“In aninterview with Gayle King inInStylein November 2021, Witherspoon said as she gets older she wants to spend more time with her mom.“That is one of the great things about getting older — it just clears out so much space,” she shared. “I want to be with my mom, my kids, and the people who fill my tank. And everybody else, I wish them well.”Reese Witherspoon and mother Betty during the Mother’s Day Apologies Monologue in 2015.Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.For Mother’s Day back in 2021, the actresspraisedher “wonderful” mom for her advice. “The original Mama Bear who taught me to be fierce and loving. Kind and strong,” she wrote. “I love that I can always count on her for a great laugh and the best mothering advice!“In January 2019, the three generations of mom Betty, Witherspoon and daughter Ava Phillippe, now 23, werephotographed forVogue.The actress recalled how she would tag along with her mother to work when she was was a labor-and-delivery nurse at Nashville’s Vanderbilt Hospital.Reese Witherspoon and mother Betty.Reese Witherspoon/InstagramWitherspoon’s mom would “take care of 17 babies at once,” she recalled. “There would usually be two women, and they’d be doing all the diapering, all the feeding—everything, all at once.”“And the crying of the babies! The noise! She said she didn’t even hear it. I remember being so in awe of my mom. She always had a positive attitude, always laughing, always telling a joke, and she always had a billion friends at work. She just loved the women she worked with.”
Photo:Reese Witherspoon Instagram
Reese Witherspoon Instagram
Reese Witherspoonis honoring “the best mom.“The Oscar winner, 47, posted a tribute to her mom Betty, now 75, on Instagram Friday.“Happy Birthday to the best mom I could ever dream of!” Witherspooncaptioned the post. “Thank you for always believing in my dreams and cheering me on… and making me Laugh everyday [sic]. I love you, Mama! 💗🌸🤗.”The photo showed theMorning Showactress laughing and smiling with her arm around the chair where Betty sat beside her.On her mom’s birthday last year, Witherspoonwroteon Instagram, “Happy Birthday to the most amazing Mama in the whole world! Every day I get to hear you laugh while you tell the best stories is such a gift! Please keep bringing the sunshine into our lives.“In aninterview with Gayle King inInStylein November 2021, Witherspoon said as she gets older she wants to spend more time with her mom.“That is one of the great things about getting older — it just clears out so much space,” she shared. “I want to be with my mom, my kids, and the people who fill my tank. And everybody else, I wish them well.”Reese Witherspoon and mother Betty during the Mother’s Day Apologies Monologue in 2015.Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.For Mother’s Day back in 2021, the actresspraisedher “wonderful” mom for her advice. “The original Mama Bear who taught me to be fierce and loving. Kind and strong,” she wrote. “I love that I can always count on her for a great laugh and the best mothering advice!“In January 2019, the three generations of mom Betty, Witherspoon and daughter Ava Phillippe, now 23, werephotographed forVogue.The actress recalled how she would tag along with her mother to work when she was was a labor-and-delivery nurse at Nashville’s Vanderbilt Hospital.Reese Witherspoon and mother Betty.Reese Witherspoon/InstagramWitherspoon’s mom would “take care of 17 babies at once,” she recalled. “There would usually be two women, and they’d be doing all the diapering, all the feeding—everything, all at once.”“And the crying of the babies! The noise! She said she didn’t even hear it. I remember being so in awe of my mom. She always had a positive attitude, always laughing, always telling a joke, and she always had a billion friends at work. She just loved the women she worked with.”
Reese Witherspoonis honoring “the best mom.”
The Oscar winner, 47, posted a tribute to her mom Betty, now 75, on Instagram Friday.
“Happy Birthday to the best mom I could ever dream of!” Witherspooncaptioned the post. “Thank you for always believing in my dreams and cheering me on… and making me Laugh everyday [sic]. I love you, Mama! 💗🌸🤗.”
The photo showed theMorning Showactress laughing and smiling with her arm around the chair where Betty sat beside her.
On her mom’s birthday last year, Witherspoonwroteon Instagram, “Happy Birthday to the most amazing Mama in the whole world! Every day I get to hear you laugh while you tell the best stories is such a gift! Please keep bringing the sunshine into our lives.”
In aninterview with Gayle King inInStylein November 2021, Witherspoon said as she gets older she wants to spend more time with her mom.
“That is one of the great things about getting older — it just clears out so much space,” she shared. “I want to be with my mom, my kids, and the people who fill my tank. And everybody else, I wish them well.”
Reese Witherspoon and mother Betty during the Mother’s Day Apologies Monologue in 2015.Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.
For Mother’s Day back in 2021, the actresspraisedher “wonderful” mom for her advice. “The original Mama Bear who taught me to be fierce and loving. Kind and strong,” she wrote. “I love that I can always count on her for a great laugh and the best mothering advice!”
In January 2019, the three generations of mom Betty, Witherspoon and daughter Ava Phillippe, now 23, werephotographed forVogue.
The actress recalled how she would tag along with her mother to work when she was was a labor-and-delivery nurse at Nashville’s Vanderbilt Hospital.
Reese Witherspoon and mother Betty.Reese Witherspoon/Instagram
Witherspoon’s mom would “take care of 17 babies at once,” she recalled. “There would usually be two women, and they’d be doing all the diapering, all the feeding—everything, all at once.”
“And the crying of the babies! The noise! She said she didn’t even hear it. I remember being so in awe of my mom. She always had a positive attitude, always laughing, always telling a joke, and she always had a billion friends at work. She just loved the women she worked with.”
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