Martin Scorsese‘s youngest daughter Francesca shared rare footage of her ailing mother Helen Morris Scorsese on Tuesday.
The 78-year-old retired book editor has been bravely battling Parkinson’s disease since 1990 – nine years before her only child’s birth.
The 25-year-old nepo baby declared Helen was a ‘warrior’ and wrote: ‘Reminder to tell your parents you love them because one day you will have to take caree of them the way they once took care of you.’
‘Never take health for granted,’ Francesca added.
In the clip, Scorsese – who boasts 567K social media followers – spoonfed her mother a couple bites of a dessert and sips from a large plastic cup.
Martin Scorsese’s youngest daughter Francesca shared rare footage of her ailing mother Helen Morris Scorsese on Tuesday
Back in 2020, the Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point actress filmed a ‘letter to my mama’ detailing her struggle with the progressive neurological disorder that affects movement and other bodily functions as well as her own struggle as the child of a sick parent.
Three years later, Helen served as inspiration for Francesca’s NYU thesis short film Fish Out of Water about a young mom coping with her own mother’s failing health.
July 22 marked the 82-year-old legendary filmmaker’s 26th wedding anniversary with his fifth wife, who attended the 2023 Cannes Film Festival premiere of his film Killers of the Flower Moon.
On August 17, Francesca posted a snap with Martin sweetly captioned: ‘I would choose my dad to be my dad in every lifetime again and again and again.’
Scorsese praised Helen’s resilience while appearing on This Life of Mine with James Corden last year.
‘My complaining is part of my creating and it’s usually self-deprecating. My complaining, I find, is nothing compared to what the suffering that a condition like that does,’ the native New Yorker described.
‘And so we live with it and it changes how you perceive life and everything around you.’
Martin is also father to daughter Cathy, 59; with first ex-wife Laraine Brennan and daughter Domenica, nearly 49; with second ex-wife Julia Cameron.
The 78-year-old retired book editor has been bravely battling Parkinson’s disease since 1990 – nine years before her only child’s birth
The 25-year-old nepo baby declared Helen was a ‘warrior’ and wrote: ‘Reminder to tell your parents you love them because one day you will have to take caree of them the way they once took care of you’
In the clip, Scorsese – who boasts 567K social media followers – spoonfed her mother a couple bites of a dessert and sips from a large plastic cup
Back in 2020, the Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point actress filmed a ‘letter to my mama’ detailing her struggle with the progressive neurological disorder that affects movement and other bodily functions as well as her own struggle as the child of a sick parent
Three years later, Helen served as inspiration for Francesca’s NYU thesis short film Fish Out of Water about a young mom coping with her own mother’s failing health
July 22 marked the 82-year-old legendary filmmaker’s (2-L) 26th wedding anniversary with his fifth wife, who attended the 2023 Cannes Film Festival premiere of his film Killers of the Flower Moon
On August 17, Francesca posted a snap with Martin sweetly captioned: ‘I would choose my dad to be my dad in every lifetime again and again and again’
Scorsese – who’s a Tony away from EGOT status – will next appear in Rebecca Miller’s five-part docuseries Mr. Scorsese, which premieres October 17 on Apple TV+
On June 1, the Scorsese father-daughter duo wrapped production on the eight-episode second season of Biblical docudrama Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints, which will eventually premiere on Fox Nation.
Martin – who’s a Tony away from EGOT status – will next appear in Rebecca Miller’s five-part docuseries Mr. Scorsese, which premieres October 17 on Apple TV+.
It features new interviews with Francesca’s godfather Robert De Niro, Jay Cocks, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rodrigo Prieto, Isabella Rossellini, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, and Sharon Stone.
Francesca – who got Scorsese to join Instagram – previously made cameos in his films The Aviator, The Departed, and Hugo.Â