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Who is Tom Cruise's sister? Mission Impossible star name drops sibling who quietly lives in shadow of his dazzling career


While the world knows his every on-screen move, Tom Cruise's siblings lead much more private and quiet lives away from the spotlight.

The actor — who is currently romancing Ben Affleck's ex Ana de Armas — recalled how his younger sister, who was in the audience, had a hand in helping him land his role in the Oscar-winning film Rain Man. His father, electrical engineer Thomas Cruise Mapother III - dubbed a 'bully and a coward' by the multi-millionaire - left his mother, special education teacher Mary Lee Pfeiffer, in the 1970s, with Tom quickly taking on the role of man of the house, looking after his three sisters. It is perhaps unsurprising that Tom has remained close to his siblings after he dedicated much of his younger years to helping raise his sisters as they endured a tough childhood at the hands of their abusive father Thomas; seen with Lee Ann in 2004

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