Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Dame Helen Mirren has revealed that she was traumatised by her "cruel" mother.

The 62- year old said that it was because of her mother's nasty nature that she wiped their relationship from her memory.

"I've sort of wiped it from my memory actually. She was horrible, she could say very cruel things and it was difficult at home," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.

The 'Queen' star admitted that her mother was very critical about her and it was impossible to impress her.

"She wasn't born to be a mother. She could be mean. She'd say just very, very hurtful, bitchy things," she said.

However, Mirren admitted that she started loving her mother after the death of her father.

"Now the mother that I remember is the mother that I knew after the death of my father and that I loved very, very much," she added. (ANI)