London, January 25 (ANI): Julianne Moore regrets the fact that she wasn't by her mum's side when she passed away.

The actress' Scottish mother, Ann Love Smith, fell ill and expired within hours, in April last year.

"My mother got sick and then she died the next morning," the Daily Express quoted Moore as saying.

She added: "I was on a plane on my way there when she passed away. She was only 68, it's been really tremendously difficult." (ANI)