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Fonda aged five, with her father, actor Henry Fonda (1943). Jane Seymour Fonda was born via caesarean section on December 21, 1937, at Doctors Hospital in New York City. [6] [7] Her parents were Canadian-born socialite Frances Ford Seymour and American actor Henry Fonda.
Jane Fonda began studying acting with Strasberg, learning the techniques of "The Method" of which Strasberg was a renowned proponent. This proved to be a pivotal point in her career. As Jane Fonda developed her skill as an actress, she became frustrated with her father's talent that, to her, appeared a demonstration of effortless ability. [61]
Jane Fonda purchased the rights to the play specifically for her father, Henry Fonda, to play the cantankerous Norman Thayer. [3] The father-daughter rift depicted on-screen closely paralleled the real-life relationship between the two Fondas. The producers originally offered the role of Norman Thayer to James Stewart, but he declined. [4]
Peter Fonda, Henry Fonda, and Jane Fonda at the ANTA Playhouse on December 4, 1969 in New York. Henry was an up-and-coming actor when he married Canadian socialite Frances Ford Seymour in 1936.
Jane Fonda revealed to Andy Cohen the conversation she had with her late father, Henry Fonda, that made him break down in tears.
Her father was legendary screen star Henry Fonda, and her mother, Frances Seymour Brokaw, was a New York socialite. You can check out more of Jane, no 'y,' in her newest movie, 'This Is Where I ...
According to Peter Fonda, these difficulties later gave him empathy for the marital problems of actor Dennis Hopper, his co-star in the 1969 film Easy Rider. [4] Hopper's then-wife Brooke Hayward is the daughter of Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda's first wife. Seymour died by suicide while she was a patient at the Craig house in Beacon, New York ...
Fonda appeared with father Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in the film. She continued to appear in the dramas Agnes of God (1985), The Morning After (1986), and Stanley & Iris (1990). After a 15 year absence from the screen she starred in the romantic comedy Monster-in-Law (2005), a commercial success which rejuvenated her acting career.