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Born to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, Jane Fonda was destined to an uncommon and influential life. Though initially showing no interest in her father's trade, she was talked into appearing with her father in a 1954 community theatre production and her interest in acting grew after meeting Lee Strasberg and joining the Actors Studio. Her screen debut in Tall Story (1960) marked the beginning of a highly successful and respected acting career highlighted by several awards (winner of 2 Oscars [7-time nominee], 4 Golden Globes [10-time nominee] and the People's Choice Award for Favourite Actress 4 years in a row). Her professional success contrasted with her often controversy-laden personal life, with her appearance in risqué movies (including Barbarella, directed by then-husband Roger Vadim) followed by what was to become her most debated period: her espousal of anti-establishment causes and especially her anti-war activities during the Vietnam War. In the 1980s she started the aerobic exercise craze with the publication of the "Jane Fonda's Workout Book". She has since returned to film-making with Monster-in-Law and Georgia Rule and has published a best-selling autobiography entitled My Life So Far. - From IMDB
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Suffered from bulimia from age 13 to age 37. While modeling, she said she lived on cigarettes, coffee, speed, and strawberry yogurt.
Was arrested in 1970 after allegedly kicking a cop when she was found carrying a large amount of what appeared to be pills. All charges were dropped after the pills were identified as vitamins.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#21). [1995]
Was voted the 51st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
Started the physical fitness craze in the 1980s when she released the wildly successful, "Jane Fonda's Workout", on video.
The suicide of her socialite mother Frances Seymour Brokaw was kept from her as a teenager, and she was told that she'd died of heart failure. Household newspaper and magazine subscriptions were canceled, and the staff and student body of Fonda's high school were instructed not to discuss the incident. Fonda learned the truth months later while leafing through a movie magazine in art class.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1960 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "There Was a Little Girl."
Born on the same day Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) premiered.
Is fluent in French.
Jane was mentioned on Sir Mix-A-Lot's 1992 hit single "Baby Got Back".
Protested alongside fellow actresses Sally Field & Christine Lahti, and playwright Eve Ensler urging the Mexican government to re-investigate the slayings of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexico-Texas border. (February 2004)
Is the subject of an erroneous urban legend. When Vassar was a women's college, the story goes, Jane Fonda refused to wear the elegant white gloves and pearls that were the attire for the daily Tea in the Rose Parlor. When confronted, Fonda returned to the parlor wearing the gloves and the pearls, and nothing else.
She and her father Henry Fonda are the only father-daughter couple to receive Oscars for leading roles.
Her father was of Italian and Dutch descent and her mother was of Irish and German descent.
In her modeling days after college, she was twice on the cover of Vogue magazine.
Her performance as Bree Daniels in Klute (1971) is ranked #91 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
Was nicknamed "La BB Americaine" (the American Brigitte Bardot) by the French during her time in France filming French movies for Bardot's former husband Roger Vadim.
A 1972 visit to Hanoi during the Vietnam war where Fonda campaigned in favor of the communist regime and the subsequent release of several photographs of her atop a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun used against American air crews earned her the nickname "Hanoi Jane." As a result of her visit to Hanoi and the accompanying photographs, many Americans continue to regard Fonda with general resentment and hostility to this day.
On having her first child, Vanessa: "I began to feel a unity with people. I began to love people, to understand that we do not give life to a human being only to have it killed by B-52 bombs, or have it gaoled by fascists, or have it destroyed by social injustice. When Vanessa was born it was as if the sun had opened up for me. I felt whole. I became free."
"Movies are so important. They shape our ideas and attitudes, even for we adults, much more than we think. And with more leisure time, more technology in and out of the home, what we watch will become very significant. I love being a part of that... I want nothing less than to help re-shape Hollywood and its depictions of human beings and their functions."
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Name: Jane Seymour Fonda
Nicknames: Lady Jane (childhood), Hanoi Jane
Born: December 21, 1937 (Sagittarius)
Birthplace: New York, NY, USA
Family: Parents: actor Henry Fonda and English socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw;
brother, actor Peter Fonda; niece, actress Bridget Fonda
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Education: Attended Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY and Emma Willard School in Troy, New York
Spouse(s): French director Roger Vadim (August 1965-January 1973), activist Tom Hayden (January 1973-1990),
Ted Turner (December 1991-May 2001)
Children: Vanessa Vadim, Troy Garity (with Tom Hayden), Mary Luana Williams (adopted with Tom Hayden)
Georgia Rule (2007) .... Georgia
Dir: Garry Marshall; Felicity Huffman, Lindsay Lohan
Monster-in-Law (2005) .... Viola Fields
Dir: Robert Luketic; Jennifer Lopez, Michael Vartan
Stanley & Iris (1990) .... Iris Estelle King
Dir: Martin Ritt; Robert De Niro
Old Gringo (1989) .... Harriet Winslow
Dir: Luis Puenzo; Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits
The Morning After (1986) .... Alex Sternbergen *Oscar-nominated
Dir: Sidney Lumet; Jeff Bridges, Diane Salinger
Agnes of God (1985) .... Dr. Martha Livingston
Dir: Norman Jewison; Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly
The Dollmaker (1984) (TV) .... Gertie Nevels *Emmy-winning for Best Actress
Dir: Daniel Petrie; Mike Baracella
Rollover (1981) .... Lee Winters
Dir: Alan J. Pakula; Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn
On Golden Pond (1981) .... Chelsea Thayer Wayne *Oscar-nominated
Dir: Mark Rydell; Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn
Nine to Five (1980) .... Judy Bernly
Dir: Colin Higgins; Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton
The Electric Horseman (1979) .... Alice 'Hallie' Martin
Dir: Sydney Pollack; Robert Redford, Valerie Perrine
The China Syndrome (1979) .... Kimberly Wells *Oscar-nominated
Dir: James Bridges; Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas
Neil Simon's California Suite (1978) .... Visitors from New York - Hannah Warren
Dir: Herbert Ross; Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Walter Matthau
Comes a Horseman (1978) .... Ella Connors
Dir: Alan J. Pakula; James Caan, Jason Robards
Coming Home (1978) .... Sally Hyde *Oscar-winning for Best Actress
Dir: Hal Ashby; Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford
Julia (1977) .... Lillian Hellman *Oscar-nominated
Dir: Fred Zinnemann; Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) .... Jane Harper
Dir: Ted Kotcheff; George Segal
The Blue Bird (1976) .... The Night
Dir: George Cukor; Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, Cicely Tyson
A Doll's House (1973) .... Nora Helmer
Dir: Joseph Losey; Edward Fox, Trevor Howard
Steelyard Blues (1973) .... Iris Caine
Dir: Alan Myerson; Donald Sutherland, Mel Stewart, Peter Boyle
Tout va bien (1972) .... Her, Suzanne
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin; Yves Montand
Klute (1971) .... Bree Daniels *Oscar-winning for Best Actress
Dir: Alan J. Pakula; Donald Sutherland, Rita Gam, Roy Scheider
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) .... Gloria Beatty
Dir: Sydney Pollack
Barbarella (1968) .... Barbarella
Dir: Roger Vadim; John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg
Spirits of the Dead (1968) .... Contessa Frederica (segment "Metzengerstein")
Dir: Roger Vadim, etc.; Brigitte Bardot, Peter Fonda, Terence Stamp
Barefoot in the Park (1967) .... Corie Bratter
Dir: Gene Saks; Robert Redford, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick
Hurry Sundown (1967) .... Julie Ann Warren
Dir: Otto Preminger; Michael Caine
Any Wednesday (1966) .... Ellen Gordon *Golden Globe-nominated
Dir: Robert Ellis Miller; Jason Robards, Dean Jones
La Curée (The Game Is Over) (1966) .... Renee Saccard
Dir: Roger Vadim; Michael Piccoli, Peter McEnery
The Chase (1966) .... Anna Reeves
Dir: Arthur Penn; Marlon Brando, Robert Redford
Cat Ballou (1965) .... Catherine 'Cat' Ballou *Golden Globe-nominated
Dir: Elliot Silverstein; Lee Marvin, Nat 'King' Cole
La Ronde/Circle of Love (1964) .... Sophie
Dir: Roger Vadim; Denise Benoît, Francine Bergé
Les Félins/Joy House (1964) .... Melinda
Dir: René Clément; Alain Delon, Lola Albright
Sunday in New York (1963) .... Eileen Tyler
Dir: Peter Tewksbury; Rod Taylor, Cliff Robertson
In the Cool of the Day (1963) .... Christine Bonner
Dir: Robert Stevens; Peter Finch, Angela Lansbury
Period of Adjustment (1962) .... Isabel Haverstick *Golden Globe-nominated
Dir: George Roy Hill; Anthony Franciosa, John Astin
The Chapman Report (1962) .... Kathleen Barclay
Dir: George Cukor; Shelley Winters, Claire Bloom
Walk on the Wild Side (1962) .... Kitty Twist
Dir: Edward Dmytryk; Laurence Harvey, Barbara Stanwyck, Anne Baxter
Tall Story (1960) .... June Ryder
Dir: Joshua Logan; Anthony Perkins
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