biography
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Fonda, Henry (Jaynes)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1905–82)
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| biography:
| Film and stage actor, born in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. The father of actors Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda, his involvement with the Omaha Community Playhouse led to Broadway and a film career in which his self-effacing manner and dry, flat tones projected honesty and decency. His film debut in The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) led to more than 100 screen appearances, culminating with his Oscar-winning role in On Golden Pond (1981). He also appeared occasionally on Broadway, as in Mister Roberts (1948). Married five times, he was said to be a moody, remote man, and did not always enjoy the best of relationships with his children. |
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