Henry Jaynes Fonda

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Henry Fonda played the title role in 1939's ''Young Mr. Lincoln''.  In 1940 Henry received his first Oscar nomination playing in arguably his best-known role, as Tom Joad in the 1940 film ''The Grapes of Wrath'' based on the novel by Steinway.  During WWII he served in the Navy.  In 1946 he played Wyatt Earp in ''My Darling Clementine''.
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Henry Fonda played the title role in 1939's ''Young Mr. Lincoln''.  In 1940 Henry received his first Oscar nomination playing in arguably his best-known role, as Tom Joad in the 1940 film ''The Grapes of Wrath'' based on the novel by Steinway.  To get this role, he had agree to a seven-year contract which compelled him to play in such nothings as the romantic-comedy ''The Lady Eve'' in 1941 with [[Barbara Stanwyck]] and 1942's ''The Male Animal''.
  
In 1948 Henry returned to Broadway starring in ''Mister Roberts'' for it's multi-year run.  He would reprise his role 7 years later in the film version.
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Henry's co-starring role opposite [[Lucille Ball]] in 1942's ''The Big Street'' should probably be put into this category as well, except I can't quite get over this strangely self-centered, bitchy Lucy.  It's so different from her remembered character that you're forced to watch.  It's Lucy that makes this a movie to see, even though it's not her best work and it's a bit off-kilter.  Henry plays a man deeply in love with her, who she doesn't notice, thinking him beneath her station, even though he comes to her rescue several times.
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During WWII Henry Fonda served in the Navy, even though he was exempt.  For this he received a Bronze Star.
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In 1946 he played Wyatt Earp in ''My Darling Clementine''.  In 1948 Henry returned to Broadway starring in ''Mister Roberts'' for it's multi-year run.  He would reprise his role 7 years later in the film version.
  
 
Jane states that Henry was a man of dark moods and that they "...lived in constant awareness of the minefield we had to tread so as not to trigger his rage." (''My Life'', p 35).  On 14 Oct 1950 his then-wife Frances Seymour killed herself by slitting her throat while in a mental hospital.  Three months later, Henry married Susan Blanchard.  They divorced in 1956.</td></tr></table>
 
Jane states that Henry was a man of dark moods and that they "...lived in constant awareness of the minefield we had to tread so as not to trigger his rage." (''My Life'', p 35).  On 14 Oct 1950 his then-wife Frances Seymour killed herself by slitting her throat while in a mental hospital.  Three months later, Henry married Susan Blanchard.  They divorced in 1956.</td></tr></table>

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