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+ | <table border=2><tr><td>'''Henry Jaynes Fonda''' (1905-82), American Actor</td><td>[http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=NDZnOfq6fRs&offerid=145147.10000009&type=3&subid=0 Find your family history in the World's Largest Newspaper Archive! Find News, Births and Deaths]</td></tr></table> | ||
This article should be cited as:<blockquote>"Henry Jaynes Fonda", by Will Johnson, professional genealogist [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], at CountyHistorian.com URL: http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Henry_Jaynes_Fonda, copyright 2007-8, all rights reserved.</blockquote> | This article should be cited as:<blockquote>"Henry Jaynes Fonda", by Will Johnson, professional genealogist [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], at CountyHistorian.com URL: http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Henry_Jaynes_Fonda, copyright 2007-8, all rights reserved.</blockquote> | ||
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Original article at [http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Henry_Jaynes_Fonda "Henry Jaynes Fonda"], at Countyhistorian.com | Original article at [http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Henry_Jaynes_Fonda "Henry Jaynes Fonda"], at Countyhistorian.com | ||
− | This | + | Also see [[Henry_Fonda_Filmography|Henry Fonda Filmography]] for a list of all his films. |
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+ | This article focuses on the biography of Henry Fonda. For more information on his ancestry see [[The Ancestry of Henry Fonda]] | ||
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==Henry Jaynes Fonda== | ==Henry Jaynes Fonda== | ||
===Early life (1905-1924)=== | ===Early life (1905-1924)=== | ||
− | [[#William Brace Fonda|William Brace Fonda]] (b. 1879), Henry's father was enumerated in the Federal Census in 1900 living, as a single man, in Omaha, Douglas County, [[Nebraska]] with his own parents, and listed there as a salesman. On 10 Jun 1903, William Fonda married [[#Herberta Jaynes|Herberta Jaynes]] (b. 1879), probably in or near Omaha, Nebraska. Moving to Grand Island, Hall County, [[Nebraska]], they rented a house from Grand Island banker George Bell in 1904 and it was in that house that their eldest child Henry Fonda was born 16 May 1905. They only lived there for six more months. The house, marked as Henry Fonda's birthplace, was in 1966 relocated after Henry paid to have it moved from downtown, ten miles to the location at the Stuhr Museum ([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=114970741&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=3 ''Seguin Gazette Enterprise'' (Seguin, Texas), 13 Aug 1982, page 3]). | + | [[The Ancestry of Henry Fonda#William Brace Fonda|William Brace Fonda]] (b. 1879), Henry's father was enumerated in the Federal Census in 1900 living, as a single man, in Omaha, Douglas County, [[Nebraska]] with his own parents, and listed there as a salesman. On 10 Jun 1903, William Fonda married [[The Ancestry of Henry Fonda#Herberta Jaynes|Herberta Jaynes]] (b. 1879), probably in or near Omaha, Nebraska. Moving to Grand Island, Hall County, [[Nebraska]], they rented a house from Grand Island banker George Bell in 1904 and it was in that house that their eldest child Henry Fonda was born 16 May 1905. They only lived there for six more months. The house, marked as Henry Fonda's birthplace, was in 1966 relocated after Henry paid to have it moved from downtown, ten miles to the location at the Stuhr Museum ([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=114970741&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=3 ''Seguin Gazette Enterprise'' (Seguin, Texas), 13 Aug 1982, page 3]). |
William and Herberta had two more children: Harriet in 1907/8 and Jayne in 1909/10, both born in Nebraska. Between 1905 and 1910 the family had moved back to Omaha, where they are enumerated in the Federal Census that year. Many years later, a newspaper article in which Henry talks about his father states "when he was six months old the family moved to Omaha". It's not a direct quote from Henry however, so it's unclear what the source is for this fact. | William and Herberta had two more children: Harriet in 1907/8 and Jayne in 1909/10, both born in Nebraska. Between 1905 and 1910 the family had moved back to Omaha, where they are enumerated in the Federal Census that year. Many years later, a newspaper article in which Henry talks about his father states "when he was six months old the family moved to Omaha". It's not a direct quote from Henry however, so it's unclear what the source is for this fact. | ||
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− | At this time, the Omaha Community Playhouse made him an offer of a round-trip ticket and the opportunity to guest-star in any play he chose ([http://books.google.com/books?id=cXscbDlSt0cC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA7,M1 Sweeney p7]). That is how, in Apr 1930, he is enumerated, living in the household of his parents back in Omaha as an unemployed actor, and single. Kevin Sweeney [http://books.google.com/books?id=cXscbDlSt0cC&pg=PA174&dq=quigley+fonda&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U39AcYrmvws1oFAbB65Dv1tHM7a5g#PPA171,M1 says that April 1930] he was back in Omaha in the play ''A Kiss for Cinderella''. That Summer he reprised the role, this time opposite Margaret Sullavan for the University Players in West Falmouth, Mass. | + | At this time, the Omaha Community Playhouse made him an offer of a round-trip ticket and the opportunity to guest-star in any play he chose ([http://books.google.com/books?id=cXscbDlSt0cC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA7,M1 Sweeney p7]). That is how, in Apr 1930, he is enumerated, living in the household of his parents back in Omaha as an unemployed actor, and single. Kevin Sweeney [http://books.google.com/books?id=cXscbDlSt0cC&pg=PA174&dq=quigley+fonda&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U39AcYrmvws1oFAbB65Dv1tHM7a5g#PPA171,M1 says that April 1930] he was back in Omaha in the play ''A Kiss for Cinderella'', playing opposite the then 13-year old [https://sites.google.com/site/countyhistorian/ancestry-of-dorothy-mc Dorothy McGuire]. That Summer he reprised the role, this time opposite Margaret Sullavan for the University Players in West Falmouth, Mass. |
Arrrrrrghhhh! I hate it when this happens. [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=22968994¤tResult=1&src=search Here] on NewspaperArchive.com we see a page from the ''Syracuse Herald'' (Syracuse, New York), and newspaper archive has it indexed at 9 Jul 1930, page 31. This is '''one''' of the pages I was using as evidence that Henry and Margaret had married earlier than reported. OK. Now, the first thing I notice is that the image of this page actually says "Page Sixteen", not page 31. The date on the page is blurred '''just enough''' that it could be 1930 or 1936. I'm starting to get a bad feeling here. Slowly flipping back I notice something odd. Every page, even-numbered in the index appears to say "1930", but every page odd-numbered in the index appears to say "1936"! Gah! Smacks forehead, NewspaperArchive has merged two different sets of pages into one run! '''So''' apparently this announcement of a new film ''Reno in the Fall'' co-starring Henry Fonda opposite Margaret Sullavan, and calling him her "ex-husband" is supposed to be dated 9 Jul 1936. '''So much''' for my great new revelation. | Arrrrrrghhhh! I hate it when this happens. [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=22968994¤tResult=1&src=search Here] on NewspaperArchive.com we see a page from the ''Syracuse Herald'' (Syracuse, New York), and newspaper archive has it indexed at 9 Jul 1930, page 31. This is '''one''' of the pages I was using as evidence that Henry and Margaret had married earlier than reported. OK. Now, the first thing I notice is that the image of this page actually says "Page Sixteen", not page 31. The date on the page is blurred '''just enough''' that it could be 1930 or 1936. I'm starting to get a bad feeling here. Slowly flipping back I notice something odd. Every page, even-numbered in the index appears to say "1930", but every page odd-numbered in the index appears to say "1936"! Gah! Smacks forehead, NewspaperArchive has merged two different sets of pages into one run! '''So''' apparently this announcement of a new film ''Reno in the Fall'' co-starring Henry Fonda opposite Margaret Sullavan, and calling him her "ex-husband" is supposed to be dated 9 Jul 1936. '''So much''' for my great new revelation. | ||
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Henry in 1937 returned again to Broadway for a brief run in ''Blow Ye Winds''. He would not again return to Broadway for eleven years. | Henry in 1937 returned again to Broadway for a brief run in ''Blow Ye Winds''. He would not again return to Broadway for eleven years. | ||
− | Henry Fonda and Frances Seymour were the parents of actors [[Jane Fonda]] (b. 21 Dec 1937) and [[Peter Fonda]] (b. 23 Feb 1940). Even though the family was living in California, Frances decided to go to New York to have each of her children Jane and later Peter. So Jane was born in New York City by cesarean section at Doctor's Hospital (''My Life'', p40) while Henry was filming ''Jezebel'' with [ | + | Henry Fonda and Frances Seymour were the parents of actors [[Jane Fonda]] (b. 21 Dec 1937) and [[Peter Fonda]] (b. 23 Feb 1940). Even though the family was living in California, Frances decided to go to New York to have each of her children Jane and later Peter. So Jane was born in New York City by cesarean section at Doctor's Hospital (''My Life'', p40) while Henry was filming ''Jezebel'' with [http://movielegends.pbwiki.com/Bette-Davis Bette Davis]. William Wyler, the director of Jezebel, was none other than the next husband of Henry's ex-wife Margaret Sullavan. William and Margaret had married at the end of 1934, but by the time of this film, were already divorced. Watch two minutes of Jezebel [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XGivFuMQos here on YouTube]. |
Henry had had it written into his contract that if his wife gave birth while they were shooting ''Jezebel'', he could fly back to New York to be with them. They named the child "Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda". Jane comments in her biography, how her father stated that he took dozens of pictures while there at the hospital, and that she has them. She wistfully comments that in none of these pictures is there one of her mother holding her. | Henry had had it written into his contract that if his wife gave birth while they were shooting ''Jezebel'', he could fly back to New York to be with them. They named the child "Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda". Jane comments in her biography, how her father stated that he took dozens of pictures while there at the hospital, and that she has them. She wistfully comments that in none of these pictures is there one of her mother holding her. | ||
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<table border=2><tr><td>Pregnant with Peter, Frances again flew to New York City and gave birth to him on 23 Feb 1940 at the Le Roy Sanitarium, according to Peter. Jane however states that Frances gave birth "in the same hospital she'd delivered me in"(''My Life'', p42). (Did it change names from Doctor's Hospital to Le Roy Sanitarium?) The birth was announced in the ''New York Times''. Curiously the birth announcement states that the Fondas are "of this city and of Hollywood"([http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=7&did=109344329&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1220334211&clientId=54310 25 Feb 1940, p38]). Neither Jane nor Peter state that their mother or parents were living in New York City in 1940, but obviously they were. Peter in his autobiography states that "as soon as she was able" his mother moved to the Pierre Hotel, but that he stayed at Le Roy for seven weeks "the only baby in the hospital." Jane speculates that her mother had post-partum depression. Henry, at the time making ''The Return of Frank James'' flew to New York City and brought Peter home with him to Brentwood, California. | <table border=2><tr><td>Pregnant with Peter, Frances again flew to New York City and gave birth to him on 23 Feb 1940 at the Le Roy Sanitarium, according to Peter. Jane however states that Frances gave birth "in the same hospital she'd delivered me in"(''My Life'', p42). (Did it change names from Doctor's Hospital to Le Roy Sanitarium?) The birth was announced in the ''New York Times''. Curiously the birth announcement states that the Fondas are "of this city and of Hollywood"([http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=7&did=109344329&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1220334211&clientId=54310 25 Feb 1940, p38]). Neither Jane nor Peter state that their mother or parents were living in New York City in 1940, but obviously they were. Peter in his autobiography states that "as soon as she was able" his mother moved to the Pierre Hotel, but that he stayed at Le Roy for seven weeks "the only baby in the hospital." Jane speculates that her mother had post-partum depression. Henry, at the time making ''The Return of Frank James'' flew to New York City and brought Peter home with him to Brentwood, California. | ||
− | In 1940 Henry received his first Oscar nomination playing in arguably his best-known role, as Tom Joad in the 1940 20th-Century Fox film ''The Grapes of Wrath'' based on the novel by Steinbeck | + | In 1940 Henry received his first Oscar nomination playing in arguably his best-known role, as Tom Joad in the 1940 20th-Century Fox film ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' based on the novel by Steinbeck.</td><td>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514GNJP58EL._SL500_AA240_.jpg |
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</td><td>http://www.freerangephotography.co.uk/MMDgenealogy-p/hammerstein_o___dorothy.jpg<br>Henry Fonda and Susan Blanchard<br>(Credit FreeRangePhotography.co.uk)</td></tr></table> | </td><td>http://www.freerangephotography.co.uk/MMDgenealogy-p/hammerstein_o___dorothy.jpg<br>Henry Fonda and Susan Blanchard<br>(Credit FreeRangePhotography.co.uk)</td></tr></table> | ||
− | <table><tr><td>http:// | + | <table><tr><td>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5188HQ5P25L._SL500_AA280_.jpg<br>Henry Fonda in 1957's ''12 Angry Men''<br>(Credit Amazon.com)</td> |
===1955-1966=== | ===1955-1966=== | ||
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===See Also=== | ===See Also=== | ||
+ | *[[The Ancestry of Henry Fonda]] | ||
*[[Connections:Alice Ghostley to Montgomery Clift|"Alice Ghostley to Montgomery Clift"]] | *[[Connections:Alice Ghostley to Montgomery Clift|"Alice Ghostley to Montgomery Clift"]] | ||
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=IqUR9zWAGv0C&q=JOSH:++MY+UP+AND+DOWN,+IN+AND+OUT+LIFE&dq=JOSH:++MY+UP+AND+DOWN,+IN+AND+OUT+LIFE&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 ''Josh, My Up and Down, in and Out Life''], By Joshua Logan. Published by Delacorte Press, 1976 ISBN 0440042356, 9780440042358 408 pages | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=IqUR9zWAGv0C&q=JOSH:++MY+UP+AND+DOWN,+IN+AND+OUT+LIFE&dq=JOSH:++MY+UP+AND+DOWN,+IN+AND+OUT+LIFE&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 ''Josh, My Up and Down, in and Out Life''], By Joshua Logan. Published by Delacorte Press, 1976 ISBN 0440042356, 9780440042358 408 pages | ||
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