Henry Jaynes Fonda
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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. | 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.</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> |
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/d0/250px-Fonda.henry.12am.JPG Henry Fonda from answers.com | http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/d0/250px-Fonda.henry.12am.JPG Henry Fonda from answers.com | ||
| − | In 1955 he returned to film starring in the 1955 film ''Mister Roberts'' with [[Jack Lemmon]]. In 1957 he was in ''Twelve Angry Men''. Henry played Adm. Chester Nimitz in the 1976 film ''Midway''. | + | In 1955 he returned to film starring in the 1955 film ''Mister Roberts'' with [[Jack Lemmon]]. In 1957 he was in ''Twelve Angry Men''. Fonda married his fourth wife, Countess Adfera Franchetti, on 10 Mar 1957. They divorced in 1962. Fonda married for the fifth and final time to model and stewardess Shirlee Adams, in 1965. |
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| + | Henry played Adm. Chester Nimitz in the 1976 film ''Midway''. | ||
His first Best Actor Oscar did not come until 1981 for ''On Golden Pond'' co-starring [[Katherine Hepburn]]. | His first Best Actor Oscar did not come until 1981 for ''On Golden Pond'' co-starring [[Katherine Hepburn]]. | ||
