Henry Jaynes Fonda

From RoyalWeb
Jump to: navigation, search
(Middle Career)
(Middle Career)
Line 45: Line 45:
 
During WWII Henry Fonda served in the Navy, even though he was exempt.  For this he received a Bronze Star.
 
During WWII Henry Fonda served in the Navy, even though he was exempt.  For this he received a Bronze Star.
  
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.
+
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 seven 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.
+
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, in Dec 1950, Henry married Susan Blanchard.  They divorced in 1956.
  
 
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/d0/250px-Fonda.henry.12am.JPG  Henry Fonda in the 50s or 60s (Credit Answers.com)
 
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/d0/250px-Fonda.henry.12am.JPG  Henry Fonda in the 50s or 60s (Credit 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''.  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.
+
In 1955 he returned to film starring in the that year's ''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.
  
 
===Later Career===
 
===Later Career===

Revision as of 17:54, 11 August 2008

Personal tools
MOOCOW
Google AdSense