Henry Fonda

Henry Jaynes Fonda
1905 - 1982
American born Grand Island, Nebraska

Nickname One-Take Fonda, Hank . Height 6' 1½" (1.87 m) . Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, Henry Fonda started his acting debut with the Omaha Community Playhouse, a local amateur theater troupe directed by Dorothy Brando. He moved to the Cape Cod University Players and later Broadway, New York to expand his theatrical career from 1926 to 1934. His first major roles in Broadway include "New Faces of America" and "The Farmer Takes a Wife". The latter play was transfered to the screen in 1935 and became the start-up of Fonda's lifelong Hollywood career. The following year he married Frances Seymour Fonda with whom he had two children: Jane and Peter Fonda also to become screen stars. He is most remembered for his roles as Abe Lincoln in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), for which he received an Academy Award Nomination, and more recently, Norman Thayer in On Golden Pond (1981), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1982. Henry Fonda is considered one of Hollywood's old-time legends and was friend and contemporary of James Stewart, John Ford and Joshua Logan. His movie career which spanned almost 50 years is completed by a notable presence in American theater and television. Spouse Shirley Fonda (3 December 1965 - 12 August 1982) (his death),Afdera Franchetti (10 March 1957 - January 1961) (divorced), Susan Blanchard (28 December 1950 - May 1956) (divorced) 1 child, Frances Seymour Brokaw (16 September 1936 - 14 April 1950) (her death) 2 children, Margaret Sullavan (25 December 1931 - 1932) (divorced).

Summer Solstice (1981) , On Golden Pond (1981), Gideon's Trumpet (1980) , The Oldest Living Graduate (1980) , The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980) , "Family" (1979) , Meteor (1979) , Wanda Nevada (1979) , City on Fire (1979) , "Roots: The Next Generations" (1979) , A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978) , The Swarm (1978) , Fedora (1978) , Home to Stay (1978) , Grande attacco, Il (1978) , The Last of the Cowboys (1977) , Rollercoaster (1977) , Tentacoli (1977) , Soldier's Home (1977) , "Captains and the Kings" (1976) , Midway (1976) , Almos' a Man (1976) , Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976) , Clarence Darrow (1974) , Mussolini: Ultimo atto (1974) , Mio nome è Nessuno, Il (1973) , Ash Wednesday (1973) , The Alpha Caper (1973) , Serpent, Le (1973) , The Red Pony (1973) , "The Smith Family" (1971) , Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) , There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) , The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) , Too Late the Hero (1970) , "The Bill Cosby Show" (1970) , C'era una volta il West (1968) , The Boston Strangler (1968) , Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) , Madigan (1968) , Firecreek (1968) , Stranger on the Run (1967) , Welcome to Hard Times (1967) , All About People (1967) , A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) , Battle of the Bulge (1965) , The Dirty Game (1965) , In Harm's Way (1965) , The Rounders (1965) , Sex and the Single Girl (1964) , "The Bell Telephone Hour" (1964) , Fail-Safe (1964) , The Best Man (1964) , Spencer's Mountain (1963) , "The Dick Powell Show" (1963) , How the West Was Won (1962) , The Longest Day (1962) , Advise & Consent (1962) , San Francisco Fire (1962) , "The Deputy" (1961) , The Man Who Understood Women (1959) , Warlock (1959) , Stage Struck (1958) , Rangers of Yellowstone (1958) , The Tin Star (1957) , 12 Angry Men (1957) , The Wrong Man (1956) , War and Peace (1956) , Mister Roberts (1955) , "Producers' Showcase"(1955) , "General Electric Theater" (1955) , "Medallion Theatre" (1953) , "Showtime, U.S.A." (1950) , Jigsaw (1949) , Fort Apache (1948) , On Our Merry Way (1948) , Daisy Kenyon (1947) , The Fugitive (1947) , The Long Night (1947) , My Darling Clementine (1946) , The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) , Immortal Sergeant (1943) , The Big Street (1942) , Tales of Manhattan (1942) , The Magnificent Dope (1942) , The Male Animal (1942) , Rings on Her Fingers (1942) , You Belong to Me (1941) , Wild Geese Calling (1941) , The Lady Eve (1941) , Chad Hanna (1940) , The Return of Frank James (1940) , Lillian Russell (1940) , The Grapes of Wrath (1940) , Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) , Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) , The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) , Let Us Live! (1939) , Jesse James (1939) , The Mad Miss Manton (1938) , Spawn of the North (1938) , Blockade (1938) , Jezebel (1938), I Met My Love Again (1938) , That Certain Woman (1937) , Slim (1937) , You Only Live Once (1937) , Wings of the Morning (1937) , Spendthrift (1936) , The Moon's Our Home (1936) , The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) , I Dream Too Much (1935) , Way Down East (1935) , The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)