Real Name: Henry Jaynes Fonda
Birthdate: May 16,1905
Birthplace: Grand Island, Nebraska
Deathdate: August 12,1982
Deathplace: Los Angeles, California
Cause Of Death: Cardiorespiratory Arrest
Wifes:
Margaret Sullavan (1931 - 1932) (divorced)
'Frances Seymour Brokaw' (1936 - 14 April 1950) (her death)
Susan Blanchard (I); (28 December 1950 - 1956) (divorced)
'Afdera Franchetti' (1957 - 1961) (divorced)
'Shirlee Mae Adams' (1965 - 1982) (his death)
Children:Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda
Nicknames:One-Take Fonda and Hank
Height:6'1 1/2"
Studied acting with 'Dorothy Brando', mother of Marlon Brando.
(1948) Tony Award for "Mister Roberts" in the title role.
Eagle Scout and ScoutMaster (youth and early adulthood).
Grandfather of Bridget Fonda, Justin Fonda and Troy Garity.
During a Barbara Walters interview, Jane Fonda claimed that her father, Henry Fonda was deeply in love with Lucille Ball and that the two were "very close" during the filming of "Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)".
Hobby was making model airplanes and kites.
Grandfather of Vanessa Vadim, father-in-law of Roger Vadim.
Father-in-law of Tom Hayden (I).
His last film was also Myrna Loy's.
Fonda's ancestors came from Genoa, Italy and fled to the Netherlands around 1400. Among the early Dutch settlers in America, they established a still-thriving small town in upstate New York named Fonda in the early 1600. Henry Fonda's paternal grandparents moved to Nebraska in the 1800.
