Henry Fonda

**Henry Jaynes Fonda** (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor in many movies and plays. He usually played a character that was an "everyman" (a humble and ordinary protagonist).

Fonda was born on May 16, 1905 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He studied at the University of Minnesota. Fonda played in his first Hollywood movie in 1935. He became very popular from his movies. He was in many popular movies like _Jezebel_ (1938), _Jesse James_ (1939) and _Young Mr. Lincoln_ (1939). He was given a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Tom Joad in _The Grapes of Wrath_ (1940). In 1941, Fonda was an actor with Barbara Stanwyck in the movie classic _The Lady Eve_. After being in World War II, he played in 2 popular Western movies. These were _The Ox-Bow Incident_ (1943) and _My Darling Clementine_ (1946). _My Darling Clementine_ was directed by John Ford. He also was in Ford's Western _Fort Apache_ (1948). After that, Fonda, became a stage actor for many years. He played in _Mister Roberts_ in 1955. In 1956, Fonda played Manny Balestrero in Alfred Hitchcock's movie _The Wrong Man_. In 1957, Fonda starred as Juror 8 in _12 Angry Men_. He earned a BAFTA award for Best Foreign Actor for this movie.

Fonda played many characters in his later career. He was a villain in _Once Upon a Time in the West_ (1968). He was the lead in the romantic comedy _Yours, Mine and Ours_ with Lucille Ball. He also acted as military people in _Battle of the Bulge_ (1965) and Admiral Nimitz in _Midway_ (1976).

Fonda's last movie was in 1981's _On Golden Pond_. Fonda won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 54th Academy Awards for this movie. The movie co-starred Katharine Hepburn and his daughter Jane Fonda. He was too sick to attend this year's Academy Awards. Fonda died 5 months later on August 12, 1982. He died from a heart disease in Los Angeles, California. He was 77.

In 1999, he was called the sixth-Greatest Male Screen Legend of the "Classic Hollywood Era" by the American Film Institute.

Fonda was the father in a family of actors. His daughter Jane Fonda, son Peter Fonda, granddaughter Bridget Fonda and grandson Troy Garity were all actors.

## Personal life

Then he was married to Frances Ford Seymour from 1936 until her death in 1950. Then he was married to Susan Blanchard

Fonda was married 5 times. He also had 3 children. One of them was adopted.

He was married to Margaret Sullavan in 1931. They divorced in 1932. In 1935, Fonda started dating the singer and actress Shirley Ross. By the end of 1935, many people, such as columnist Ed Sullivan, discovered that they were engaged. However, in January 1936 they separated. It was then reported that Fonda was dating the actress Virginia Bruce. However, Fonda and Frances Ford Seymour Brokaw had met later that year. They had 2 children after they married in 1931. These were Jane (b. 1937) and Peter (19402019). They both became successful actors. Jane has won two Best Actress Academy Awards. Peter was nominated for two Oscars.

In 1949, Fonda announced that he wanted to divorce Frances. Frances was very sad at this announcement. Frances went to the Craig House Sanitarium in January 1950 for treatment. She committed suicide there on April 14.

Later in 1950, Fonda married Susan Blanchard  from 1950 until they divorced in 1956. Then he was married to Afdera Franchetti from 1957 until they divorced in 1961. Then he was last married to Shirlee Mae Adams from 1965 until his death in 1982.

## Movies

Fonda was in 106 movies, TV programs, and shorts. He was in many classics such as _12 Angry Men_ and _The Ox-Bow Incident_. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for _The Grapes of Wrath_. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1981 for _On Golden Pond_. Fonda was also in many westerns and war movies.

## Theatre

**Broadway stage performances**

- _The Game of Love and Death_ (November 1929 – January 1930)
- _I Loved You, Wednesday_ (October – December 1932)
- _New Faces of 1934_ (Revue; March – July 1934)
- _The Farmer Takes a Wife_ (October 1934 – January 1935)
- _Blow Ye Winds_ (September – October 1937)
- _Mister Roberts_ (February 1948 – January 1951)
- _Point of No Return_ (December 1951 – November 1952)
- _The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial_ (January 1954 – January 1955)
- _Two for the Seesaw_ (January 1958 – October 1959)
- _Silent Night, Lonely Night_ (December 1959 – March 1960)
- _Critic's Choice_ (December 1960 – May 1961)
- _A Gift of Time_ (February – May 1962)
- _Generation_ (October 1965 – June 1966)
- _Our Town_ (November – December 1969)
- _Clarence Darrow_ (March – April 1974; March 1975)
- _First Monday in October_ (October – December 1978)

## Awards and nominations

|Awards|Year|Category|Work|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|**Academy Awards**|1940|Best Actor|_The Grapes of Wrath_|||
|1957|Best Picture|_12 Angry Men_|||||
|1980|Academy Honorary Award||||||
|1981|Best Actor|_On Golden Pond_|||||
|rowspan=2|**BAFTA Awards**|1958|rowspan="2"|Best Actor|_12 Angry Men_||
|1981|_On Golden Pond_||||||
|rowspan=3|**Primetime Emmy Awards**|1973|rowspan=3|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie|_The Red Pony_||
|1975|_Clarence Darrow_||||||
|1980|_Gideon's Trumpet_||||||
|rowspan=3|**Golden Globe Awards**|1958|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|_12 Angry Men_|||
|1980|Cecil B. DeMille Award||||||
|1982|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|_On Golden Pond_|||||
|**Grammy Awards**|1977|Best Spoken Word Album|_Great American Documents_||||
|rowspan=3|**Tony Awards**|1948|rowspan="2"|Best Actor in a Play|_Mister Roberts_||
|1975|_Clarence Darrow_||||||
|1979|Special Tony Award||||||
|**AFI Awards**|1978|Life Achievement Award|||||

## Other websites

- Retrieved on 2008-07-26
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- Henry Fonda as found in the 1910 US Census, 1920 US Census, 1930 US Census, 1931 Maryland Marriages, and Social Security Death Index.
- Literature on Henry Fonda

## Infobox (military person)

- **embed**: yes
- **allegiance**: United States
- **branch**: United States Navy
- **unit**: Air Combat Intelligence
- **serviceyears**: 1942–1945
- **battles**: * World War II
** Pacific War
*** Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
*** Operation Hailstone, Truk Lagoon
*** Battle of Iwo Jima
- **rank**: Lieutenant


## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Henry Fonda in Warlock.jpg
- **caption**: Fonda in _Warlock (1959 film), Warlock_ (1959)
- **birth place**: Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
- **death place**: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **birth name**: Henry Jaynes Fonda
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **alma mater**: University of Minnesota
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1928–1981
- **children**: 3, including Jane Fonda, Jane and Peter Fonda, Peter