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December 21, 1937

Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda

Ted Turner (December 21, 1991 - May 22, 2001) (divorced)

Tom Hayden (January 19, 1973 - June 10, 1989) (divorced) 1 child

Roger Vadim (August 14, 1965 - January 16, 1973) (divorced) 1 child

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Actress

Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011)

Et si on vivait tous ensemble? (2011)

Georgia Rule (2007)

Monster-in-Law (2005)

Stanley & Iris (1990)

Old Gringo (1989)

The Morning After (1986)

Agnes of God (1985)

The Dollmaker (1984) (TV)

"9 to 5" (1 episode, 1982)(executive producer)

Rollover (1981)

On Golden Pond (1981)

Lily: Sold Out (1981) (TV)

Nine to Five (1980)

The Electric Horseman (1979)

The China Syndrome (1979)

California Suite (1978)

Comes a Horseman (1978)

Coming Home (1978)

Julia (1977)

Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

The Blue Bird (1976)

A Doll's House (1973)

Steelyard Blues (1973)

Tout va bien (1972)

Klute (1971)

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

Barbarella (1968)

Histoires extraordinaires (1968) (segment "Metzengerstein")

Barefoot in the Park (1967)

Hurry Sundown (1967)

Any Wednesday (1966)

La curée (1966)

The Chase (1966)

Cat Ballou (1965)

La ronde (1964)

Les félins (1964)

Sunday in New York (1963)

In the Cool of the Day (1963)

Period of Adjustment (1962)

The Chapman Report (1962)

Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

A String of Beads (1961) (TV)

Tall Story (1960)

Producer

FTA (1972) (producer)

Appearances

After Lately (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

The 69th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special) (2012)

Oprah Presents: Master Class (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2012)

The Dr. Oz Show (TV series) (2 episodes, 2011)

Piers Morgan Tonight (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series) (2 episodes, 2008-2011)

The Charlie Rose Show (TV series) (4 episodes, 2005-2011)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series) (4 episodes, 1996-2011)

The Joy Behar Show (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series) (2 episodes, 2010-2011)

Journey to Sundance (documentary) (2011)

Get Real! Wise Women Speak (documentary) (2011)

Miss Representation (documentary) (2011)

The 68th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)

Talk (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Firm & Burn (video) (2011)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2010)

Get Real! Wise Women Speak (2010)

Miss Representation (2009)

"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" (1 episode, 2009)

Entertainment Tonight (18 episodes, 2006-2009)

The 63rd Annual Tony Awards 2009 (TV)

The Visa Signature Tony Awards Season Celebration (2009) (TV)

Late Show with David Letterman (4 episodes, 2005-2009)

Journey to Sundance (2009)

TV Guide Close Up: Dolly Parton (2008) (TV)

"Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee" (1 episode, 2008)

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty (2008) (TV)

AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008) (TV)

Today (2 episodes, 2006-2008)

"Ein Herz für Kinder" (1 episode, 2007)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) (TV)

In the Company of Actors (2007)

"The Colbert Report" (2 episodes, 2006-2007)

"Larry King Live" (1 episode, 2007)

Live with Regis and Kelly (1 episode, 2007)

Brando (2007) (TV)

"Private Screenings" (1 episode, 2007)

The View (3 episodes, 2005-2006)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006) (TV)

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006) (TV)

"The Early Show" (1 episode, 2006)

Extra (1 episode, 2006)

"Showbiz Tonight" (1 episode, 2006)

"Inside Edition" (1 episode, 2006)

Access Hollywood (1 episode, 2006)

This Morning (2 episodes, 2005-2006)

Parkinson (1 episode, 2006)

"Bettina S." (1 episode, 2006)

Purvis of Overtown (2006)

Beautiful Daughters (2006) (TV)

"Corazón de..." (2 episodes, 2005-2006)

"Culture et dépendances" (1 episode, 2005)

"Cada día" (1 episode, 2005)

"Thé ou café" (1 episode, 2005)

"Tout le monde en parle" (1 episode, 2005)

"Le grand journal de Canal+" (1 episode, 2005)

"Vivement dimanche prochain" (1 episode, 2005)

"Vivement dimanche" (1 episode, 2005)

"Enough Rope with Andrew Denton" (1 episode, 2005)

"The Hollywood Greats" (1 episode, 2005)

"HARDtalk Extra" (1 episode, 2005)

Sir! No Sir! (2005)

"Question Time" (1 episode, 2005)

Richard & Judy (1 episode, 2005)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (1 episode, 2005)

"E! True Hollywood Story" (1 episode, 2005)

"Miradas 2" (1 episode, 2005)

"God kveld Norge" (1 episode, 2005)

Inside the Actors Studio (1 episode, 2005)

Real Time with Bill Maher (1 episode, 2005)

"HBO First Look" (1 episode, 2005)

"The Tony Danza Show" (1 episode, 2005)

"60 Minutes" (1 episode, 2005)

"Corazón, corazón" (1 episode, 2005)

The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy (2004)

The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent (2004)

"Paula Zahn Now" (1 episode, 2004)

Tell Them Who You Are (2004)

"Sex 'n' Pop" (2004) TV mini-series

E! 101 Most Starlicious Makeovers (2004) (TV)

The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards 2004 (TV)

Biography Special: The Fondas (2004) (TV)

The Mark Twain Prize: Lily Tomlin (2003) (TV)

Complicated Women (2003) (TV) (voice)

World VDAY (2003)

"Pgisha Leilit" (1 episode, 2002)

Peter Fonda: Fortunate Son (2002) (TV)

Biography (3 episodes, 1997-2002)

Searching for Debra Winger (2002)

"Hollywood Squares" (5 episodes, 2001)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)

The 72nd Annual The Academy Awards 2000 (TV)

A Celebration: 100 Years of Great Women (1999) (TV)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2 episodes, 1996-1997)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) (TV)

Personal Trainer Series: Abs, Buns & Thighs (1995)

Personal Trainer Series: Total Body Sculpting (1995)

Personal Trainer Series: Low Impact Aerobics & Stretch (1995)

"A Century of Women" (1994) TV mini-series (voice)

Step and Stretch Workout (1994)

A Century of Cinema (1994)

Favorite Fat Burners (1993)

The 65th Annual The Academy Awards 1993 (TV)

Yoga Exercise Workout (1993)

Fonda on Fonda (1992) (TV)

Laughing Back: Comedy Takes a Stand (1992) (TV)

Step Aerobic and Abdominal Workout (1992)

Battle for the Great Plains (1992) (TV)

Lower Body Solution (1991)

Night of 100 Stars III (1990) (TV)

The 62nd Annual The Academy Awards 1990 (TV)

7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990) (TV)

The Earth Day Special (1990) (TV)

Lean Routine Workout (1990)

The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards 1990 (TV)

"The Dame Edna Experience" (1 episode, 1989)

"Cinema tres" (1 episode, 1989)

"Wetten, dass..?" (2 episodes, 1987-1989)

"Le divan" (1 episode, 1989)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (6 episodes, 1968-1989)

The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening (1989) (TV)

Light Aerobics and Stress Reduction Program (1989)

Stress Reduction Program (1989)

The American Film Institute Salute to Gregory Peck (1989) (TV)

"America's Top 10" (1 episode, 1989)

Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)

Complete Workout (1988)

Leonard Part 6 (1987) (uncredited)

The 59th Annual The Academy Awards 1987 (TV)

Start Up (1987)

Sports Aid (1987)

The American Film Institute Salute to Barbara Stanwyck (1987) (TV)

Toning and Shaping (1987)

The 58th Annual The Academy Awards 1986 (TV)

Low Impact Aerobic Workout (1986)

We Are the World (1985) (TV)

New Workout (1985)

Prime Time Workout (1985)

Olympic Gala (1984) (TV)

The 11th Annual American Music Awards (1984) (TV)

Workout Challenge (1983)

Montgomery Clift (1983)

Pregnancy, Birth and Recovery Workout (1983)

Lily for President? (1982) (TV)

Workout (1982)

The 54th Annual The Academy Awards 1982 (TV)

I Love Liberty (1982) (TV)

Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV)

Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981) (TV)

Sois belle et tais-toi (1981)

American Mythologies (1981)

Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio (1981)

No Nukes (1980)

The 52nd Annual The Academy Awards 1980 (TV)

"The Mike Douglas Show" (2 episodes, 1974-1979)

The 33rd Annual Tony Awards 1979 (TV)

The 51st Annual The Academy Awards 1979 (TV)

"The Barbara Walters Special" (1 episode, 1979)

The Making of 'The China Syndrome' (1979) (TV)

Cultural Celebrities (1979)

"20/20" (1978) TV series (February 9, 2001)

The 50th Annual The Academy Awards 1978 (TV)

The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda (1978) (TV)

"Ciné regards" (1 episode, 1978)

Superstunt (1977) (TV)

"Dinah!" (2 episodes, 1976-1977)

The 49th Annual The Academy Awards 1977 (TV)

"Revista de cine" (1 episode, 1977)

The American Film Institute Salute to Bette Davis (1977) (TV)

The 30th Annual Tony Awards 1976 (TV)

Anna (1975) (uncredited)

Introduction to the Enemy (1974)

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1972)

FTA (1972)

The 44th Annual The Academy Awards 1972 (TV)

"V.I.P.-Schaukel" (1 episode, 1972)

Klute in New York: A Background for Suspense (1971)

"The Movie Game" (1 episode, 1970)

The 42nd Annual The Academy Awards 1970 (TV)

"The David Frost Show" (1 episode, 1969)

The 41st Annual The Academy Awards 1969 (TV)

The Moviemakers (1969) (uncredited)

"Girl Talk" (1 episode, 1967)

"What's My Line?" (4 episodes, 1960-1967)

Filmmaking on the Riviera (1964) (uncredited)

"Cinépanorama" (1 episode, 1963)

Person to Person (1 episode, 1960)

My Life So Far (Random House) (April 5, 2005)

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Academy Awards

1987 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Morning After (1986)

1982 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: On Golden Pond (1981)

1980 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The China Syndrome (1979)

1979 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Coming Home (1978)

1978 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Julia (1977)

1972 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Klute (1971)

1970 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

American Movie Awards

1982 Won Marquee Best Supporting Actress for: On Golden Pond (1981)

1980 Won Marquee Favorite Film Star - Female

1980 Nominated Marquee Best Actress for: The China Syndrome (1979)

BAFTA Awards

1983 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actress for: On Golden Pond (1981)

1980 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: The China Syndrome (1979)

1979 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: Julia (1977)

1972 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: Klute (1971)

1971 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

1968 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actress for: Barefoot in the Park (1967)

David di Donatello Awards

1978 Won David Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniero) for: Julia (1977). Tied with Simone Signoret for La vie devant soi (1977)

Emmy Awards

1995 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Informational Series for: "A Century of Women" (1994). Shared with:Jacoba Atlas (executive producer/writer); Pat Mitchell (executive producer for tbsp); Susan Krakower (supervising producer); Vivian Schiller (supervising producer for tbsp); Carol Romo (co-ordinating producer); Lynne Tuite (producer: fiction); Kyra Thompson (producer/writer); Barbara Kopple (director: fictional family); Judy Korin, Chris Harty & Sylvia Morales (directors); Lynn Roth (co-producer/writer: fictional family); Heidi Schulman (writer)

1984 Won Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for: The Dollmaker (1984) (TV)

Film Society of Lincoln Center

2001 Gala Tribute

Fotogramas de Plata

1973 Won Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Movie Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero) for: Klute (1971)

Golden Apple Awards

1977 Won Golden Apple Female Star of the Year

1970 Won Sour Apple

Golden Boot Awards

1993 Golden Boot

Golden Globe Awards

1985 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: The Dollmaker (1984) (TV)

1982 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for: On Golden Pond (1981)

1980 Won Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female

1980 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for: The China Syndrome (1979)

1979 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for: Coming Home (1978)

1979 Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female

1978 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for: Julia (1977)

1973 Won Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female

1972 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for: Klute (1971)

1970 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

1967 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Any Wednesday (1966)

1966 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Cat Ballou (1965)

1963 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Period of Adjustment (1962)

1962 Won Golden Globe Most Promising Newcomer - Female Together with Christine Kaufmann and Ann-Margret.

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA

1961 Woman of the Year

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

1972 Won KCFCC Award Best Actress for: Klute (1971)

1971 Won KCFCC Award Best Actress for: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

Laurel Awards

1970 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Comedy Performance for: Barbarella (1968) 4th place

1970 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 4th place

1968 2nd place Golden Laurel Female Comedy Performance for: Barefoot in the Park (1967)

1968 3rd place Golden Laurel Female Star

1967 2nd place Golden Laurel Female Dramatic Performance for: Hurry Sundown (1967)

1967 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 4th place

1966 Won Golden Laurel Comedy Performance, Female for: Cat Ballou (1965)

1965 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 15th place.

1964 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 10th place

1963 2nd place Golden Laurel Top Female Comedy Performance for: Period of Adjustment (1962)

1963 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 15th place

1960 Won Golden Laurel Top Female New Personality

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1978 Won LAFCA Award Best Actress for: Coming Home (1978). Also for Comes a Horseman (1978) and California Suite (1978)

National Board of Review, USA

2005 Career Achievement Award

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

1972 Won NSFC Award Best Actress for: Klute (1971)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1971 Won NYFCC Award Best Actress for: Klute (1971)

1969 Won NYFCC Award Best Actress for: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

People’s Choice Awards

1983 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Motion Picture Actress Tied with Katharine Hepburn.

1982 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Motion Picture Actress Tied with Sally Field.

1981 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Motion Picture Actress Tied with Goldie Hawn.

1980 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Motion Picture Actress

Savannah Film and Video Festival

2001 Lifetime Achievement Award

ShoWest Convention, USA


1979 ShoWest Award Female Star of the Year

Teen Choice Awards

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Chemistry for: Monster-in-Law (2005). Shared with: Jennifer Lopez

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Hissy Fit for: Monster-in-Law (2005)

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Liar for: Monster-in-Law (2005)

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Sleazebag for: Monster-in-Law (2005)

Women in Film Crystal Awards

1981 Won Crystal Award

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Working in Hollywood does give one a certain expertise in the field of prostitution.

People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.

[Accepting her father's Oscar for On Golden Pond (1981)]: "I'll bet when he heard it just now, he said 'Hey ain't I lucky?' As if luck had anything to do with it".

I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn't like how it set me apart from other people.

When I start down a path that I know is the right path, I go with all of me.

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.

Oh Henry Fonda's love of the Theater: I'm becoming obsessed with his presence in my head, because my dad adored theater. He didn't talk much, but he would talk about how he loved the immediacy of a live audience. I was never comfortable enough in my own skin 45 years ago to be able to understand it. I just wanted to escape. And now it's like, 'Oh Dad, I wish you were here and alive, so I could say to you: "I get it! I'm finally able to experience what you were talking about."

Dating's not something I spend a lot of time thinking about. Nor do I miss it, frankly. I feel 71 years old. I do. I'm really aware of the miles that have been logged and of the life that has gone under the bridge and how it has made me grow. I'm someone who has always tried to think about what it has all meant. I'm a quester. So I feel my age. I feel grown up.

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Jane Fonda is the daughter of legendary movie star Henry Fonda and New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw.

She has a reputation as a political radical, and her vehement opposition to the United States involvement in the Vietnam War earned her the sobriquet "Hanoi Jane."

Fonda was arrested in 1970 after allegedly kicking a cop when she was found carrying a large amount of what appeared to be pills. All charges were dropped after the pills were identified as vitamins.

Atttended Emma Willard School in Troy, New York.

Was offered the role of Chris MacNeil in The Exorcist (1973).

Jane now openly admits that she suffered from bulimia from age 13 to age 37. While modeling, she said she lived on cigarettes, coffee, speed, and strawberry yogurt.

The suicide of her socialite mother Frances Seymour Brokaw was kept from her as a teenager, and she was told that she'd died of heart failure. Household newspaper and magazine subscriptions were canceled, and the staff and student body of Fonda's high school were instructed not to discuss the incident. Fonda learned the truth months later while leafing through a movie magazine in art class.

Protested alongside fellow actresses Sally Field & Christine Lahti, and playwright Eve Ensler urging the Mexican government to re-investigate the slayings of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexico-Texas border. (February 2004)

She and her father were the first father-daughter couple to be Oscar-nominated the same year (1982).

Is fluent in French.

Passed on the title role in Norma Rae (1979), which won a Best Actress Oscar for its eventual star Sally Field.

In her modeling days after college, she was twice on the cover of Vogue magazine.

Turned down the role that went to Natalie Wood in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969).

Producer Robert Evans wanted Fonda play female lead in Chinatown (1974).

Was born double-jointed.

Turned down the role of Bonnie Parker, then played by Faye Dunaway, in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Living in France at the time, she did not want to relocate to the U.S. for the part.

In 1984, her wealth, generated from acting, producing, and fitness videos was estimated at $50 million.

Announced that she became a Christian (2001).

Was also romantically linked to Sandy Whitelaw, Donald Sutherland and hairdresser Barry Matalon.

Her aerobics video "Jane Fonda's Workout" sold 17 million copies, making it the best-selling home video ever and her an icon of this form of exercises (1982).

Considers They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) as a turning point in her career.

Danced ballet until she broke her foot in her 40s.

She was a close friend of Gregory Peck, and he frequently attended political rallies with her.

Was amongst those considered for the role of Lara Antipova in Doctor Zhivago (1965), but the part ultimately went to Julie Christie.

Was offered the role of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), but she turned it down. Louise Fletcher, who went on to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance, was cast instead.

Recovering from left knee replacement surgery [June 17, 2009].

Salary

Steelyard Blues (1973) $100,000

Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) $100,000

Julia (1977) $500,000

California Suite (1978) $500,000

The Electric Horseman (1979) $1,000,000

Nine to Five (1980) $2,000,000 + profit share

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