Jane Fonda interviewed by Henry Fonda (1979) (2024)

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What did Henry Fonda think of Jane Fonda? ›

PBS were airing a BBC Omnibus documentary about Jane Fonda made in 1977 and Henry Fonda explains: "I've been asked to update it." In his preface to the interview, Fonda states: "I'm Jane Fonda's father. I guess it's safe to say I'm a proud father. Fact is, I'm in total awe of her.

The words Fonda used in his will concerning his decision not to leave any of his estate to his children Peter and Jane were: “My decision is not in any sense a measure of my deep affection for them.” He then noted that both children were financially independent, but his third child and current wife “are dependent on me ...

Fonda won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 54th Academy Awards for his final film role in On Golden Pond (1981), which co-starred Katharine Hepburn and his daughter Jane Fonda. He was too ill to attend the ceremony and died from heart disease five months later.

Henry, best known for his roles in 1940's The Grapes of Wrath and 1957's 12 Angry Men, was described by PEOPLE in 1975 as "respected for his talent but widely disliked for his abrasive egotism and vanity," leading to sometimes difficult relationships with his children, Jane and her brother Peter Fonda.

In an interview with CBS News about the final season of the show, Fonda revealed that she stopped drinking. “And here's why: It's because even with one drink, like, if I had a martini tonight, I would be at half-mast tomorrow,” she explained. “Now, that wasn't true when I was younger.

What is Jane Fonda's net worth in 2024? If we're being honest, Fonda is a priceless national treasure. But if it's numbers you want, Jane Fonda's net worth is estimated to be $200 million. "I wake up every morning, grateful that I'm where I am and that I have the resources that I do," she told Parade.com in 2021.

Her visit lasted two weeks and included visits to sites that had been bombed by the United States, a meeting with prisoners of war, and a visit to a military instillation. In the United States, Fonda's visit angered Americans who saw it as an act of treason.

Jane has three children, two she birthed naturally during each of her marriages, and one she adopted with her second husband.

In 1936 Fonda married socialite Frances Ford Seymour Brokaw, and the couple had two children, Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda, both of whom became noted actors. Frances Fonda later died by suicide.

Fonda had battled heart disease since 1974, when a pacemaker was placed in his chest. But his dedication to his craft kept him on a strenuous schedule until last year, when his worsening health forced him to be hospitalized often and to move about in a wheelchair.

Were Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda close? ›

Peter Fonda and Jane Fonda remained close throughout their lives, but Henry Fonda became increasingly estranged from his children with each subsequent divorce and remarriage (the senior Fonda married five times).

I think the only actor who ever taught me much about life, more than acting, was Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond. Even though I did the movie for my dad, I produced it, who I learned from was Hepburn. I was 45 when I made that movie, and it was she who taught me to be self-conscious.

Jane Fonda has been many things: an actor, fitness guru, and mother, but through it all, her activism has remained her true calling. For decades she's been a passionate critic of the Vietnam War and supporter of Indigenous, LGBTQ and women's rights.

I was raised a Christian in the church, and I'm always fascinated that there are people who never had faith. I don't know how you exist without it. Jane: My father was agnostic. Once when I was about 13, I wanted to go to church on Christmas Eve.