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Oct 2, 2012 · The first major biography of the iconic actor Henry Fonda, a story of stardom, manhood, and the American character. Henry Fonda's performances--in The Grapes of Wrath , Young Mr. Lincoln , The Lady Eve, 1 2 Angry Men , On Golden Pond-- helped define "American" in the twentieth century.
Hardcover, 428 pages. $29. So much of what we know about actor Henry Fonda derives from the authority of his body on-screen: a long, taut, calibrated instrument, most expressive when restrained—as it nearly always was. A lean six feet one, he had the height and physique of a movie aristocrat, but could play a proletarian or a president.
Henry Fonda. actor Born: 5/16/1905 Birthplace: Grand Island, Nebraska . Academy and Tony Award-winning film and stage actor who as a young man portrayed honest, hardworking men, and as an adult often played heroic characters. He appeared in nearly 90 films, which include The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and On Golden Pond ...
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor who had a career that spanned five decades in Hollywood. Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in several films now considered to be classics, earning one Academy Award for Best Actor on two nominations. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. His film career ...
Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, on 16 May 1905, Henry Fonda studied to be a journalist and spent some time as an office boy before deciding to pursue acting, which he began at the Omaha Community Playhouse, a local amateur theater troupe directed by Dorothy Brando (mother of Marlon.) He moved to the Cape Cod University Players and later to Broadway, New York to expand his theatrical career ...
May 10, 2023 · Peter Fonda was an American actor, writer, and director who was a counterculture icon, best known for the cult classic film Easy Rider (1969). He was also a member of a legendary acting family that included his father, sister, and daughter—Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, and Bridget Fonda, respectively.
Nov 24, 2012 · Henry Fonda became an icon in an age of icons: Cagney, Bogart, Gable, Stewart, Cooper and Grant, to name a few. ... The usual tattle and speculation of film star biography is beneath him, partly ...
