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Oct 20, 2018 · One of the greatest tragedies in actress Jane Fonda‘s life lead to one of her greatest triumphs. The now-80-year-old icon lost her mother Frances Ford Seymour to suicide when she was just 12 ...
Sep 29, 2014 · Frances Ford Seymour committed suicide when Fonda was 12. “The minute that I read that, everything fell into place,” Fonda said from a small stage set up in Burkle’s sprawling backyard.
Jul 28, 2020 · This finally came to a head in 1950 after Jane Fonda 's father, Henry Fonda, decided to divorce her mother, Frances Ford Seymour, when the younger Fonda was only 12 years old. Frances — who had ...
May 27, 2018 · Jane Fonda was born in 1937, the daughter of the actor Henry Fonda, and while her life was socially privileged, her home life was agony, and her mother, Frances Ford Seymour, killed herself in a ...
Oct 9, 2014 · Frances was the daughter of an American industrialist whose family claimed ancestry from Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour – a fact that was reflected in Jane Fonda’s full name being Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda. Jane Fonda has told friends she believes her mother was sexually abused by a piano tuner.
Apr 23, 2024 · Frances Ford Seymour (April 14, 1908 – April 14, 1950) was a Canadian-born American socialite, the second wife of actor Henry Fonda, and the mother of actors Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda. Early life Born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, she was a daughter of Eugene Ford Seymour and Sophie Mildred (née Bower; July 13, 1886 – April 15, 1974).
Mar 2, 2017 · Fonda revealed in 2014 that her mother, Frances Ford Seymour, was sexually abused as a child before committing suicide at age 42 (when Fonda was 12). At an event celebrating the 40th anniversary ...
