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  1. Sep 19, 2018 · But one of the most pivotal moments of her life occurred in 1950 when she was just 12 years old, when her mother Frances Ford Seymour died by suicide. In a new interview with People, Fonda delves ...

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  2. Aug 17, 2015 · Courtesy of Jane Fonda. Jane says she later found out that Frances had retrieved a razor from the home and slit her own throat in the mental institution on her 42nd birthday. Though Frances committed suicide, Jane was told that she'd died of a heart attack. Jane soon learned the truth from a magazine. "A year after my mother died, I was in ...

  3. Frances Ford Seymour Fonda (4 April 1908 – 14 April 1950) was a Canadian-American socialite. She was the second wife of actor Henry Fonda and the mother of actors Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda. Biography. Born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, Seymour was the daughter of Sophie Mildred (née Bower) and Eugene Ford Seymour. According to her ...

  4. Frances Ford Seymour. Frances Ford Seymour was a Canadian–American socialite, best known as the second wife of Hollywood actor Henry Fonda. Born in Ontario, Canada, she grew up in an upper-middle-class family. Ever since she was a kid, she had been a troubled child. According to daughter Jane Fonda, Frances had a history of mental health ...

  5. Sep 19, 2018 · Jane Fonda opens up about her mother's suicide when she was just 12 years old. ... Frances Ford Seymour, a Canadian-born socialite, was married to Henry Fonda in 1936 and they had two children ...

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  6. Sep 19, 2018 · Jane Fonda called her mother's suicide, which happened when the actress was 12, one of the defining moments of her life. ... Fonda's mother, Frances Ford Seymour, was a Canadian-born socialite ...

  7. Sep 19, 2018 · Fonda's mother, Frances Ford Seymour, was a Canadian-born socialite when she married actor Henry Fonda. They later had Jane and her brother Peter Fonda. Having been in and out of mental institutions, Fonda's mother killed herself at age 42 while institutionalized.

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