Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
	Fonda as Mister Roberts, 1948
Born	Henry Jaynes Fonda; 16 Mey 1905; Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
Dee'd	12 August 1982 (aged 77); Los Angeles, Californie, U.S.
Cause o daith	Hert disease
Restin place	Cremation
Alma mater	Varsity o Minnesota
Thrift	Actor
Years active	1928–1982
Poleetical pairty	Democratic
Hauf-marrae(s)	Margaret Sullavan (1931-1933, divorced); Frances Seymour Brokaw (1936-1950, her daith); Susan Blanchard (1950-1956, divorced); Afdera Franchetti (1957-1961, divorced); Shirlee Fonda (1965-1982, his death)
Bairns	3; includin Jane an Peter
Kin	Bridget Fonda (granddauchter); Vanessa Vadim (granddauchter); Troy Garity (grandson);
	Militar career
Allegiance	Unitit States o Americae
Service/branch	Unitit States Navy
Years o service	1942-1946
Rank	Lieutenant (junior grade)
Unit	USS Satterlee (DD-626); USS Curtiss (AV-4);
Battles/wars	Warld War II
Awairds	Bronze Starn; Navy Presidential Unit Citation ;

Henry Jaynes "Hank" Fonda (16 Mey 1905 – 12 August 1982) wis an American film an stage actor^[2] wi a career spannin mair nor five decade.

Fonda made his merk early as a Broadway actor. He appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, wi Joan Tompkins. He made his Hollywood debut in 1935, an his career wis gien momentum efter his Academy Awaird-nominatit performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 adaptation o John Steinbeck's novelle anent an Oklahoma faimily that muived wast in the Dust Bowl.

Ootthrou five decade in Hollywood, Fonda cultivatit a strang, appealin screen image in sic clessics as The Ox-Bow Incident, Mister Roberts, an 12 Angry Men. Later, Fonda muived thewarts daurker epics siclik Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West an lichter roles in faimily comedies siclik Yours, Mine and Ours wi Lucille Ball, winnin the Academy Awaird for Best Actor at the 54t Academy Awards for the movie On Golden Pond, his feenal film role.

Fonda wis the patriarch o a faimily o kenspeckle actors, includin dochter Jane Fonda, son Peter Fonda, granddochter Bridget Fonda, an grandson Troy Garity. His faimily an close friends cried him "Hank". In 1999, he wis named the saxt-Greatest Male Star o Aw Time bi the American Film Institute.

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