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Henry Jaynes Fonda, 1905-1982, was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Elma Herberta (Jaynes) and William Brace Fonda, who worked in advertising and printing. His recent ancestry included Dutch, English, and Scottish. Fonda started his acting debut with the Omaha Community Playhouse, a local amateur theater troupe directed by Dorothy Brando. He moved to the Cape Cod University Players and later Broadway, New York to expand his theatrical career from 1926 to 1934. His first major roles in Broadway include “New Faces of America” and “The Farmer Takes a Wife”. The latter play was transferred to the screen in 1935 and became the start-up of Fonda’s lifelong Hollywood career.
"I don’t know what was in his mind, but I do know Ford was stricken by what he had done, by hitting me."
"I’d just as soon not get into a discussion about Jane and her politics. I’d just as soon stick to what we’re here for, the picture."
“I’ve been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years - and I have the cigarette burns to prove it.”
“I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man.”
“The best actors do not let the wheels show.”
“It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say.”
"My whole damn family was nice. I don’t think I’ve imagined it. It’s true. Maybe it has to do with being brought up as Christian Scientists. Half of my relatives were Readers or Practitioners in the church."
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- - - - - - -"I’d just as soon not get into a discussion about Jane and her politics. I’d just as soon stick to what we’re here for, the picture."
“I’ve been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years - and I have the cigarette burns to prove it.”
“I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man.”
“The best actors do not let the wheels show.”
“It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say.”
"My whole damn family was nice. I don’t think I’ve imagined it. It’s true. Maybe it has to do with being brought up as Christian Scientists. Half of my relatives were Readers or Practitioners in the church."