Frances Ford Seymour

Frances Ford Seymour (14 April 1908- 14 April 1950) was a New York City socialite, perhaps most famous as the second wife of actor Henry Fonda and the mother of actors Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda. She suffered from mental illness and committed suicide in 1950 while in a sanitarium, on her forty-second birthday.

Early Life

She was the daughter of Eugene Ford Seymour and Sophie Mildred Bower. On January 10, 1931 she married George Tuttle Brokaw, a millionaire and prominent New York City socialite whose previous marriage, to Clare Booth Luce, had ended in divorce.

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January 10 - 1931 - George Tuttle Brokaw - New York City - Clare Booth Luce

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They had one child together, Frances Brokaw.

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George Tuttle Brokaw died in 1936 leaving Frances Ford Seymour widowed at the age of 28.

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