Jane Fonda

Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, model, writer, fitness guru, producer, and political activist.

Early years

Fonda traveled to Communist Russia in 1964 and was impressed by the people, who welcomed her warmly as Henry Fonda's daughter. In the mid-1960s she bought a farm outside of Paris, had it renovated and started a personal garden. She visited Andy Warhol's Factory in 1966. About her 1971 Oscar win, her father Henry said: "How in hell would you like to have been in this business as long as I and have one of your kids win an Oscar before you do?" Jane was on the cover of Life magazine, March 29, 1968.

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Russia - Andy Warhol - 1966 - Life magazine

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Early in her career she had grown both distant and critical of her father, but in 1980 she bought the play "On Golden Pond" for the purpose of acting alongside her father—hoping he might win the Oscar that had eluded him throughout his career. He won, and when she accepted the Oscar on his behalf, she said it was "the happiest night of my life." Director and first husband Roger Vadim once said about her: "Living with Jane was difficult in the beginning...she had so many, how do you say, 'bachelor habits.' Too much organization. Time is her enemy. She cannot relax. Always there is something to do." Vadim also said, "There is also in Jane a basic wish to carry things to the limit."

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On Golden Pond - Roger Vadim

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In 2005, Fonda published her memoirs, "My Life, So Far." In it, she candidly examines her life from early childhood, through her controversial anti-Vietnam War years, through her later life, and marriage to Ted Turner. She described herself as being affected by an internalized misogyny, which she said contributed to her lifelong habit of quickly conforming to the habits, desires, and ambitions of the men in her life at the expense of her own character.

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My Life, So Far - Anti-Vietnam War - Ted Turner - Misogyny

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Fonda, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, describes herself as a liberal, "feminist Christian."

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Atlanta, Georgia - Christian

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;See also Family members

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