Jane Fonda

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

Family members

• Brother: Peter Fonda, actor, director, producer
• Daughter: Vanessa Vadim; born in 1968; father, Roger Vadim; named after Vanessa Redgrave
• Son: Troy Garity, actor; born in 1973; father Tom Hayden; named after a Vietnamese resistance leader and given paternal grandmother's surname
• Daughter: Mary Williams, foster child, raised with Tom Hayden
• Niece: Bridget Fonda, actor; born in 1964; daughter of Peter Fonda

Marriages and relationships

Jane Fonda has been married three times:

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• Her first husband (1965-73) was French film director Roger Vadim (b.1928-d.2000) with whom she had a daughter, Vanessa, named for Vanessa Redgrave, the well-known actor and activist member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party. According to Fonda's 2005 memoir, she participated in sexual threesomes at Vadim's insistance.
• Her second husband (1973-1990) was author and politician Tom Hayden, by whom she has a son, Troy Garity. With Hayden, she also raised a foster daughter, Mary Luana Williams, who is an activist born to members of the Black Panthers.
• Her third husband (1991-2001) was American cable-television tycoon Ted Turner.

She has also had romantic relationships with:

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• Alexander "Sandy" Whitelaw, director; involved 1960
• Donald Sutherland, actor; costarred in Klute; together 1970s
• Barry Matalon, hairdresser; together 1990s