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Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda 1937-, American actress, b. New York City; daughter of Henry Fonda and sister of Peter Fonda . First cast in pert and sexy roles, she later distinguished herself in dramatic parts, often as a tough and disillusioned woman. Regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, she i... Read more
Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda 1905-83, American actor, b. Grand Island, Nebr. He had considerable stage experience, appearing in such plays as Mr. Roberts (1948), The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1958), and Two for the Seesaw (1959). Fonda played honest, homespun young men in such films as The Trail of the Lon... Read more
Ted Turner
Ted Turner (Robert Edward Turner 3d), 1938-, American television network executive, b. Cincinnati. After inheriting his father's billboard company, he founded (1976) a television station, WTBS, and built it into the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS). He pioneered "superstation" broadcasting, in ... Read more
motion pictures
motion pictures movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography ; Motion Picture Cameras under camera ). Origins Experiments in photographing mov... Read more

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Jane Fonda
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Jane Fonda Jane Fonda (born 1937) was a member of a famous American theatrical family and recipient of the industry's highest awards. Her numerous radical activities during the period of the Vietnam War brought animosity from some and adoration...
Fonda, Jane
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Fonda, Jane (1937– ) US film actress, daughter of Henry Fonda . Following a lauded performance in They...1981). Her personal fitness programme, Jane Fonda's Workout Book (1981), was a worldwide...
Peter Fonda
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Peter Fonda 1939-, American actor. The son of Henry Fonda and brother of Jane Fonda , he made his screen debut in a forgettable 1963 feature. Several movies later he co-wrote and starred in the now-classic 1960s motorcycle odyssey Easy Rider...
Henry Fonda
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Henry Fonda 1905-83, American actor, b. Grand Island...1958), and Two for the Seesaw (1959). Fonda played honest, homespun young men in such films...won the Academy Award. He was the father of Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda .
Fonda, Henry
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Fonda, Henry (1905–82) US actor...of American decency and homespun wisdom, Fonda appeared in a series of John Ford films...his performance opposite his daughter, Jane Fonda , in On Golden Pond (1981). Other films...
Thomas Emmet Hayden
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...politics. With the valuable aid of his second wife, actress Jane Fonda, he ran for a California seat in the U.S. Senate in...less spectacularly. There is no doubt, however, that Fonda's wealth and glamour and the publicity the couple commanded...
Joan Baez
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...with less stridence and by the end of the decade had offended dozens of her former peace-activist allies, such as Jane Fonda and attorney William Kunstler, when she publicly denounced the atrocities in Vietnam's Communist "re-education...
Maya Ying Lin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...veterans, but early on a small but vocal minority of veterans and others appeared who attacked the design as "a tribute to Jane Fonda," a "wailing wall for draft dodgers," and "a black gash of shame." Lin's galvanizing design was perhaps best...
Gilligan, Carol
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...gender studies. In 2002, shortly after the announcement of a 12.5 million dollar grant to the School of Education from Jane Fonda, who stated she was inspired by Carol Gilligan ’ s work, Gilligan joined the faculty of New York University...
Roger Vadim
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...prominently displaying other leading ladies, including second wife Annette Stroyberg, lover Catherine Deneuve, third wife Jane Fonda, Angie Dickinson, Jeanne Moreau, Susan Sarandon, and Rebecca DeMornay. While Vadim never again achieved the notoriety...

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Fonda, Jane
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers FONDA, Jane Nationality: American. Born: Jane Seymour...Publications By FONDA: books— Jane Fonda's Workout Book, New York, 1981. Jane Fonda's Year of Fitness and Health, New York...
Fonda, Peter
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Sophia (a financier; maiden name, Seymour) Fonda; brother of actress-activist Jane Fonda. Family: Married 1) Susan Jane Brewer, October...Today, PBS, 1987; Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda, syndicated, 1988; National Basketball Players...
Hanoi Jane
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Hanoi Jane nickname given to the American actress Jane Fonda (1937– ), who campaigned against American involvement in the Vietnam War, and who in 1972 visited Hanoi to denounce the US bombing campaigns against North Vietnam.
Fonda, Henry
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers FONDA, Henry Nationality: American. Born: Henry Jaynes Fonda in Grand Island, Nebraska, 16 May 1905. Education...Seymour Brokaw, 1936 (died 1950); children: the actress Jane and the actor Peter; 3) Susan Blanchard, 1950 (divorced...
Klute
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...music: Michael Small. Cast: Jane Fonda (Bree Daniel ); Donald Sutherland...Jane: An Intimate Biography of Jane Fonda, New York, 1977. Kaplan, E...London, 1978. Jeien, Thomas, Jane Fonda: Ihre Filme, ihr Leben, Munich...
Vadim, Roger
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...child by Catherine Deneuve; 3) Jane Fonda, 1967 (divorced); 4) Catherine...York, 1984. Bardot, Deneuve and Fonda: The Memoirs of Roger Vadim, London...Annette Stroyberg, Catherine Deneuve, Jane Fonda, and others established him, in...
Pakula, Alan J.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...and Jason Robards Jr. in All the President's Men ; Jane Fonda, James Caan, and Robards in Comes a Horseman ; and...effective mise-en-scène. For her performance, Jane Fonda received an Academy Award. Klute was Pakula's first...
Scheider, Roy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...look at the year 1971. In that year he had roles in two Academy Award-winning motion pictures. In Klute he played Jane Fonda's pimp Frank, a necessarily small, seedy character from whose lips syrupy wooing and brutal epithets flow with equal...
Sargent, Alvin
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...based on the controversial Lillian Hellman memoir Pentimento ), the story of a pair of women of action: Hellman (Jane Fonda), who was unconventional for her time in that she funneled her creative instincts into a career as a successful dramatist...
Krasna, Norman
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Goes to Rio ) or elder sisters (Dear Ruth ). A demimondaine pretends virtue in Flame of New Orleans, while a virginal Jane Fonda in Sunday in New York claims experience. Shirley MacLaine in My Geisha pretends to be Japanese. Millionaire store owner...

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JANE FONDA SEX EDUCATION CRUSADE
Transcript from: ABC Good Morning America; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; 00-00-0000 LISA McREE, Host: Jane Fonda became famous, of course, for her acting talent...comprehensive sex education in our schools. And Jane Fonda joins us now. Good morning. JANE FONDA: Good morning. LISA McREE: Nice to have you...
Interview: Jane Fonda talks about her new autobiography
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 4/6/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...NPR) 04-06-2005 Interview: Jane Fonda talks about her new autobiography...00 Noon STEVE INSKEEP, host: Jane Fonda, the actress, political activist...rod for controversy--Yes, that Jane Fonda--is 67 years old now and has written...
Jane Fonda, Hanoi and America
Magazine article from: Human Events; 8/13/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...explains why, in his opinion, "Jane Fonda is a mirror of the nation's past...true, I think he misses the point. Jane Fonda remains a public figure because she...left during the Vietnam War. When Jane Fonda visited North Vietnam in the summer...
Jane Fonda's 'betrayal' still hurts
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 4/12/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...make that infamous -- image of Jane Fonda from her years protesting the Vietnam...are not apologies. In truth, Jane Fonda has never apologized for eagerly...1973 and told of their torture, Jane Fonda declared, "the POWs are lying if...
JANE FONDA KEEPS ON GOING AND GOING
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 8/11/1994; 700+ words ; ...God bless her, has done it again. Jane Fonda I mean - the gorgeous celebrity offspring...s part of what's irksome - that Jane Fonda is a regular woman, as prone to...celebrities do that? Ted's wife is still Jane Fonda. She's still someone we enjoy...
Jane Fonda's Forays Into Weights and First Aid
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/10/1987; ; 700+ words ; "Jane Fonda's Workout With Weights" and "Jane Fonda's SportsAid" Lorimar Home Video, VHS and Beta, 90 min. each, $39.95 each In the five years since Jane Fonda's "Workout" first jogged the hearts and thighs of America...
'Kinda Fonda Jane' indeed.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 4/26/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...response to our March 22 articles on Jane Fonda (Tom Hayden's "You Gotta Love...Ohio * Thanks for your articles on Jane Fonda. For thirty years I've wanted...Thank you for the articles on Jane Fonda. I'm a Vietnam infantry veteran...
Jane Fonda lays bare the details of her life so far.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 4/7/2005; 700+ words ; ...wouldn't write about it. But, Jane Fonda _ actress, author, anti-war activist...CAPP) in 1995 and, in 2002, the Jane Fonda Center for Adolescent Reproductive...went to endowing positions at the Jane Fonda Center at Emory .. .the other reason...
At 67, Jane Fonda is back, with a book and a film
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/19/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...County, NJ) 04-19-2005 At 67, Jane Fonda is back, with a book and a film...probably wouldn't write about it. But Jane Fonda - actress, author, antiwar activist...CAPP) in 1995 and, in 2002, the Jane Fonda Center for Adolescent Reproductive...
Splitsville; Jane Fonda and Ted Turner Will 'Spend Some Time Apart'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/5/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Ted Turner and actress Jane Fonda, who announced yesterday...feel an extra twinge for Jane. If any of the reports are true, Fonda reinvented herself...running for president, but Jane doesn't want me to do it." Fonda's response? "Wherever...