Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda is an American actor, activist, and fitness instructor whose work spans acclaimed films, political protest, and influential exercise programs.

Klute: A 1971 thriller starring Jane Fonda as call girl Bree Daniels, a role that earned her an Academy Award. Fonda’s performance established one of her defining screen roles.
Henry Fonda: An American actor known for films including The Grapes of Wrath and 12 Angry Men. Jane Fonda’s father, he shared the screen with her in On Golden Pond.
Jane Fonda's Workout: A 1982 exercise video led by Jane Fonda that became a major home-fitness hit. It launched a fitness franchise that brought Fonda’s instruction into millions of homes.
Anti-Vietnam War movement: A broad movement opposing United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Fonda’s speeches and 1972 North Vietnam visit placed her within its most visible celebrity activism.
Coming Home: A 1978 drama about a woman whose husband serves in Vietnam and a veteran she encounters at a military hospital. Fonda won her second Academy Award for playing Sally Hyde.
Frances Ford Seymour: A Canadian-born socialite and the mother of Jane and Peter Fonda. Her death during Jane’s adolescence shaped the family history Fonda later discussed.
Home video: Recorded audiovisual media designed for playback in private homes. Fonda’s workout videos helped make VHS a vehicle for mass-market exercise.
Vietnam War: A prolonged conflict in Southeast Asia involving North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States. The war was the central subject of the protest that made Fonda a polarizing figure.
Barbarella: A 1968 science-fiction film starring Jane Fonda as an astronaut in a surreal future. The role made Fonda an international pop-culture icon.
Peter Fonda: An American actor and filmmaker known for Easy Rider and a long career in independent film. Jane Fonda’s younger brother also became a prominent actor.

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