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Jane Fonda (Jane Seymour Fonda) was born on 21 December, 1937 in New York City, U.S., is an American actress and activist (born 1937). Discover Jane Fonda's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

Popular As Jane Seymour Fonda
Occupation Actress · activist
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 21 December 1937
Birthday 21 December
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Jane Fonda Height, Weight & Measurements

At 86 years old, Jane Fonda height is 5' 8" (1.73 m) .

Physical Status
Height 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
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Who Is Jane Fonda's Husband?

Her husband is Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (m. August 14, 1965-January 16, 1973) Tom Hayden (m. January 19, 1973-June 10, 1990) Ted Turner (m. December 21, 1991-May 22, 2001)

Family
Parents Not Available
Husband Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (m. August 14, 1965-January 16, 1973) Tom Hayden (m. January 19, 1973-June 10, 1990) Ted Turner (m. December 21, 1991-May 22, 2001)
Sibling Not Available
Children 3, including Troy Garity and Mary Williams (de facto adopted)

Jane Fonda Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jane Fonda worth at the age of 86 years old? Jane Fonda’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Jane Fonda's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Tall Story (1960)$4,000
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)$10,000
The Chapman Report (1962)$10,000
Period of Adjustment (1962)$75,000
In the Cool of the Day (1963)$75,000
Sunday in New York (1963)$100,000
The Chase (1966)$300,000
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)$400,000
Steelyard Blues (1973)$100,000
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)$350,000
Julia (1977)$500,000
California Suite (1978)$500,000
The China Syndrome (1979)$1,000,000 + percentage of the gross
The Electric Horseman (1979)$2,000,000
Nine to Five (1980)$2,000,000 + profit share
On Golden Pond (1981)$2,000,000 for acting + $3,500,000 for producing
Rollover (1981)$2,000,000
The Dollmaker (1984)No upfront fee in exchange for 50% of all profits
Agnes of God (1985)$2,000,000
The Morning After (1986)$2,000,000
Old Gringo (1989)$4,000,000
Stanley & Iris (1990)$3,500,000

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1650

There, he intermarried; the resultant family began to use Dutch given names, with Jane's first Fonda ancestor reaching New York in 1650.

Fonda also has English, French, and Scottish ancestry.

She was named for the third wife of Henry VIII, Jane Seymour, to whom she is distantly related on her mother's side, and because of whom, until she was in fourth grade, Fonda said she was called "Lady" (as in Lady Jane).

Her brother, Peter Fonda, was also an actor, and her maternal half-sister is Frances de Villers Brokaw (also known as "Pan"), whose daughter is Pilar Corrias, the owner of the Pilar Corrias Gallery in London.

1937

Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress and activist.

Recognized as a film icon, Fonda's work spans several genres and over six decades of film and television.

She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Honorary Palme d'Or, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

Jane Seymour Fonda was born via caesarean section on December 21, 1937, at Doctors Hospital in New York City.

Her parents were Canadian-born socialite Frances Ford Seymour and American actor Henry Fonda.

According to her father, the surname Fonda came from an Italian ancestor who immigrated to the Netherlands in the 1500s.

1950

In 1950, when Fonda was 12, her mother committed suicide while undergoing treatment at Craig House psychiatric hospital in Beacon, New York.

Later that year, Henry Fonda married socialite Susan Blanchard, 23 years his junior; this marriage ended in divorce.

Aged 15, Jane taught dance at Fire Island Pines, New York.

Fonda attended Greenwich Academy in Greenwich, Connecticut; the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York; and Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Before her acting career, she was a model and appeared twice on the cover of Vogue.

Fonda's stage work in the late 1950s laid the foundation for her film career in the 1960s.

1954

Fonda became interested in the arts in 1954, while appearing with her father in a charity performance of The Country Girl at the Omaha Community Playhouse.

After dropping out of Vassar, she went to Paris for six months to study art.

1958

Upon returning to the US, in 1958, she met Lee Strasberg; the meeting changed the course of her life.

Fonda said, "I went to the Actors Studio and Lee Strasberg told me I had talent. Real talent. It was the first time that anyone, except my father – who had to say so – told me I was good. At anything. It was a turning point in my life. I went to bed thinking about acting. I woke up thinking about acting. It was like the roof had come off my life!"

1960

Born to socialite Frances Ford Seymour and actor Henry Fonda, Fonda made her acting debut with the 1960 Broadway play There Was a Little Girl, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, and made her screen debut later the same year with the romantic comedy Tall Story.

She rose to prominence during the 1960s with the comedies Period of Adjustment (1962), Sunday in New York (1963), Cat Ballou (1965), Barefoot in the Park (1967), and Barbarella (1968) before receiving her first Oscar nomination for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).

She averaged almost two movies a year throughout the decade, starting in 1960 with Tall Story, in which she recreated one of her Broadway roles as a college cheerleader pursuing a basketball star, played by Anthony Perkins.

1962

Period of Adjustment and Walk on the Wild Side followed in 1962.

In Walk on the Wild Side, Fonda played a prostitute, and earned a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer.

1971

Fonda then established herself as one of the most acclaimed actresses of her generation, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress twice in the '70s, for Klute (1971) and Coming Home (1978).

1972

She was photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun on a 1972 visit to Hanoi, during which she gained the nickname "Hanoi Jane".

During this time, she was effectively blacklisted in Hollywood.

She has also protested the Iraq War and violence against women and describes herself as a feminist and environmental activist.

1977

Her other nominations are for Julia (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), On Golden Pond (1981), and The Morning After (1986).

Consecutive hits Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), California Suite (1978), The Electric Horseman (1979), and 9 to 5 (1980) sustained Fonda's box-office drawing power, and she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for the television film The Dollmaker (1984).

1982

In 1982, Fonda released her first exercise video, Jane Fonda's Workout, which became the highest-selling videotape of its time.

It was the first of 22 such videos over the next 13 years, which collectively sold over 17 million copies.

1990

After starring in Stanley & Iris (1990), Fonda took a hiatus from acting and returned with the comedy Monster-in-Law (2005).

2005

In 2005, along with Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem, she cofounded the Women's Media Center, an organization that works to amplify the voices of women in the media through advocacy, media and leadership training, and the creation of original content.

Fonda serves on the board of the organization.

Based in Los Angeles, she has lived all over the world, including six years in France and 20 in Atlanta.

2009

She also returned to Broadway in the play 33 Variations (2009), earning a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination.

2015

She has since starred in the independent films Youth (2015) and Our Souls at Night (2017) and on Netflix's comedy series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022), for which she earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Fonda was a political activist in the counterculture era during the Vietnam War.