Biography
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. Known for his work on screen and stage, he often portrayed characters who embodied an everyman image.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1982
- Academy Honorary Award · 1981
- Kennedy Center Honors · 1979
- AFI Life Achievement Award · 1978
- BAFTA Award — Best Foreign Actor · 1958
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- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1948
- Bronze Star Medal
- David di Donatello Award — Lifetime Achievement
- Eagle Scout
- Grammy Award — Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1982 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1958 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1941 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
12 Angry Men
Once Upon a Time in the West
Citizen Jane Fonda
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
All in the Family
Fail Safe
The Grapes of Wrath
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Longest Day
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
My Darling Clementine
Roots: The Next Generations
On Golden Pond
Rappaccini's Daughter
My Name Is Nobody
The Best Man
The Lady Eve
Family
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Young Mr. Lincoln
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
The Wrong Man
Mister Roberts
You Only Live Once
The Greatest Man in the World
The Sky Is Gray
The Displaced Person
To Save a Soldier
How the West Was Won
The Tin Star
What's My Line?
Fort Apache
Jezebel
Sometimes a Great Notion
Yours, Mine and Ours
Battle of the Bulge
There Was a Crooked Man...
The Dick Cavett Show
Spencer's Mountain
Warlock
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Boston Strangler
Lillian Russell
Midway
In Harm's Way
Sex and the Single Girl
War and Peace
Daisy Kenyon