Grew up in Beverly Hills.
His father is a handsome and rich legendary actor, and his mother is a beautiful socialite.
Logically speaking, Jane Fonda's childhood should be spoiled like a little princess, and when she grows up, she should also live a life of wind and rain.
Jane Fonda
But that's not the case, a miserable childhood, an abandoned marriage that struggles to please the other, a rigid father-daughter relationship.
It took Jane Fonda more than 60 years to find her way, but fortunately, she found it.
The secret of the "thriving" family
Jane Fonda's father, Henry Fonda, was ranked sixth in the American Film Institute's "Greatest Actor of a Century". He is a regular at the Oscars, his acting skills are amazing, and his reputation in Hollywood is also very good. If there's one flaw in this handsome actor, it's - not being dedicated.
Henry Fonda
As a handsome top actor, Henry faced so many temptations that he had 5 marriages in his life, and Jane Fonda's mother, Frances Ford Seymour, was his second wife. Frances is a wealthy Canadian-American socialite with handsome eyebrows and very beautiful eyes. By marrying her, Henry further cemented his position in Hollywood.
Henry Fonda with his wife Frances
Shortly after the marriage, Frances gave birth to a son and a daughter, Jane Fonda, who was older, and her son Peter, who was slightly younger. This marriage looks perfect to outsiders, the man is handsome, the woman is beautiful, and having a pair of children is really enviable. But in fact, the couple often do not appear at home, and young Jane and younger brother Peter grew up under the care of a nanny.
Family
The father said he was busy with work and would only show up a few times a year to see his wife and children. Even when he returned home, he did not show much affectionate love in Henry's body.
An entertainment columnist, Radi Harris, was a friend of the family, and at one point he went to the circus with two young children with Henry. To his discomfort, Henry never said a word to his two children. And these two children seem to have long been accustomed to such treatment, and they also sit next to their father without saying a word, and have no communication with their father.
Young Jane Fonda
"He [Henry Fonda] didn't buy hot dogs, marshmallows or souvenirs for the kids," Lardy said. When the circus was over, they just stood up and walked out together. I feel sorry for them..."
At the same time, Lardy also discovered another problem, as his wife, Frances did not appear from beginning to end.
Family
That's right, Jane and Peter's mother, Frances, rarely stay at home as their father. But unlike Henry, who was looking for flowers and asking Willow, her absence from her children grew up because her nervous breakdown was getting worse by the day, and depression followed. Jane wrote in her memoirs: "She remained ill and hospitalized to the point of losing her true meaning in this home. ”
Young Jane Fonda with her father
In 1950, Henry Fonda decided to divorce Frances Ford Seymour on the grounds that Frances was mentally ill. Even more cruel, not long after the divorce, Henry announced his marriage to his third wife, Susan Blanchard. Poor Frances was completely abandoned, and she was admitted to a hospital for mental illness.
Broken emotions
In March 1950, Frances left the hospital and returned home to visit her children. Because of her long absence, Jane and her brother Peter are full of resentment towards their mother. When Frances went upstairs to greet the children, Jane and Peter ignored them. Frances stood in the room for a moment, seeing that her children were reluctant to leave her, and then turned to leave. It was the last time Jane heard her mother's voice, and 2 weeks later, Frances slit her own throat in the hospital.
Young Jane Fonda
When Jane's mother died, Henry Fonda tried to cover up the cause of Frances' death. He told Jane that their mother had died of heart failure. In order to keep it secret, Henry even canceled all magazines subscribed to at home, and did not allow staff or servants to mention the matter.
Young Jane Fonda
"A year after my mother died, I was in the study hall. A friend handed me a movie magazine that said my mother committed suicide by cutting her throat. Jane wrote in her memoirs: "She died on her 42nd birthday, just 2 weeks after her last home. Jane blamed herself, "I think if she had come back to visit us that day and we had been a little more enthusiastic, she might not have killed herself." ”
Jane Fonda
The guilt of her mother's death lingered throughout Jane's adolescence and into adulthood. After seeing her mother's medical records as an adult, she realized that her mother had struggled with mental illness for years. "I wanted to hold her in my arms and tell her how sorry I am."
With his father, Henry Fonda
In addition to the shadow of his mother's death, the blow of father Henry was more direct, and he called Jane: "My fat girl." This is not a well-meaning nickname, he told Jane: "Looks are the most important thing, girls need to learn to control their weight." This left Jane suffering from weight and appearance anxiety from a very young age. Years later, when Jane finally learned to let go, she told the media: "My father was a good man, but he sent me the message that a father shouldn't send: You won't be loved unless you look perfect." ”
With his father, Henry Fonda
After the new love entered the house, Henry forgot a pair of children and sent them to boarding school, and the father's love was like a luxury for Jane. Sensitive and inferior, Jane became reluctant to argue with others or speak her mind, and she always subconsciously pandered to her father's side. Yes, Jane had always thought that she no longer cared about her father's thoughts, but in her heart she still longed for her father's love, even if it was only a little bit.
Jane with her father, stepmother, etc
Growing up, Jane became a girl who liked men older than herself and longed for their approval. ，
Three bad marriages
In 1960, 23-year-old Jane Fonda officially entered Hollywood through the comedy film "Golden Boy and Jade Girl". In the first few years of suppressing inability to emerge, Jane Fonda did not bloom her own charm until she was 30 years old. She was nominated for a series of Oscars for Best Actress, and even won the 44th Academy Awards for Best Actress in 1971 for the thriller film "Flower Street Murder King".
Jane Fonda
Her career is booming, but Jane's marriage seems to be a mess. In 1965, Jane married French director Roger Vadiem, if we look at the photos alone, the director is by no means a handsome boy, but he is a famous goddess harvester, his predecessors from the French sexy kitten Brigitte Bardot to Anita Eckerberg, Catherine Deneuve, and finally Jane Fonda.
Jane Fonda with her first husband, Roger Vadim
Jane was almost immediately fascinated by Roger, who liked blondes and Jane, who had long brown hair, dyed her hair blonde. Because Roger is a famous director, when her husband asked her to participate in some erotic films, she did not refuse at all.
Jane Fonda with her first husband
What's even more frightening is that when Jane saw Roger having affairs with other women, she was surrounded by men with topics such as art, liberation, fashion, and women's rights, and she took the initiative to find call girls for her husband, and even changed her tricks to please her husband... Jane once cried and called a friend: "Our relationship sucks, I have never felt happy." But she didn't have the courage to turn away, wipe away her tears, and continue to please her husband, trying to get the approval of the other party.
Jane Fonda gave birth to her daughter in Paris
On September 28, 1968, their daughter, Vanessa Vadiem, was born in Paris. That day, Roger didn't show up, he was partying with a group of friends. Jane experienced a period of postpartum depression before drying her tears and returning to Hollywood to film. Do you think that a woman with a flattering personality can really turn into a butterfly so easily and give up a new career in love? Impossible, Jane Fonda meets another man who is completely different from Roger - social activist Tom Hayden, who helped Jane get out of her 7-year marriage to Roger. Then she turned and threw herself into Tom's arms.
Jane Fonda with her second husband
Social activist Tom Hayden, a man with lofty political ideals, and his ideals are completely unrelated to the vanity fair of Hollywood. Tom lectured and liked the simple, ordinary life, so Jane followed him into an old, remote house. When Tom saw the expensive Cartier watch Jane was carrying on her wrist, he said angrily: "This kind of thing makes me sick." Jane hurriedly took off her watch in a panic and replaced it with an ordinary Tianmei time. After following Tom, Jane's quality of life plummeted, but Tom did not feel guilty about it, he mocked Jane as a big lady who did not know the suffering of the people, and sneered at her acting work. However, Jane only promised and never left her husband. Yes, she is still the flattering woman who sees Tom as faith.
Jane Fonda with her second husband
Tom went around giving speeches, all relying on Jane's salary. Faced with Tom's amazing ability to spend money, Jane had to record calisthenics to subsidize the family. Throughout the '80s, no one deserved the title of aerobics except Jane Fonda. Moreover, Jane Fonda, who worked hard, was also recognized for her own work, and took back several small golden men.
When Jane was 51, Tom Hayden announced to her, "I'm sorry, I'm in love with another woman." ”
Jane Fonda with her second husband
The second marriage failed again, and Jane ushered in her third husband, CNN founder Ted Turner. For the third marriage, Jane quit Hollywood to focus on accompanying her husband, dyed her hair blonde again, and even gave up her original religion to be a noblewoman with elegant manners. However, Jane, who lost herself, lost her love again, and Ted found another lover, this time, it was finally Jane who let go and resolutely decided to divorce.
Jane Fonda with her third husband
Restart your life
A 64-year-old woman, the best years of her life has long been gone, no amount of beauty can hide the folds on her face, but for Jane Fonda, this is her best age. She finally got rid of the shadow of life, stopped pinning her emotions on others, and began to learn to live for herself.
The elderly Jane Fonda
Jane said: "I'm getting older and I have to have a stronger sense of self. When you're young, you can ignore that, I always felt bad about self-awareness at the time, but now I'm completely different. ”
She began to make a comeback, returning to Hollywood to pair up freshly baked "popular fried chicken". Yes, even if you were the owner of several little golden people back then, when you are no longer old, you still have to play supporting roles for those who are young, perhaps far inferior to you. But Jane saw it very openly, she had gone through most of her life, and she had already seen these false names thoroughly.
Jane Fonda
Put down the figure of a coffee in the film industry, and you can also mix in the TV circle. Because of years of exercise, Jane's figure has been maintained very well, and at the age of 73, she shows off her perfect slim body in sheer clothing. The dressing style has also become bolder and more changeable, making this ancient old man shine more and more.
The elderly Jane Fonda
She was still doing aerobics in front of the camera, full of energy as if she had never experienced the pain and gloom at all.
Now 85 years old, Jane Fonda posted on her social media account in September this year that she had non-Hodgkin lymphoma (lymphoma) and has begun chemotherapy, hoping that she can survive the crisis.
Jane Fonda
People are weird, right? Some people have something like sand in your hand, and the tighter you clench, the faster you lose. Jane Fonda is like that.
Because of what happened to her youth, she treated each of her husbands in a flattering way, dyeing her hair, plastic surgery, breast enlargement... She earns money to give them flowers, but then what? The one who should cheat is still cheating, and the one who should not love or not love. She worked hard for half her life, and she didn't know until she was 64 years old that loving herself and living her life well was the most important thing.
Jane Fonda
No one can stop old age, no one can resist the invasion of the years, Jane Fonda's most precious thing is that she stood up after she really woke up, even if she was 64 years old at this time, most of her life had passed, she finally realized that she was Jane Fonda, and only Jane Fonda, not XX's wife, she could finally live for herself.
Jane Fonda
In 1982, "Golden Pond", planned by Jane Fonda, with Catherine Hepburn as the heroine, and Jane and her father Henry Fonda co-starring "Golden Pond" was released, and the last scene in the film was the reconciliation of father and daughter. In the same year, the father died, and the father and daughter finally reconciled before his death.
Jane Fonda
Enjoy your old age and enjoy the joy of teasing your grandchildren? That's not what Jane wants, she eats healthy, exercises regularly, and is like a tireless perpetual motion machine, active in front of the stage and behind the scenes. Which lifestyle is better? We can't judge, we can only say, as long as you live happily, then continue to live happily~