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Jane Fonda: A Life of Roles and Activism

Jane Fonda was born in New York City on December 21, 1937, into a family of actors.

She was named after Henry VIII's wife, Jane Seymour, who was a distant relative on her mother's side. Her younger brother, Peter Fonda, also became an actor and had a successful career in the film industry.

Fonda's early life was marked by tragedy when her mother, Francis Ford Brokaw, took her own life when Jane was just 10 years old.

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This event had a lasting impact on her life. Her father, Henry Fonda, became withdrawn and barely spoke to his children. They lived in New York City for a while, and later Jane attended Vassar College, the best women's college in America at the time.

After college, she spent some time studying painting in Paris before returning to the US to continue her studies in languages and music.

Fonda always had a strong belief that she would become an a