Jane Fonda began studying acting with Strasberg, learning the techniques of " The Method " of which Strasberg was a renowned proponent.

Fonda said, " I went to the Actors Studio and Lee Strasberg told me I had talent.

* Stage Struck, starring Henry Fonda and Susan Strasberg

Upon returning, she met Lee Strasberg and the meeting changed the course of her life, Fonda saying, " I went to the Actors Studio and Lee Strasberg told me I had talent.

In this drama, Paul Groves ( Peter Fonda ) takes his first dose of LSD while experiencing the heartbreak and ambivalence of divorce from his beautiful but adulterous wife, played by Susan Strasberg.

Also during the course of her visit, Fonda visited American prisoners of war ( POWs ), and brought back messages from them to their families.

In July 2005, Fonda announced plans to make an anti-war bus tour in March 2006 with her daughter and several families of military veterans, saying that some of the war veterans she had met while on her book tour had urged her to speak out against the Iraq War.

Along with his half-sister Vanessa Vadim and cousin Bridget Fonda, Garity is a member of the third generation of one of Hollywood's most famous acting families.

Two film versions were released in 1973: one directed by Joseph Losey, starring Jane Fonda, David Warner and Trevor Howard ; and the other by Patrick Garland with Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, and Ralph Richardson.

The studios, however, were already under a lot of pressure, not just from free-lancing actors like Bogart, James Stewart, Henry Fonda and others ( who also saved taxes as independents ), but also from the eroding impact of television and from anti-trust laws which were breaking up theater chains.

Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton were nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress, but lost to Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond.

The largest one was held in New York City in September 1979 and involved 200, 000 people ; speeches were given by Jane Fonda and Ralph Nader.

The Fondas were among the first Dutch population to settle in what is now upstate New York, establishing the town of Fonda, New York.

" Also in the cast of The Jest with Fonda and Logan were Bretaigne Windust, Kent Smith, and Eleanor Phelps.

The other two films were Too Late the Hero, in which Fonda played a secondary role, and There Was a Crooked Man, about Paris Pitman Jr. ( played by Kirk Douglas ) trying to escape from an Arizona prison.

Fonda appeared in a revival of The Time of Your Life that opened in March 17, 1972 at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles where Fonda, Richard Dreyfuss, Gloria Grahame, Ron Thompson, Strother Martin, Jane Alexander, Lewis J. Stadlen, Richard X. Slattery and Pepper Martin were among the cast with Edwin Sherin directing.

Fonda continued to act into the early 1980s, though all but one of the productions he was featured in before his death were for television.

Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda, Natalie Wood and Olivia de Havilland were among the actors who paid tribute, with de Havilland commenting that Davis " got the roles I always wanted ".

Fonda has been an activist for many political causes ; her opposition to the Vietnam War and associated activities were controversial.

" Later, on the subject of torture used during the Vietnam War, Fonda told The New York Times in 1973, " I'm quite sure that there were incidents of torture ... but the pilots who were saying it was the policy of the Vietnamese and that it was systematic, I believe that's a lie.

" Fonda said the POWs were " military careerists and professional killers " who are " trying to make themselves look self-righteous, but they are war criminals according to the law ".

" Fonda said she had no regrets about the broadcasts she made on Radio Hanoi, something she asked the North Vietnamese to do: " Our government was lying to us and men were dying because of it, and I felt I had to do anything that I could to expose the lies and help end the war.

Fonda went to Seattle, Washington, in 1970 to support a group of Native Americans who were led by Bernie Whitebear.

In addition, Kerry's opponents circulated a photograph showing Fonda and Kerry in the same large crowd at a 1970 anti-war rally, although they were sitting several rows apart.

Charles Bronson, Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood became famous by starring in Spaghetti Westerns, although they were also to provide a showcase for other noted actors such as Jason Robards, James Coburn, Klaus Kinski and Henry Fonda.

Those considered for the role were Jane Fonda, Tuesday Weld, Ann-Margret, Leslie Caron, Carol Lynley and Sue Lyon.

The restaurant scenes with Fonda, Hopper, and Nicholson were shot in Morgan City, Louisiana.

While shooting the cemetery scene, Hopper tried to convince Fonda to talk to the statue of the Madonna as though it were Fonda's mother ( who had committed suicide when he was 10 years old ) and ask her why she left him.

Fonda later explained that she had regretted signing the petition, saying that she had signed the letter ... < p >... without reading it carefully enough, without asking myself if some of the wording wouldn't exacerbate the situation rather than bring about constructive dialogue ...

In 1966 she also starred in Roger Corman's The Wild Angels with Peter Fonda and Bruce Dern, and in 1968 she shared the screen with Elvis Presley in Speedway — her final film.

* July – U. S. actress Jane Fonda tours North Vietnam, during which she is photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun.

Blanchard was in awe of Fonda, and she described her role in the marriage as “ a geisha ,” doing everything she could to please him, dealing with and solving problems he would not acknowledge.

As Jane Fonda developed her skill as an actress, she became frustrated with her father ’ s talent that, to her, appeared a demonstration of effortless ability.

In the late 1950s, when Jane Fonda asked her father how he prepared before going on stage, she was baffled by his answer, " I don ’ t know, I stand there, I think about my wife, Afdera, I don't know.

Although already an established actress, Fonda did not become " bankable " until appearing in Cat Ballou ( 1965 ), in which she played a schoolmarm turned outlaw.

During this period, Fonda announced that she would make only films that focused on important issues, and she generally stuck to her word.

For many years Fonda took ballet class to keep fit, but after fracturing her foot while filming The China Syndrome, she was no longer able to participate.

In July 2005 the British tabloid The Sun reported that when asked if she would appear in a sequel to her 1980 hit Nine to Five, Fonda replied, " I'd love to ".

Fonda said that she had " never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us " and blamed QVC's actions on " pressure by some well-funded and organized political extremist groups ".

Drunk, Corso challenged Fonda, using a four-letter expletive: Why hadn't she addressed the shooting of four students at Kent State by the Ohio National Guard, which had just taken place?

On November 3, 1970, Fonda started a tour of college campuses on which she raised funds for the organization.

During her trip, Fonda made ten radio broadcasts in which she denounced American political and military leaders as " war criminals ".

In a 60 Minutes interview on March 31, 2005, Fonda reiterated that she had no regrets about her trip to North Vietnam in 1972, with the exception of the anti-aircraft gun photo.

Fonda has been a longtime supporter of feminist causes, including V-Day, a movement to stop violence against women, inspired by the off-Broadway hit The Vagina Monologues, of which she is an honorary chairperson.

In My Life So Far Fonda says that she considers patriarchy to be harmful to men as well as women.