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Frances Ford Seymour Fonda (4 April 1908 – 14 April 1950) was a Canadian-American socialite. She was the second wife of actor Henry Fonda and the mother of actors Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda .
Sep 19, 2018 · Actress Jane Fonda has opened up about her mother Frances Ford Seymour's suicide in 1950, as well as how she was finally able to come to terms with it years later.
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Frances Ford Seymour was a Canadian–American socialite, best known as the second wife of popular Hollywood actor Henry Fonda. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, family, personal life, career, and achievements.
Aug 17, 2015 · Many were fascinated by her father and mother, Henry Fonda and Frances Ford Seymour, but despite the bright spotlight on her family, there were certain things of which a young Jane was completely unaware.
Jan 23, 2023 · Frances Ford Seymour was a Canadian socialite from an aristocratic family. She was a distant relative of King Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, whom daughter Jane Fonda was named after. After being married to Henry Fonda for 13 years, Frances found herself part of a fraught existence.
Sep 19, 2018 · Fonda's mother, Frances Ford Seymour, was a Canadian-born socialite when she married actor Henry Fonda. They later had Jane and her brother Peter Fonda. Having been in and out of mental institutions, Fonda's mother killed herself at age 42 while institutionalized.
Sep 18, 2022 · Despite Jane Fonda's powerful lineage, many might not know the tragic story of the life and death of her mother, Frances Ford Seymour.
