Henry Jaynes Fonda
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Henry Fonda made his Broadway debut as a walk‐on in 1929's ''The Game of Love and Death''. | Henry Fonda made his Broadway debut as a walk‐on in 1929's ''The Game of Love and Death''. | ||
− | He played the Prince in ''Cinderella'' in Nov 1930 opposite Suzanne Pollard (stage name "Shirley Horton"), daughter of the Governor of Virginia (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=50005553¤tResult=3&src=search&firstvisit=true here]). The Wikipedia biography of Jimmy Stewart [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart_(actor) here] citing Houghton (1951) and also Eliot (2006) states that Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan did | + | He played the Prince in ''Cinderella'' in Nov 1930 opposite Suzanne Pollard (stage name "Shirley Horton"), daughter of the Governor of Virginia (see [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=50005553¤tResult=3&src=search&firstvisit=true here]). The Wikipedia biography of Jimmy Stewart [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart_(actor) here] citing Houghton (1951) and also Eliot (2006) states that Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan did (re)marry on Christmas Day 1931, but by the following Summer of 1932 this second marriage had also ended. Her Wikipedia biography states that they married in Baltimore, Maryland. |
It was possibly in this Summer of 1932 that Henry met and was the roommate of fellow-actor [[Jimmy Stewart]]. Some sources state that Stewart was also a member of the University Players, starting that Summer. | It was possibly in this Summer of 1932 that Henry met and was the roommate of fellow-actor [[Jimmy Stewart]]. Some sources state that Stewart was also a member of the University Players, starting that Summer. |