Henry Jaynes Fonda

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A very young Henry Fonda (Credit afi.com)</td><td>The first newspaper mention of him I find is Feb 1926, when he appeared at "The Strand" playing the role of Major John Hay, secretary to Abraham Lincoln, who was played by George Billings. I here correct Biography.com which incorrectly states that this occurred in 1927. Answers.com [http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-fonda here] states that Billings and Fonda toured for three months, after which he returning to Omaha became "assistant director at the Omaha Community Playhouse." In his early twenties, "...he hitched a ride to Cape Cod with a family friend and soon hooked up with the University Players, a summer stock repertory company in Falmouth, Massachusetts." The following year he met and fell in love with fellow-actress [[Margaret Sullavan]]. After a year and a half he proposed and they married. They lived in Greenwich Village, New York City, but the marriage only lasted about four months. Again here I am correcting Biography.com which erroneously states that they married in 1931 and divorced in 1933.</td></tr></table>

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A very young Henry Fonda (Credit afi.com)</td><td>The first newspaper mention of him I find is Feb 1926, when he appeared at "The Strand" playing the role of Major John Hay, secretary to Abraham Lincoln, who was played by George Billings. I here correct Biography.com which incorrectly states that this occurred in 1927. Answers.com [http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-fonda here] states that Billings and Fonda toured for three months, after which he returning to Omaha, and became "assistant director at the Omaha Community Playhouse." In his early twenties, "...he hitched a ride to Cape Cod with a family friend and soon hooked up with the University Players, a summer stock repertory company in Falmouth, Massachusetts." The following year he met and fell in love with fellow-actress [[Margaret Sullavan]]. After a year and a half he proposed and they married. They lived in Greenwich Village, New York City, but the marriage only lasted about four months. Again here I am correcting Biography.com which erroneously states that they married in 1931 and divorced in 1933.</td></tr></table>

At some point during this Massachusetts/New York time, Henry met and was the roommate of fellow-actor [[Jimmy Stewart]]. Some sources state that Stewart was also a member of the University Players. I'm not sure of that.

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-A very young Henry Fonda (Credit afi.com)</td><td>The first newspaper mention of him I find is Feb 1926, when he appeared at "The Strand" playing the role of Major John Hay, secretary to Abraham Lincoln, who was played by George Billings.  I here correct Biography.com which incorrectly states that this occurred in 1927.  Answers.com [http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-fonda here] states that Billings and Fonda toured for three months, after which he returning to Omaha became "assistant director at the Omaha Community Playhouse."  In his early twenties, "...he hitched a ride to Cape Cod with a family friend and soon hooked up with the University Players, a summer stock repertory company in Falmouth, Massachusetts."  The following year he met and fell in love with fellow-actress [[Margaret Sullavan]].  After a year and a half he proposed and they married. They lived in Greenwich Village, New York City, but the marriage only lasted about four months.  Again here I am correcting Biography.com which erroneously states that they married in 1931 and divorced in 1933.</td></tr></table>
+A very young Henry Fonda (Credit afi.com)</td><td>The first newspaper mention of him I find is Feb 1926, when he appeared at "The Strand" playing the role of Major John Hay, secretary to Abraham Lincoln, who was played by George Billings.  I here correct Biography.com which incorrectly states that this occurred in 1927.  Answers.com [http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-fonda here] states that Billings and Fonda toured for three months, after which he returning to Omaha, and became "assistant director at the Omaha Community Playhouse."  In his early twenties, "...he hitched a ride to Cape Cod with a family friend and soon hooked up with the University Players, a summer stock repertory company in Falmouth, Massachusetts."  The following year he met and fell in love with fellow-actress [[Margaret Sullavan]].  After a year and a half he proposed and they married. They lived in Greenwich Village, New York City, but the marriage only lasted about four months.  Again here I am correcting Biography.com which erroneously states that they married in 1931 and divorced in 1933.</td></tr></table>
 At some point during this Massachusetts/New York time, Henry met and was the roommate of fellow-actor [[Jimmy Stewart]].  Some sources state that Stewart was also a member of the University Players.  I'm not sure of that.