Henry Jaynes Fonda

==Henry Jaynes Fonda==

==Henry Jaynes Fonda==

Henry Fonda was born 16 May 1905 in Grand Island, Hall County, [[Nebraska]] to William Brace Fonda and his wife Herberta Jaynes.  His father William was a printer.  While Henry was still very young, sometime between 1905 and 1910, his father moved the family to Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska where he opened a printing shop.

Henry Fonda was born 16 May 1905 in Grand Island, Hall County, [[Nebraska]] to William Brace Fonda and his wife Herberta Jaynes.  His father William was a printer.  While Henry was still very young, sometime between 1905 and 1910, his father moved the family to Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska where he opened a printing shop.

"Dad had a $30-a-week job as a clerk at the Retail Credit Company in Omaha, but [[Marlon Brando]]'s mother a friend of my grandmother's, got him involved in the Omaha Community Playhouse, where dad was offered the part of Merton in the play ''Merton of the Movies''." (''My Life'', page 34)  I think this is a little confused, even if it does come from Jane herself.  The chronology is probably that he was in a few things before Merton, but Merton was his first '''starring''' role, and so stands out.  The story of the play ''Merton of the Movies'' is that Merton is a terrible actor.  When film producers see how funny his over-acting is, they put him in a comedy but tell him it's a drama.

"Dad had a $30-a-week job as a clerk at the Retail Credit Company in Omaha, but [[Marlon Brando]]'s mother a friend of my grandmother's, got him involved in the Omaha Community Playhouse, where dad was offered the part of Merton in the play ''Merton of the Movies''." (''My Life'', page 34)  I think this is a little confused, even if it does come from Jane herself.  The chronology is probably that he was in a few things before Merton, but Merton was his first '''starring''' role, and so stands out.  The story of the play ''Merton of the Movies'' is that Merton is a terrible actor.  When film producers see how funny his over-acting is, they put him in a comedy but tell him it's a drama.

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." (''My Life'', p. 35)  Rather then just limiting ourselves to "his early twenties" we can most likely pinpoint this exactly to either 1927 or 1928, but no earlier or later.

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." (''My Life'', p. 35)  Rather then just limiting ourselves to "his early twenties" we can most likely pinpoint this exactly to either 1927 or 1928, but no earlier or later.