Henry Jaynes Fonda
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| − | Dorothy Brando, was an amateur actress and the co-founder of the Omaha Community Playhouse. She was also the mother of [[Marlon Brando]] and a friend to Henry Fonda's mother. She first got Henry Fonda interested in acting, his first role | + | Dorothy Brando, was an amateur actress and the co-founder of the Omaha Community Playhouse. She was also the mother of [[Marlon Brando]] and a friend to Henry Fonda's mother Herberta. She first got Henry Fonda interested in acting, but she was not a part of the cast or crew of his first role Roderick "Ricky" White in the play ''You and I'' at that playhouse, which ran for only four performances in Oct 1925. The following April he was "a pirate" in ''Captain Applejack'' which ran for four performances. In May he was "a footman" in ''The Swan'' which ran for four performances. |
In Oct 1926, in his first starring role, he was Merton in ''Merton of the Movies''. That December, he was "Tilly" the musical clown in ''He Who Gets Slapped'' which ran for four performances. Richard Coe goes on to state that Henry once starred opposite Dorothy Brando in O'Neills ''Beyond the Horizon''. | In Oct 1926, in his first starring role, he was Merton in ''Merton of the Movies''. That December, he was "Tilly" the musical clown in ''He Who Gets Slapped'' which ran for four performances. Richard Coe goes on to state that Henry once starred opposite Dorothy Brando in O'Neills ''Beyond the Horizon''. | ||
