Biografie

Caught Ted Turner cheating one month after their wedding, prompting Fonda to hit him repeatedly with a car phone and pour a bottled beverage on his head.

Arrested at Cleveland Airport, Ohio, after allegedly kicking patrolman Robert Pieper and customs agent Edward Matuszek in the groin and upper leg during their struggle to detain her upon finding 105 bottles containing some 2,000 capsules in her luggage. The star spent 10 hours in a cell at Cuyahoga County Jail and was released on $6,000 personal bond. A federal drug smuggling charge was dropped once the substances were identified as vitamins and prescribed amounts of Dexedrine, Valium and Compazine. For lack of evidence, a federal assault charge pressed by Matuszek was dropped too, since the supposed 'assault' occurred when he chased Fonda into the ladies room. Pieper filed a $100,000 personal injury lawsuit against her in civil court that was eventually dismissed at his attorney's request.

She and her father Henry Fonda are the only father-daughter couple to receive Oscars for leading roles.

Breast cancer survivor.

With help of lawyers, she gained access to her late mother's medical records from the Austen Riggs Center in Massachusetts. The records showed that Frances Seymour had nine abortions before giving birth to Jane.

Working in Hollywood does give one a certain expertise in the field of prostitution.

I was terrified when I turned 30. I was pregnant and had the mumps and Faye Dunaway was just coming out in Bonnie und Clyde (1967). I thought, 'Oh my God, I'll never work again. I'm old!'

"Acting with Laurence Harvey is like acting by yourself - only worse." - Jane Fonda on her 1962 film Auf glühendem Pflaster (1962)

It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanised such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless. [expressing regret at her support for the Viet Cong]

I, a Socialist, think we should strive toward a Socialist society, all the way to Communism.

Stanley und Iris (1990) - $3,500,000

Old Gringo (1989) - $4,000,000

Der Morgen danach (1987) - $2,000,000

Agnes - Engel im Feuer (1986) - $2,000,000

Dollmaker - Ein Traum wird wahr (1984) - No upfront fee in exchange for 50% of all profits