fonda

¹

[fawn-dah, fon-duh]

noun

Spanish.

plural

fondas 

1. an inn or restaurant.

Fonda

²

[fon-duh]

noun

1. Henry, 1905–82, U.S. actor.

2. his daughter Jane, born 1937, U.S. actress.

Fonda

/ ˈfɒndə /

noun

1. Henry . 1905–82, US film actor. His many films include Young Mr Lincoln (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Twelve Angry Men (1957), and On Golden Pond (1981) for which he won an Oscar

2. his daughter Jane . born 1937, US film actress. Her films include Klute (1971) for which she won an Oscar, Julia (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), On Golden Pond (1981), and Old Gringo (1989)

3. her brother, Peter . born 1939, US film actor, who made his name in Easy Rider (1969); later films include Ulee's Gold (1997) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

Example Sentences

In 2012 Jane Fonda co-signed a CNN op-ed urging the FCC to consider revoking the licenses of stations that carried Rush Limbaugh’s program.

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Last week she and other Hollywood figures announced that they are reviving the Committee for the First Amendment, originally founded in 1947 by a group including Ms. Fonda’s father, Henry.

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Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, a free-expression coalition originally formed by Hollywood stars in 1947 to oppose the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Hollywood blacklist.

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Fonda, joined by more than 800 members of the entertainment industry including Spike Lee, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal and others announced the revival this week, citing concerns about renewed government efforts to “silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia and the entertainment industry.”

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In a video posted Wednesday, Fonda, 87, said the goal was not to form another organization but to “grow a movement” centered on “creative, nonviolent noncooperation.”

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