Jane Fonda: A biography

Screen star, wife, businesswoman - Jane Fonda has overcome tragedy and controversy to become all of these, and more.Tomboy heiress to a Hollywood dynasty, 'Lady Jane' suffered cruelly from her parents' unhappy relationship and sought escape in her own marriage to film director Roger Vadim. Stunning triumphs on the screen followed as she swept from the sex-goddess fame of Barbarella to Coming Home and On Golden Pond, winning two Oscars.Away from the screen, deeply rooted pacifist convictions forced her to speak out against US government involvement in Vietnam, and she quickly became known as a vociferous political activist and feminist. Vibrant and compelling, Jane Fonda pays tribute to the first fifty years of a glamorous and multi-faceted career. This book is ideal for anyone interested in the history of Hollywood, and those who enjoy high quality biographies.Born in London and educated at Luton in Bedfordshire, Michael Freedland (1934-2018) was a freelance journalist and broadcaster. Freedland wrote more than forty books, most of which were biographies, and journalism for many of the UK's most popular newspapers.