SCOTT #3911 HENRY FONDA 37 CENT

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• Held two jobs while attending the University of Minnesota, where he studied journalism.
• Turned to acting when Dorothy Brando, the mother of Marlon, asked him to help out at the Omaha Community Playhouse.
• Roomed with Jimmy Stewart early in his career while they both pursued theatrical work in New York City.
• To secure his legendary role in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), he had to sign a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox.
• Enlisted in the Navy during World War II; earned a Bronze Star and a Presidential Citation Award for his service.
• Received a Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 1978 and an Honorary Oscar in 1980.
• Acted with his daughter Jane in his 1981 swan song On Golden Pond, for which he earned the Best Actor Oscar
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