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Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

8 films · 615 frames · top-billed in 6 · 19682024

Born 21 December 1937 · New York City, New York, USA

Jane Seymour Fonda is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. She is the recipient of various accolades including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Golden Lion Honorary Award, the Honorary Palme d'Or, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

Born to socialite Frances Ford Seymour and actor Henry Fonda, Fonda made her acting debut with the 1960 Broadway play There Was a Little Girl, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, and made her screen debut later the same year with the romantic comedy Tall Story.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 615 frames · top-billed in 6 · 19682024

  • Academy Award for Best Actress1979
  • Academy Award for Best Actress1972
  • Golden Globe Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1984
  • Emmy Award
  • Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award2021
  • BBC 100 Women2020
  • Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award2019
  • AFI Life Achievement Award2014
  • California Hall of Fame2008
  • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres1994

How their films are shot

Measured across 615 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jane takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 8 films we hold, 49% of their frames are day, 43% natural — the look of the work Jane takes.

Time of day

Day49%
Night32%
Interior16%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Natural43%
High key31%
Low key24%

Shot size

Medium55%
Wide20%
Closeup16%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level92%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral77%
Tense8%
Lonely4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

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