Current genealogy record
Generated at build time from the current GEDCOM (October 13, 2026). The record is validated by name and birth date so the page does not depend solely on a changeable GEDCOM ID.
- Born
- 23 Feb 1939 — Manhattan, NY
- Died
- 16 Aug 2019 — Los Angeles, CA
Parents
- Henry Jaynes Fonda (16 May 1905–12 Aug 1982)
- Frances Ford Seymour (14 Apr 1908–14 Apr 1950)
Marriages and children
Susan Jane Brewer (1941–)
Married 8 Oct 1961 — St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, NY; Divorced 16 Apr 1972 — Los Angeles, CA
Children
- Bridget Jane Fonda (27 Jan 1964–)
- Justin Dietrich Fonda (9 Jul 1966–)
m. St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, NY; div. Los Angeles, CA; [New York City Marriage Indexes - Peter Fonda; Record Type: Marriage; Borough: Manhattan; Event Date: 1961; Spouse: Susan Brewer]; [Susan Brewer Wed to Peter H. Fonda - Miss Susan J. Brewer, daughter of Mrs. Noah Dietrich of Beverly Hills, Calif., was married yesterday afternoon to Peter H. Fonda. He is the son of Henry Fonda, the actor, and the late Mrs. Frances Seymour Brokaw Fonda. The ceremony was performed in the chapel of St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church by the rector, the Rev. Dr. Terrence J. Finlay. Mr. Dietrich gave his step-daughter in marriage. She had her sister, Miss Ruth Brewer, as maid of honor. Eugene Francis MacDonald 3d was best man. Mrs. Fonda was graduated from the Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles and is attending Sarah Lawrence College where she is a junior. Her husband attended the Fay School in Southboro, Mass., and the University of Omaha. He is an actor and is appearing in the play "Blood, Sweat & Stanley Poole."]
Portia Rebecca Crockett (11 Dec 1940–21 Jun 2021)
Married 11 Nov 1975; Divorced 2011
No children listed in the current GEDCOM.
Margaret E. DeVogelaere (8 Sep 1953–)
No children listed in the current GEDCOM.
Genealogy notes
b. Manhattan, NY; 1940 US Federal Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA (Peter H. Fonda, b. 1929, NY, Son, Henry, Frances S.); 1950 US Federal Census, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT (Peter H Fonda, b. 1940, NY, Son); res. Greenwich, CT; res. Beverly Hills, CA; res. Key West, FL; res. Livingston, MT; d. Los Angeles, CA; o. Actor / Director / Writer / Producer; [New York, New York Births, 1910-1965 - Peter H Fonda; Birth Date: 23-Feb-1940; Birth Place: Manhattan] >> www.fonda.org <<
(Classmates.com: Peter Fonda; Brownell - Talbot High School, Omaha, NE, 1954-1958); attended the Fay School in Southboro, MA and the University of Omaha in Omaha, NE; left a year before graduating; [Peter Fonda, a longtime friend of Thomas McGuane, first saw MT during the filming of 92 In The Shade (1975), which McGuane wrote and directed. Fonda married Portia Rebecca Crockett (McGuane's ex-wife) in 1977 and moved to Livingston, MT soon after. They have been permanent residents ever since; Blessed with the appealing, all-American looks of his father, Henry Fonda, Peter began his big screen career playing romantic leads in teen-appeal vehicles like Tammy and the Doctor (1963) and The Young Lovers (1964). As the swinging Sixties progressed, Fonda abandoned the mainstream and created a sensation starring in the 1966 Roger Corman biker flick The Wild Angels (his costar was fellow celebrity progeny Nancy Sinatra). He also began experimenting with drugs-which inspired not only his 1967 film The Trip but also Beatle John Lennon, who shared an LSD experience with Fonda and immortalized some of his acid-addled pronouncements in the song "She Said She Said." In 1969 Fonda produced and costarred in the definitive 1960s anti-establishment statement, Easy Rider for which he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. His Hollywood career since that time has been spotty; he's acted mainly in sub-A action pictures. In 1971, Fonda directed and starred in the critically acclaimed Western The Hired Hand and followed with the sci-fi oddity ID Transfer (1973), in which he did not appear, and Wanda NV (1979), playing a gambler who wins young Brooke Shields in a poker game; father Henry made a brief appearance in the picture, marking the only time father and son worked together. Popular in Japan, he made a sci-fi film called Daijoobu, Mai Furendo (All Right, My Friend there in 1983. In recent years his own child, Bridget Fonda, has become a star and was recently directed by Peter's old crony Roger Corman in 1990's Frankenstein Unbound Peter made an amusing (and fleeting) cameo appearance in his daughter's 1993 movie Bodies, Rest & Motion-as a biker. He then took a supporting role in Deadfall (also 1993)]