Movie Families: Fonda - page 2

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Broadway was where he first found success with Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole before he moved into movies.

Although appearing in Lilith, The Victors and The Wild Angels all which found mediocre success. But 1968 turned all that around for the actor when he produced and starred in the classic Easy Rider.

After this success Fonda could have gone on and make any movie he wanted and he went on to direct and star in Western alongside Warren Oates and Verna Bloom.

More recently the actor appeared alongside Christian Bale and Russel Crowe in the remake of Western classic 3:10 To Yuma.

Bridget Fonda is the third generation of the family to take up an acting career, following the example of her father Peter.

She made her movie debut at the tender age of five when she appeared alongside her father in cult classic Easy Rider.

Despite roles in Scandal, which won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1990 it was her role in The Godfather, Part III that same year that is considered to be her breakthrough.

But she has not appeared in a movie since 2002 marrying composer Danny Elfman and becoming a mother in 2005.

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