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Remembering Henry Fonda was the 6th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award | 1978.
Henry Jaynes Fonda May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982 was a celebrated American film and stage actor with a career spanning more than five decades.
Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor, appearing in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins. He made his Hollywood debut in 1935, and his career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl.
Throughout six decades in Hollywood, Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in such classics as The Ox-Bow Incident, Mister Roberts and 12 Angry Men. Later, Fonda moved both toward darker epics such as Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West and lighter roles in family comedies such as Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 54th Academy Awards for the movie On Golden Pond, his final film role.
Fonda was the patriarch of a family of famous actors, including daughter Jane Fonda, son Peter Fonda, granddaughter Bridget Fonda, and grandson Troy Garity. His family and close friends called him "Hank". In 1999, he was named the sixth-Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
Jane Fonda wins the Oscar® for Best Actress for her performance in "Coming Home" at the 51st Academy Awards® in 1979
Classic Joni Mitchell | Old Grey Whistle Test | 1974
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell, born November 7, 1943 is a Canadian singer-songwriter and painter. Mitchell's work is highly respected by critics, and she has deeply influenced fellow musicians in a diverse range of genres. Rolling Stone has called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever", and AllMusic has stated, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century". Her lyrics are noted for their developed poetics, addressing social and environmental ideals alongside personal feelings of romantic longing, confusion, disillusion, and joy.
Will Smith | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Funny Moments
Will Smith plays himself in this good-natured NBC sitcom. As the show's popular theme song explains, fictional Will's mom sends him away from his rough Philadelphia neighborhood to live with wealthy Uncle Phil and Aunt Vivian in Bel-Air. Will often has fun at the expense of stuck-up cousins Carlton and Hilary.
Danny Thomas
He was born Amos Yahkoob Kairouz on January 6, 1912 in Deerfield, Michigan. One of nine children born to Lebanese immigrants, he found fame and success creating his entertaining persona by combining two of his brother’s names to become Danny Thomas.
The Make Room for Daddy star began his career as a nightclub comedian who could carry a tune. Thomas later had roles on network radio programs co-starring opposite Don Ameche as well as Tallulah Bankhead. He starred in the film I’ll See You In My Dreams with Doris Day. His greatest success and recognition was on television, starring from 1953 -1965 in Make Room For Daddy (later called The Danny Thomas Show). Thomas was a successful television producer. With partners, he produced The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Mod Squad. In addition, because of his popularity, he was a commercial spokesman for products like Maxwell House for many years.
Beyond his television identity, Danny Thomas promised to do something positive to help others with his fame. He and his wife Rose Marie worked tirelessly in establishing the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN in 1962. Committed to the mission to find cures to save children from diseases, St. Jude has been responsible for research that has led to key medical discoveries that have saved lives worldwide for generations. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan presented Danny Thomas with a Congressional Gold Medal honoring him for his work with St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. When he died on February 6, 1991 at the age of 79, Danny Thomas left behind his family, a legion of fans across generations, and a legacy through St. Jude’s that continues.
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