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Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1940 according to his autobiography) is an American actor. Born in New York City, he is the son of actor Henry Fonda, the brother of actress Jane Fonda and the father of actress Bridget Fonda. His mother, Frances Ford Seymour, committed suicide in 1950 when Peter was 11 years old. Peter Fonda studied acting in Omaha, Nebraska, his father's home town. He attended the University of Omaha and joined the Omaha Community Playhouse, where many famous actors (including his father and Marlon Brando) got their starts. Soon he was back in New York, then went to Hollywood to make movies.
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Peter Henry Fonda was born on February 23, 1940 in New York, New York. His parents were actor Henry Fonda and financier Frances Ford Seymour. His sister is actress Jane Fonda. Peter studied acting in Omaha, Nebraska, which is his dad's hometown. While living in Omaha, he attended the University of Omaha. Soon after he joined the Omaha Community Playhouse.
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Fonda was born in New York, New York, the son of actor Henry Fonda and financier Frances Ford Seymour, who took her own life in 1950. Fonda is the younger brother of actress Jane Fonda. On his eleventh birthday, he accidentally shot himself and nearly died. Fonda studied acting in Omaha, Nebraska, which was his father's home town. He began attending the University of Omaha and joined the Omaha Community Playhouse, where many actors (including his father and Marlon Brando) founded their careers. Fonda is the father of actress Bridget Fonda.
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Fonda studied acting in Omaha, Nebraska, which was his father's home town. He began attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha and joined the Omaha Community Playhouse, where many actors (including his father and Marlon Brando) founded their careers. Fonda found work on Broadway where he achieved notice in Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole, before going to Hollywood to make films.
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Peter decided to follow the profession of his father, and received his college education at the University of Omaha. Why the University of Omaha, one may ask. Omaha is the city where the Omaha Community Playhouse is located. The Omaha Community Playhouse is the place where many actors including Henry Fonda and Marlon Brando found and founded their acting careers. So either Henry Fonda suggested to Peter or Peter on his own decided to attend the University of Omaha, a University which is located in the City of Omaha, Nebraska.
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