Just a few days before Christmas, Jane Fonda, that icon of youthful protest, passion, power, and fitness, turned 80. First with a couple of movies, a Tony-nominated return to Broadway in 2009, then a few more movies and key roles on television. Whatever tensions may at times have wafted into their marriage, whatever misgivings either had about the other, Fonda was incredibly productive. In all her roles, Fonda played women coming into their own, discovering their own power and how to achieve agency in the world. Even better, Fonda was a powerful producer, with the aptly titled IPC Films as her vehicle.

Source: Huffington Post December 28, 2017 04:52 UTC