Magazine Article Review: Fonda Family and the Omaha Community Players

 Fonda Family and the Omaha Community Players, by Leo Adam Biga, Nebraska History Magazine, volume 105 number 2 Summer 2024.

2024 marked the 100th year of the Omaha Community Players.  The Fonda family, as well as the Brando family were with them from their earliest days.  Henry Fonda first did plays as a young man.  In their turn his children also performer, Peter Fonda and Jane Fonda.  Henry Fonda came back to the community players from time to tim, to perform or to reminisce.  He and his children went on to have successful theater and movie careers.  Henry Fonda's last movie was with his daughter Jane, "On Golden Pond."  

This article lists many actors from Nebraska.  In addition to the Fondas there are Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Dorothy McGuire, Nick Nolte and many more.