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Historic Photo Gallery: 1955 to 1968

1960

Jane Fonda premiered at the Walnut on February 9, 1960 in her first important stage role, playing a rape victim in There Was a Little Girl. Daughter of Walnut veteran and Hollywood star Henry Fonda, Jane went on to become a two-time Academy Award-winner, political activist, and fitness guru. (Photograph courtesy of the Theatre Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia.)

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