The Fondas are quite the dynasty in Hollywood. In the golden age of film Henry Fonda lit up the screen with star turns in the Grapes of Wrath and 12 Angry Men. His kids, Peter and Jane, helped to reinvent cinema with subversive sixties classics like Easy Rider and Barbarella. Then came Bridget, Peter's daughter, who looked like she was headed down a similar path, with memorable appearances in A Simple Plan, Jackie Brown and Single White Female. Well, maybe the last one less so. Except then she just seemed to peter out. She made her last film in 2002, a TV version of the Snow Queen. She had previously been linked with Ally McBeal when it was in development, but turned it down, and more recently was replaced in a role written especially for her in Lipstick Jungle. So what happened? Like with Zellweger, it's not clear. Neither actress seems quite old enough to have hit the film industry's stunningly sexist cut off for the point that they'll hire females in leading roles, neither has given any statement as to why they've stopped working, and both were at pretty good places in their careers. As with Lohman, however, the reason behind Fonda's disappearance might just be love. In 2003 she married Danny Elfman, the guy who does the music for every Tim Burton film (plus The Simpsons theme tune), so maybe she's busy...being busy?
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
