Word: fonda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Paris Review, a fine literary quarterly. Until his marriage to Freddy Espy 21 years ago, at the age of 41, Plimpton was probably the most sought after bachelor in the U.S.-the escort, at one time or another, of Jacqueline Kennedy, her sister Lee Radziwill, Ava Gardner, Jane Fonda, Jean Seberg and Candice Bergen. He has also been a long and close friend of the Kennedys'-"a kind of choric figure," in the words of one of his friends, to that family's tragic saga. In fact, so familiar is the Plimpton name, so ubiquitous the Plimpton presence...
...Jane Fonda, champion of the oppressed, last week came to the defense of another minority group. In Manhattan to film Klute, in which she plays a call girl, Jane accompanied an authentic prostitute to pick-up bars to observe the action firsthand. She quickly developed empathy for women who work the streets. "They are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions and competition," said Jane. "These ladies are saying out front, 'We want the goods too; so we'll do what other women do, but we'll get paid...
...dealing with the ravages of time. Film stars present a mixed pattern; those whose bodies are their fortune are not about to conceal firm thighs, golden with sun. Those who fancy themselves trendsetters (Raquel Welch is one) have been wearing midis since last spring. And rebels like Jane Fonda, who have been wearing long skirts for more than a year, will probably be perversely prompted to go back to minis, or at least pants...
...actor. Possibly he is both. As the dead-eyed hero of a couple of obscure westerns that he produced himself (The Shooting and Ride the Whirlwind), he made Clint Eastwood look like Laurence Olivier. In Easy Rider, he walked on and won the film from Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda. Then he descended to his former persona in On a Clear Day, playing either Barbra Streisand's lover or a codfish. It was difficult to tell which...
Very much the disgruntled husband, French Film Producer-Director Roger Vadim, 42, frankly described his marriage to Jane Fonda, 32, as "not a very satisfactory arrangement." The onetime husband of Brigitte Bardot and father of Catherine Deneuve's son said he really "prefers the company of men. If I had to choose three persons with whom to make a round-the-world cruise, they would all be male if we spent at least one-half of the time in the harbor." Despite his disapproval of Jane's crusading for Indians and against the Viet Nam War, Vadim said...