Marrying Italian Aristocracy
In 1956, Henry Fonda was going through a tough time. He had been married and divorced three times already, and now he was splitting up with Susan. But then he found comfort in the arms of Afdera Franchetti, an amazing Italian Baroness. He met her through Audrey Hepburn while they were filming in Italy. Even though Afdera was only 25 and barely older than his daughter Jane, they married when Henry was 51.
Then, in 1957, Henry Fonda did something really incredible. He played a character called “Juror 8” in a movie by Sidney Lumet that people still talk about today. He was the guy who convinced the whole jury to say “not guilty” with a lot of passion. Even though the movie is a classic now, it didn’t do well in theaters at first. This made Henry really sad because he had helped make the movie, and he decided he didn’t want to produce any more movies after that.