Background
Born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, she was a daughter of Eugene Ford Seymour and Sophie Mildred (née Bower. July 13, 1886 – April 15, 1974).
Born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, she was a daughter of Eugene Ford Seymour and Sophie Mildred (née Bower. July 13, 1886 – April 15, 1974).
According to daughter Jane Fonda, medical records revealed that Seymour was a victim of recurrent sexual abuse in her childhood. Frances Ford Fonda committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor on her 42nd birthday while she was a patient at Craig House, a sanatorium in Beacon, New New York This suicide came days after Fonda asked her personally for a divorce and left hurt feelings on both sides.