Susan Brewer: Everything About Peter Fonda's Ex-wife

Publish date: 2024-05-22

Susan Brewer is the ex-wife of actor Peter Fonda and the mother of actress Bridget Fonda. Susan’s ex-husband, Peter was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Easy Rider (1969), and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ulee’s Gold (1997). He is also known as the son of American actor Henry Fonda and the younger brother of American actress and activist Jane Fonda.

Susan Brewer: Bio Summary

NameSusan Brewer
Age84 years old as of 2023
Date of birth12 May 1939
BirthplacePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Famous asex-wife of Peter Fonda
ParentsMary Alice (Sweet) and Chauncey Marble Brewer
Marital statusDivorced
SpousePeter Fonda
ChildrenBridget Fonda and Justin Fonda

Who Is Peter Fonda’s Ex-wife, Susan?

Susan Jane Brewer was born on 12 May 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. She is 84 years old as of 2023. She is the daughter of Chauncey Marble Brewer Jr. (1906-2000) and Mary Alice Sweet (1910-1998). Her mother, Mary Sweet married businessman Noah Dietrich. There isn’t much information about her early life and family. She is an artist. She has worked as an actress.

Per her IMDb page, Susan Brewer has also worked in the casting department and costume and wardrobe department of some films. As an actress, she had an uncredited role in Easy Rider. She worked in the costume department of The Hollywood Knights, and Vision Quest. She worked in Lovely But Deadly and Time Walker (casting extra). Susan served as a production assistant for Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold.

Susan Is The First Woman Peter Fonda Married

Susan Brewer is the first wife of Peter Fonda (February 23, 1940- August 16, 2019). She and Peter got married on October 8, 1961, in a beautiful wedding attended by loved ones. They enjoyed a blissful married life and had two children. For unknown reasons, they decided to get divorced after being married for 12 years. The two got divorced on April 15, 1974. After divorcing Susan, Peter married a second wife.

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Peter Fonda married his second wife Portia Rebecca Crockett. Portia was the former wife of author Thomas Francis McGuane III. Peter and Portia’s marriage lasted from November 11, 1975, until they divorced in 2011. They didn’t have any children together but Portia had one child Thomas Francis McGuane IV from her marriage to writer Thomas McGuane.

The marriage lasted for 35 years. Peter Fonda got married to his third wife Margaret “Parky” DeVogelaere. He and Margaret were married from June 19, 2011, until Peter passed away in 2019. Their marriage lasted for eight years. They didn’t have any children together. As for Susan Brewer, it is unknown if she remarried after she divorced Peter Fonda.

Susan Is The Mother Of Two

Susan Brewer became the mother of two children from her marriage to Peter Fonda. She is the mother of Bridget Jane Fonda (January 27, 1964) and Justin Fonda (July 9, 1966). Bridget is an actress. She is known for her roles in The Godfather Part III (1990), Single White Female (1992), Singles (1992), Point of No Return (1993), It Could Happen to You (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), A Simple Plan (1998), and Kiss of the Dragon (2001).

Bridget Fonda played Mandy Rice-Davies in the 1989 film Scandal and provided the voice for Jenna in the 1995 animated feature film Balto. She has been married to American film composer, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and percussionist Danny Elfman since November 29, 2003. They have a son, Oliver Elfman.

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Justin Fonda is an actor and has worked as an additional crew and in the camera and electrical department of some films. He is known for his work in Easy Rider, Big Eden, The Ballad of Little Jo, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, A River Runs Through It, Search and Rescue, F.T.W., The West, Mercy Streets, and Vertical Limit.

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