Jane Fonda's Oscar speech in sign language goes viral, fans call it 'inspirational'

A short video of Jane Fonda's 1979 Oscar speech has recently gone viral on Twitter. In video, fans can see actor give a part of her acceptance speech in sign langu and elaborate on importance of such gestures for specially-abled people. Take a look at video and see how fans have reacted to clip. 

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 Jane Fonda's 1979 Oscar speech

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In short video, fans see a young Jane Fonda in a peach coloured dress. Jane Fonda's 1979 Oscar speech mentions - 'I am signing part of what I am saying tonight because while we were making  movie, we all became more aware of problems of handicapped. Over 14 million people are deaf, y are invisible handicapped and can't share this evening. So this is my way of ackwledging m' (sic) while using sign langu. tweet was captioned - 'Jane Fonda, signing her acceptance speech for her best actress oscar in 1979 for coming home. she asked acemy president if y would close caption ceremony and he said ' (sic). 

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Jane Fonda accepted Acemy Award for Best Actress in 1972 and 1979. In 1979, she won award for film Coming Home, a war film which was directed by Hal Ashby and h screenplay written by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones with story provided by Nancy Dowd. film featured actors like Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carrine and Robert Ginty and showcased a plot that revolved around a couple. female le in film was shown as having an affair with a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran whom she met while her husband was fighting in Vietnam.

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Fans react to Jane Fonda's 1979 Oscar speech

Many fans liked tweet and mentioned that Jane Fonda was inspirational. One fan ded that Jane h been an activist for a long time and h done a lot to go against White Supremacists as well. One fan mentioned - 'LGTBQ+ vocate. Mirity vocate. PEOPLE's vocate. Still getting arrested on front lines in her 80's. Don't be a Karen, be a Jane.@Janefonda  is a QUEEEENNNNN. KW her legacy & watch @GraceandFrankie lol' (sic). Take a look: 

Promo Pic Credit: Jane Fonda's Instagram