Susan Blanchard (née Jacobson; born March 8, 1928) is an American socialite and former lyricist and theatrical producer.
She was the stepdaughter of Oscar Hammerstein II, the third wife of actor Henry Fonda, with whom she adopted a daughter, Amy Fishman (born 1953),[1] and the second wife of actor Richard Widmark.
The younger child of Dorothy Kiaora Blanchard, a native of Australia, and Henry Jacobson, a New York businessman,[2] Susan Jacobson took her mother's surname after her parents' divorce and was known as Susan Blanchard thereafter.
Her first marriage was to actor Henry Fonda on December 27, 1950, and lasted until their divorce in May 1956.
Her fourth marriage was in 1999 to actor and producer Richard Widmark, to whom she remained married until his death on March 24, 2008.