Article: I was mother to Jane Fonda but she hasn't talked to me for eighteen years; She gives millions to trendy causes, but the film star can spare neither time nor money for the woman who helped to raise her.

Byline: NICOLA GRAYDON

When Jane Fonda stood in front of 18,000 cheering people at a women's rally in New York recently, she looked every inch a superstar. Glamorous, wealthy and talented, she seems to have gained a new lease of life following her separation last year from husband Ted Turner, the billionaire TV tycoon.

She is the Jane Fonda of old: fired by radicalism and exuding a sexual charisma undimmed at the age of 63. Her passion for radical feminist causes is now backed by huge wealth: she has donated [pound]8.5million to set up a gender studies centre at Harvard University. Suddenly, Fonda is back on television and in every newspaper.

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