Nearly 30 years ago she morphed from screen siren to fitness guru with a series of exercise videos.

But it seems all that hard work has taken its toll as Jane Fonda approaches her 72nd birthday next month.

The actress, whose 1982 Jane Fonda’s Workout is one of the biggest selling fitness videos of all time, was pictured being escorted through New York’s JFK Airport in a wheelchair this weekend.
She revealed earlier this month that she is rebuilding her body from the inside out with a series of operations on her back, an artificial knee and a titanium hip implant.

Fonda said: ‘I’m slowly falling apart and feel like a walking spare parts depot. I had to have it all repaired because I want to climb the Himalayas. And at 8,000ft, my body has to run smoothly.’

She also raised eyebrows by attributing her slim body to ‘good sex’.

Fonda, who became a Hollywood star after her appearance in Barbarella in 1968, said: ‘I owe 30 per cent (of my good looks) to genes, 30 per cent to good sex, 30 per cent because of sports and healthy lifestyle and for the remaining 10 percent, I have to thank my plastic surgeon.

‘I’m 71, but I’m happier, the sex is better and I understand life better. I don’t want to be young again.’

Miss Fonda is apparently planning to marry for a fourth time, to music producer Richard Perry, 67.

The double Oscar-winning actress looking sprightly last year (left) and in 1968’s Barbarella (right) which made her a Hollywood star

Jane during her fitness guru days. Her 1982 fitness video, Jane Fonda's Workout, is one of the biggest selling of all time

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