Jane Seymour (actress)
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 Jane Seymour at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born |
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg 15 February 1951 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Michael Attenborough (m. 1971; div. 1973) Geoffrey Planer (m. 1977; div. 1978) David Flynn (m. 1981; div. 1992) James Keach (m. 1993; div. 2015) |
| Children | 4 |
| Website |
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Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951) is a British-American actress best known for her performances in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973), Somewhere In Time (1980), East of Eden (1981), Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988), War and Remembrance (1988), the 1989 political thriller La Révolution française as the ill-fated queen Marie Antoinette, Wedding Crashers (2005), and the American television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998). She has earned an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[1] She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.[2]
Early life
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg was born 15 February 1951[3] in Hayes, Middlesex, England, the daughter of Mieke (van Tricht), a nurse, and John Benjamin Frankenberg, an obstetrician.[4][5] Her father was Jewish; he was born in England, to a family from Poland (village of Nowe Trzepowo).[6] Her mother was a Dutch Protestant (with family from Deventer) who was a prisoner of war during World War II, and who had lived in Indonesia.[7][8][9] Jane's paternal grandfather had come to live in the East End of London after escaping the Czarist pogroms when he was 14. He is listed in the 1911 census for Bethnal Green, working as a hairdresser, and eventually went on to have his own company.[10]
Seymour was educated at the Arts Educational School in Tring, Hertfordshire. She took on the stage name "Jane Seymour" after King Henry VIII's third wife, as it seemed more saleable.[7]
One of Seymour's notable features is that she was born with heterochromia, making her right eye brown and her left eye green.
Acting career
In 1969, Seymour appeared uncredited in her first film, Richard Attenborough's Oh! What a Lovely War. In 1970, Seymour appeared in her first major film role in the war drama The Only Way. She played Lillian Stein, a Jewish woman seeking shelter from Nazi persecution. In 1973, she gained her first major television role as Emma Callon in the successful 1970s series The Onedin Line. During this time, she appeared as female lead Prima in the two-part television miniseries Frankenstein: The True Story. She also appeared as Winston Churchill's lover Pamela Plowden in Young Winston, produced by her father-in-law Richard Attenborough.
In 1973, Seymour achieved international fame in her role as Bond girl Solitaire in the James Bond film Live and Let Die. IGN ranked her as 10th in a Top 10 Bond Babes list.[11] In 1975, Seymour was cast as Princess Farah in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, the third part of Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad trilogy. The film was not released until its stop motion animation sequences had been completed in 1977. In 1978, she appeared as Serina in the Battlestar Galactica film, and in the first five episodes of the television series. Seymour returned to the big screen in the comedy Oh Heavenly Dog opposite Chevy Chase.
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In 1980, Seymour played the role on stage of Constanze in Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus, opposite Ian McKellen as Salieri and Tim Curry as Mozart. The play premiered on Broadway in 1980, ran for 1,181 performances and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, of which it won five.
Also in 1980, Seymour was given the role of young theatre actress Elise McKenna in the period romance Somewhere in Time. Though the film was made with a markedly limited budget, the role enticed Seymour with a character she felt she knew. The effort was a decided break from her earlier work, and marked the start of her friendship with co-star Christopher Reeve.
In 1981, she appeared in the television film East of Eden, based on the novel by John Steinbeck. Her portrayal of main antagonist Cathy Ames won her a Golden Globe.[12] In 1982, she appeared in The Scarlet Pimpernel with Anthony Andrews and her Amadeus costar Ian McKellen. In 1984, Seymour appeared nude in the film Lassiter, co-starring Tom Selleck, but the film was a box office flop. In 1987, Seymour was the subject of a pictorial in Playboy magazine, although she did not pose nude.[13]
In 1988, Seymour got the female lead in the 12-part television miniseries War and Remembrance, the continued story from the miniseries The Winds of War. She played Natalie Henry, an American Jewish woman trapped in Europe during World War II. That same year, she won an Emmy Award for playing Maria Callas in the television movie Onassis: The Richest Man in the World.[14][15]
In 1989, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution, Seymour appeared in the television film La révolution française, filmed in both French and English. Seymour appeared as the doomed French queen, Marie Antoinette; the actress's two children, Katherine and Sean, appeared as the queen's children.
In the 1990s, Seymour earned popular and critical praise for her role as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and its television sequels (1993–2001). Her work on the series earned her a second Golden Globe Award. While working on the series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, she met her fourth husband, actor-director James Keach.
In the 2000s, Seymour continued to work primarily in television. In 2004 and 2005, she made six guest appearances in the WB Network series, Smallville, playing Genevieve Teague, the wealthy, scheming mother of Jason Teague (Jensen Ackles). In 2005, Seymour returned to the big screen in the comedy Wedding Crashers, playing Kathleen Cleary, wife of fictional United States Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary, played by Christopher Walken. In spring 2006, she appeared in the short-lived WB series Modern Men. Later that year, Seymour guest-starred as a law-school-professor on an episode of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and as a wealthy client on the Fox legal drama, Justice. In 2007, she guest-starred in the ABC sitcom, In Case of Emergency, which starred Lori Loughlin and Jonathan Silverman. She also appeared in ITV's Marple: Ordeal By Innocence, based on the Agatha Christie novel. She was a contestant on season five of the US reality show, Dancing with the Stars; she finished in sixth place, along with her partner, Tony Dovolani. In "One Life to Lose" Jane Seymour guest starred in a soap opera-themed storyline of the ABC crime-dramedy Castle.
Seymour appeared in the Hallmark Channel film Dear Prudence (2008) with Jamey Sheridan and Ryan Cartwright, the romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Marriage (2011) with Mandy Moore, and the Hallmark Movie Channel film Lake Effects (2012) with Scottie Thompson and Madeline Zima.
In April 2016, she starred as Florence Lancaster in Noël Coward's play The Vortex, presented in Singapore by the British Theatre Playhouse.[16]
Writing and fashion careers
In the 1980s, Seymour began a parallel career as a writer of self-help and inspirational books, including Jane Seymour's Guide to Romantic Living (1986), Two at a Time: Having Twins (2002), Remarkable Changes (2003), and Among Angels (2010). She also co-wrote several children's books, with her then-husband James Keach, for the This One 'N That One series.[4]
In 2008, Seymour replaced Selina Scott as the new face of fashion label CC (formerly known as Country Casuals) under the Austin Reed banner of retailers.[17][18]
Likewise in 2008, Ms. Seymour teamed up with and designed the "Open Heart Collection" for Kay Jewelers, which promoted it with the advice, "Keep your heart open, and love will always find its way in."[19] Beginning that year, she saw to it that she would always be wearing one of the collection's necklaces whenever seen in public while not in character for any of her acting performances. In the same year, Seymour also wrote and published the books Open Hearts: If Your Heart Is Open, love Will Always Find Its Way In and Open Hearts Family.
A 2.08-carat cushion-cut fancy vivid blue diamond in an 18-karat rose-gold-plated platinum setting was named The Jane Seymour in her honor by World Of Diamonds Group, who had mined it in Russia, cut and set it. The ring was presented to Seymour in April 2016 in Singapore while she was there to star in The Vortex[20][21][22]
Personal life
Seymour has been married and divorced four times.
Her first marriage, to Michael Attenborough, the son of film actor and director Richard Attenborough, lasted from 1971 to 1973.[4]
Her second marriage, to Attenborough's friend Geoffrey Planer, lasted from 1977 to 1978.[4]
In 1981, Seymour married David Flynn. The marriage produced two children, actress Katherine Flynn, born 7 January 1982, and Sean Flynn, born 31 July 1985. Flynn had been a business manager who got her involved in the housing market, which left her "completely beyond bankrupt".[23] The couple were divorced in 1992.[4]
In 1993, Seymour married actor James Keach. Together they had twins, John Stacy and Kristopher Steven, born 30 November 1995, and named after family friends Johnny Cash and Christopher Reeve, and James's brother, actor Stacy Keach.[1] On 12 April 2013 the couple announced they were divorcing.[24] The divorce was finalized in December 2015.[25]
In February 2005, Seymour became a naturalized citizen of the United States.[26]
Seymour is a celebrity ambassador for Childhelp, a national non-profit organisation dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect.[27] In 2007, she sponsored a children's Art Pillow contest as part of the Jane Seymour Collection, with the proceeds going to Childhelp.[28]
Bibliography
- Among Angels. Guideposts, 2010. ISBN 978-0-8249-4850-4
- Boing!: No Bouncing on the Bed. This One 'N That One series. With James Keach. Putnam Juvenile, 1999. ISBN 978-0-399-23440-8
- Gus Loved His Happy Home. With Seymour Fleishman. Linnet Books, 1989. ISBN 978-0-208-02249-3
- Jane Seymour's Guide to Romantic Living. Macmillan Publishers, 1986. ASIN: B003JFVAKC.
- Making Yourself at Home: Finding Your Style and Putting It All Together. DK Adult, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7566-2892-5
- Open Hearts: If Your Heart Is Open, Love Will Always Find Its Way In. Running Press, 2008. ISBN 0-7624-3662-X
- Remarkable Changes: Turning Life's Challenges into Opportunities. New York: HarperEntertainment, 2003. ISBN 978-0-06-008747-0
- Splat!: The Tale of a Colorful Cat. This One 'N That One series. With James Keach. Turtleback Books, 2001. ISBN 978-1-4176-0825-6
- Two at a Time: Having Twins: The Journey Through Pregnancy and Birth. With Pamela Patrick Novotny. Atria Books, 2002. ISBN 978-0-671-03678-2
- Yum!: A Tale of Two Cookies. This One 'N That One series. With James Keach. Angel Gate, 1998. ISBN 978-1-932431-08-7
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
| 1970 | The Only Way | Lillian Stein | |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Pamela Plowden | |
| 1973 | Best Pair of Legs in the Business, TheThe Best Pair of Legs in the Business | Kim Thorn | |
| 1973 | Live and Let Die | Solitaire | |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True Story | Agatha/Prima | |
| 1977 | Four Feathers, TheThe Four Feathers | Ethne Eustace | |
| 1977 | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | Princess Farah | |
| 1977 | Killer on Board | Jan | |
| 1980 | Somewhere in Time | Elise McKenna | Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress |
| 1980 | Oh! Heavenly Dog | Jackie | |
| 1984 | Lassiter | Sara Wells | |
| 1985 | Head Office | Jane Caldwell | |
| 1987 | El Túnel[4] | Maria Iribarne | |
| 1989 | La Révolution française | Marie Antoinette | |
| 1994 | Count on Me | Unknown | |
| 1997 | California | Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn | |
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot | Lady Juliana | Voice |
| 1998 | New Swiss Family Robinson, TheThe New Swiss Family Robinson | Anna Robinson | |
| 2002 | Touching Wild Horses | Fiona Kelsey | |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Kathleen Cleary | |
| 2006 | Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell, TheThe Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell | President Lauren Coffey | |
| 2006 | Blind Dating | Dr. Evans | |
| 2007 | After Sex | Janet | |
| 2009 | The Assistants | Sandy Goldman | |
| 2009 | Wake | Mrs. Reitman | |
| 2009 | Velveteen Rabbit, TheThe Velveteen Rabbit | Mom | Voice |
| 2009 | Freeloaders | Carolyn | |
| 2011 | Perfectly Prudence | Prudence Macintyre | |
| 2011 | The Family Tree | Grandma Ilene | |
| 2011 | Love, Wedding, Marriage | Betty | |
| 2012 | Lake Effects | Vikki Tisdale | |
| 2013 | Austenland | Mrs. Wattlesbrook | |
| 2014 | Love by Design | Vivien | |
| 2015 | About Scout | Gloria | |
| 2016 | Fifty Shades of Black | Claire | |
| 2016 | High Strung | Oksana |
TV series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Here Come the Double Deckers | Alice | Episode: "Scooper Strikes Out" |
| 1972 | The Pathfinders | Shelia Conway | Episode: "Fly There, Walk Back" |
| 1972 | Strauss Family, TheThe Strauss Family | Karolin | 4 episodes |
| 1972 | Onedin Line, TheThe Onedin Line | Emma Callon | 10 episodes |
| 1973 | Great Mysteries | Veronique d' Aubray | Episode: "The Leather Funnel" |
| 1975 | Hanged Man, TheThe Hanged Man | Laura Burnett | Episode: "Ring of Return" |
| 1976 | The Story of David | Bathsheba | Television movie |
| 1976 | Our Mutual Friend | Bella Wilfer | 6 episodes |
| 1976 | Captains and the Kings | Marjorie Chisholm Armagh | 4 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1977 | Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover | Margie Parks | Television movie |
| 1977 | Seventh Avenue | Eva Meyers | Television movie |
| 1977 | McCloud | Nidavah Ritzach | Episode: "The Great Taxicab Stampede" |
| 1978 | Awakening Land, TheThe Awakening Land | Genny Luckett | 3 episodes |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica | Serina | 5 episodes |
| 1978 | Love's Dark Ride | Diana | Television movie |
| 1979 | Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders | Laura Cole | Television movie |
| 1981 | East of Eden | Cathy/Kate Ames | 3 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Unknown | Episode: "Last Summer's Child" |
| 1982 | Scarlet Pimpernel, TheThe Scarlet Pimpernel | Marguerite St. Just | Television movie |
| 1983 | The Phantom of the Opera | Maria Gianelli/Elena Korvin | Television movie |
| 1983 | Jamaica Inn | Mary Yellan | Television movie |
| 1983 | The Haunting Passion | Julia Evans | Television movie |
| 1984 | Dark Mirror | Leigh Cullen/Tracy Cullen | Television movie |
| 1984 | The Sun Also Rises | Brett Ashley | Television movie |
| 1985 | Obsessed with a Married Woman | Diane Putnam | Television movie |
| 1986 | Crossings | Hillary Burnham | Television movie |
| 1988 | Keys to Freedom | Gillian | Television movie |
| 1988 | Woman He Loved, TheThe Woman He Loved | Wallis Simpson | Television movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1988 | Onassis: The Richest Man in the World | Maria Callas | Television movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1988 | Jack the Ripper | Emma Prentiss | TV miniseries |
| 1988–1989 | War and Remembrance | Natalie Henry | 12 episodes Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (1989–90) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1990 | Angel of Death | Laura Hendricks | Television movie |
| 1990 | Matters of the Heart | Hadley Norman | Television movie |
| 1991 | Passion | Amanda Brooks | Television movie |
| 1991 | Memories of Midnight | Catherine Alexander | Television movie |
| 1992 | Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Adrienne Welles | Television movie |
| 1992 | Sunstroke | Teresa Winters | Television movie |
| 1993 | Praying Mantis | Linda Crandell | Television movie |
| 1993 | Heidi | Fräulein Rottenmeier | Television movie |
| 1994 | A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story | Hazel Brannon Smith | Television movie |
| 1997 | The Absolute Truth | Alison Reed | Television movie |
| 1993– 1998 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn | 149 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (1994–95, 1997) Nominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Television Performer Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1994, 1998) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series |
| 1998 | Dharma & Greg | Herself | Episode: "Dharma's Tangled Web" |
| 1998 | A Marriage of Convenience | Chris Winslow Whitney | Television movie |
| 1999 | Healthy Living' | Herself | Host: 14 episodes |
| 1999 | A Memory in My Heart | Rebecca Vega | Television movie |
| 1999 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie | Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn | Television movie |
| 2000 | Murder in the Mirror | Dr. Mary Kost Richland | Television movie |
| 2000 | Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble | Fanny Kemble Butler | Television movie |
| 2000 | Yesterday's Children | Jenny Cole/Mary Sutton | Television movie |
| 2001 | Blackout | Kathy Robbins | Television movie |
| 2001 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within | Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn | Television movie |
| 2002 | Heart of a Stranger | Jill Maddox | Television movie |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Debra Connor | Episode: "Families" |
| 2004– 2005 | Smallville | Genevieve Teague | 6 episodes |
| 2006 | Modern Men | Dr. Victoria Stangel | 7 episodes |
| 2006 | How I Met Your Mother | Professor Lewis | Episode: "Aldrin Justice" |
| 2006 | Justice | Karen Patterson | Episode: "Filicide" |
| 2007 | In Case of Emergency | Donna | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Rachel Argyle | Television movie |
| 2008 | Dear Prudence | Prudence Macintyre | Television movie |
| 2011 | Castle | Gloria Chambers | Episode: "One Life to Lose" |
| 2012 | Once Upon a Christmas | Narrator | Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert Special (filmed 2011) |
| 2012– 2013 | Franklin & Bash | Colleen Bash | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Lovestruck: The Musical | Harper Hutton | Television movie |
| 2013 | An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky | Mimi | Television movie |
| 2014 | A Royal Christmas | Isadora, Queen of Cordinia | Television movie |
| 2014 | Men at Work | Bridgette | Episode: "Gigo-Milo" |
| 2014 | Forever | Maureen Delacroix | Episode: "The Ecstasy of Agony" |
| 2015 | Jane the Virgin | Amanda Elaine | Episodes: "Chapter Sixteen " and "Chapter Nineteen" |
| 2016 | Hooten & the Lady | Lady Lindo-Parker | Recurring character |
Awards
- 1981 Saturn Award for Somewhere in Time (1980)
- 1982 Golden Globe for East of Eden (1981)[1]
- 1988 Emmy Award[29] for Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
- 1996 Golden Globe Award for Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (1993)[1]
- 2000 OBE Officer of the Order of the British Empire[2]
- 2010 Ellis Island Medal of Honor
References
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- 1 2 "MBE humbles footballer Wright". BBC News. 13 July 2000. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ↑ "Jane Seymour featured article on TheGenealogist". TheGenealogist. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jane Seymour Biography". Film Reference. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
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- ↑ Gruen, Judy (2010-11-07). "War and Remembrance". Aish.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- 1 2 Nightingale, Benedict (16 October 1988). "Jane Seymour, Queen of the Mini-Series". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ↑ Ames, Katrine. "Jane Seymour Captures America". Ocala Star-Banner. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ↑ Elaine Lipworth. "Jane Seymour: My family values | Life and style". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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- ↑ "Top 10 Bond Babes". IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
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- ↑ "Playboy January 1987". Playboy. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
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- ↑ http://www.emmys.com/bios/jane-seymour
- ↑ http://www.britishtheatreplayhouse.com/vortex.html
- ↑ Pyle, Ally. "The New Face of CC". Vogue. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ↑ "The CC Brand Country Casuals". CC. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ↑ http://www.janeseymour.com/contact-adirondack/
- ↑ "The Vortex". www.britishtheatreplayhouse.com. British Theatre Playhouse. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ↑ "The Jane Seymour Presented by World Of Diamonds". www.jewellerymonthly.com. Jewellery Monthly. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ↑ Chen, Jennifer (29 April 2016). "Vortex actress Jane Seymour gets warm Singapore welcome". thepeakmagazine.com.sg. SPH Magazines. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/2015/05/03/403579972/from-bond-girl-to-medicine-woman-jane-seymours-big-break
- ↑ "Jane Seymour, James Keach: Actress Opens Up About Divorce On 'The View'". Huffington Post. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jane Seymour, James Keach's divorce finalized". Fox News. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ "British-born actress Jane Seymour becomes a U.S. citizen." Associated Press (February 11, 2005).
- ↑ "About Childhelp". Childhelp. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ "Actress Jane Seymour Sponsors National Art Competition to Help Abused and Neglected Children". Childhelp. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ "Jane Seymour Emmy Winner". Emmys. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
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