Jane Seymour (actress)

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Jane Seymour , OBE (* 15. February 1951 in Hayes , Middlesex than Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg ) is a British - American actress and film producer .

Life

Jane Seymour's acting training took place at the independent, musically oriented Arts Educational School, Tring Park in English Hertfordshire .

Seymour has worked as an actress since 1969 and played, among other things, the solitaire in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973) alongside Roger Moore . Because of her popularity in this film, she received the Silver Bravo Otto in Germany . In 1976 she played Princess Farah in the movie Sindbad and the Eye of the Tiger . Her best-known role is that of Dr. Michaela "Dr. Mike “Quinn on the TV series Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor (1993–1998). In 2003 she took on the role of Genevieve Teague , the scheming mother of Jason ( Jensen Ackles ), in the fourth season of Smallville . Seymour was starred as Cathy in the film version of Beyond Eden as a television mini-series in 1982 and for Dr. Quinn was awarded a Golden Globe , received an Emmy ( Onassis: The Richest Man in the World ) in 1988 and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999. In 2007 she took part in the US dance show Dancing with the Stars , where she took 6th place with her partner Toni Dovolani.

In 1999 Seymour was named "Officer of the Order of the British Empire " and received US citizenship on February 11, 2005. She is also very active outside of the film business, among other things as the official spokesperson for UNICEF and as the international ambassador for the United States' Children's Aid.

Personal

Seymour's father is the British John Benjamin Frankenberg, her mother the Dutch Mieke van Trigt; Seymour grew up bilingual with English and Dutch .

Jane Seymour has eyes of different colors from birth ( iris heterochromia ), which means that the right eye is brown and the left eye is green.

Seymour was married several times:

• In 1971 she married Michael Attenborough , the son of director Richard Attenborough . The marriage ended in divorce in 1973.
• 1977 marriage to Geoffrey Planer, divorce 1978
• 1981 marriage to David Flynn, divorce 1992
• 1993 Marriage to fellow actor, director and producer James Keach , actor Stacy Keach's younger brother . The marriage was divorced in December 2015.

Seymour has four children, two from a third marriage and twins from a fourth marriage.

Filmography (selection)

• 1969: Oh! What a lovely war
• 1970: The Only Way
• 1970: Here Come the Double Deckers (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1972: Young Winston
• 1972: The Pathfinders (TV series, episode 1x04)
• 1972–1973: The Onedin Line ( The Onedin Line , TV series, 8 episodes)
• 1973: Live and Let Die (Live and Let Die)
• 1976: Our Mutual Friend (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 1977: A Sheriff in New York ( McCloud , TV series, 1 episode)
• 1977: Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger)
• 1978: The Four Feathers (TV movie)
• 1978: The Awakening Land (miniseries)
• 1978: Kampfstern Galactica ( Battlestar Galactica , TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1980: Oh Heavenly Dog from a Sniffer
• 1980: A Deadly Dream (Somewhere in Time)
• 1981: Beyond Eden ( East of Eden , miniseries)
• 1982: Das Scharlachrote Siegel ( The Scarlet Pimpernel , TV movie)
• 1983: The Phantom of Budapest ( The Phantom of the Opera , TV movie)
• 1983: Jamaica Inn (TV movie)
• 1984: Lassiter
• 1985: Head Office
• 1987: El Túnel
• 1988: King of Her Heart ( The Woman He Loved , Movie made for TV)
• 1988: Jack the Ripper (Jack the Ripper)
• 1988: Onassis, the richest man in the world ( Onassis: The Richest Man in the World , TV movie)
• 1988–1989: Firestorm and Ashes ( War and Remembrance , TV series)
• 1989: The French Revolution (La Révolution française)
• 1991: Shadow of Power ( Memories of Midnight , TV movie)
• 1992: Sunstroke (TV movie)
• 1993: Heidi (TV movie)
• 1993–1998: Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor ( Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman , TV series)
• 1994: A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story , Movie made for TV
• 1995: The Nanny (season 3, episode 11)
• 1998: Alone on Pirate Island (The New Swiss Family Robinson)
• 1998: Dharma & Greg ( sitcom , episode 1x19, themselves )
• 1999: Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor: The Film ( Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie , TV movie)
• 2000: Tears of Memory (Yesterday's Children)
• 2000: Flames of Passion - A True Story ( Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble , TV series)
• 2001: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (Movie made for TV)
• 2002: The horses of the sky ( Touching Wild Horses )
• 2004: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode 5x15)
• 2004–2005: Smallville (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2005: Wedding Crashers (Wedding Crashers)
• 2006: How I Met Your Mother (TV series, episode 2x06)
• 2006: Modern Men (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 2006: Justice - Not Guilty ( Justice , TV series, episode 1x10)
• 2006: Blind Dating
• 2007: Sex Whispers (After Sex)
• 2007: In Case of Emergency (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2007: Agatha Christie's Marple (TV series, episode 3x2)
• 2008: Dear Prudence (TV movie)
• 2011: Castle (TV series, episode 3x18)
• 2011: Perfectly Prudence (TV movie)
• 2011: Love, Wedding, Marriage - A plan to fall in love with (Love, Wedding, Marriage)
• 2012–2013: Franklin & Bash (TV series)
• 2013: Forever Young ( Lovestruck: The Musical , TV movie)
• 2013: Austenland
• 2014: Forever (TV series, episode)
• 2014: A Royal Christmas (Movie made for TV)
• 2014: Rosamunde Pilcher: My Unknown Heart (TV movie)
• 2015: Jane the Virgin (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2016: Fifty Shades of Black
• 2016: Hooten & the Lady
• 2016: High Strung
• 2017: Sandy Wexler
• 2017: Until the rain comes (Pray for Rain)
• 2018: A Recipe For Love (Little Italy)
• 2018: Streetdance - Follow your dream! (High Strung: Free Dance)
• 2019: The Kominsky Method (TV series, 8 episodes)

Awards

Emmy :

• 1977 nominated for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series" in Captains and the Kings
• 1988 Awarded Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special in Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
• 1989 nominated as "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special" in Firestorm and Ashes (War and Remembrance)
• 1994 nominated as "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" in Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor
• 1998 nominated as "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" in Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor

Golden Globe Award :

• 1982 honored as “Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Movie” in Beyond Eden
• 1989 nominated for "Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Movie" in Firestorm and Ashes (War and Remembrance)
• 1989 nominated for "Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Movie" in The Woman He Loved
• 1990 nominated as "Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Movie" in Firestorm and Ashes (War and Remembrance) (parts 8 to 12)
• 1994 nominated as "Best Actress in a Series - Drama" in Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor
• 1995 nominated for "Best Series Lead Actress - Drama" in Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor
• 1996 Awarded as "Best Series Lead Actress - Drama" in Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor
• 1997 nominated as "Best Actress in a Series - Drama" in Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor

Golden raspberry :

• 2017 nominated for "Worst Supporting Actress" in Fifty Shades of Black

Saturn Award :

• 1981 nominated for "Best Actress" in Somewhere in Time

Screen Actors Guild Award :

• 1995 nominated as "Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series" in Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor
• 1997 nominated as "Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series" in Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor

Web links

Commons : Jane Seymour  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jane Seymour in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• www.janeseymour.com - the official website of Jane Seymour
• Pronunciation of Jane Seymour on Forvo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 7 celebrities with different eye colors. In: Blick am Abend, April 19, 2016. Accessed October 5, 2016.