Jane Seymour

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Biography

Jane Seymour is an English-American actress best known for her performances in the James Bond film _Live and Let Die .

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·producer·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 09 May 2024
  • Place of birth
  • Hamilton· Ontario
  • Death date
  • 1987-02-28
  • Death age
  • 29
  • Place of death
  • Hampton Court Palace
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Children
  • Edward VI of England
  • Spouses
  • Henry VIII of England
  • Education
  • Arts Educational Schools· London·University of Sheffield
  • Parents
  • John Seymour·Margery Wentworth

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

She appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care".

Official celebrity spokesperson for UNICEF.

International Ambassador for Childhelp USA.

Honorary Chairperson for City Hearts.

She was awarded the OBE in the 1999 Queens New Years Honours List for her services to drama.

Her twin sons were named Johnny and Kris after family friends Johnny Cash and Christopher Reeve.

Ex-stepmother of Kalen Keach and Jennifer Flynn.

Her daughter, Katherine Flynn , was Miss Golden Globe 2001. Katie also attends Columbia University.

Jane and her husband James Keach own a 14th-century manor house outside Bath, England called St. Catherines Court. Cunard Lines offers a four-night stay at St. Catherines as an add-on to their Queen Elizabeth II cruises (They dont say if you will actually meet Jane or James, though).

Oldest daughter of Mieke Gysbertha Johanna Adriana (Van Tricht) and John Benjamin Frankenberg. She has two younger sisters, named Sally and Anne Gould.

She is the daughter of a British Jewish obstetrician and his Dutch Protestant wife. Thanks to her mother, Miss Seymour is also able to speak Dutch very well, which she once demonstrated in an interview with Dutch television.

Her house was used for recording the album "OK Computer" by the rock band Radiohead.

Ex-sister-in-law of actor Stacy Keach.

Ex-daughter-in-law of actor Stacy Keach Sr. , Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim.

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 20, 1999.

Was one of two actresses to audition for the role of Meggie Cleary in the epic miniseries "The Thorn Birds" . The other actress was Rachel Ward , who ended up winning the role because producers thought Jane was not "vulnerable" enough.

Her house was used for recording the album "Wild Mood Swings" by the rock band The Cure.

Despite her "very English" public image and stage name, she does not have English ancestry. Her fathers grandparents were all Polish Jews, while her mother was Dutch, from Deventer.

Became a United States citizen on February 11, 2005; wore a cream-colored suit to ceremony at the downtown Los Angeles Convention Center. She sat between more than a dozen United States military personnel who also received their citizenship.

Christopher Reeve was the godfather of her son Kristopher.

She and James Keach s longtime friendship with June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash led to the Cashes guest-starring on Seymours television program "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" and to Keach producing the Cash biopic Walk the Line .

Also known to her Canadian fans as an accomplished portrait artist.

Godfather of her son John was Johnny Cash.

She turned down the role of Natalie Jastrow Henry in "War and Remembrance" three times before finally accepting the role.

Had recently married her first husband, Michael Attenborough when she filmed Live and Let Die . While filming it, she visited a psychic who predicted that she would be married three more times. Though the thought was a shock to her at the time, it proved to be eerily accurate.

(September 2007) Her mother, Mieke Frankenberg, recently suffered a stroke.

On October 2, 2007, her mother, Mieke Frankenberg, passed away at age 92 in England due to complications from a stroke. She was in a Japanese concentration camp during World War II for three and a half years.

One of her paintings was auctioned off at a high school benefit in Illinois.

Along with her husband James Keach , hosted the private wake for David Carradine at their home, which was attended by Steve Railsback , Sally Kirkland , James Cromwell , Vicki Roberts , Rob Schneider , Daryl Hannah and other luminaries.

Twin sons John and Christopher were featured as the Gerber babies in a series of baby food television commercials (1996/1997) that also featured mother Jane.

Spent a substantial part of her youth in the Dutch town of Vught, where her grandmother resided. In those years (1955-1965), she learned to speak Dutch fluently.

Jane Seymour has lent her name to a line of home furnishings from the AICO Furniture Group called "Hollywood Swank". The line features bedroom and dining room groups made of white leather, gray "alligator print", mirrored and jewel-lined furniture.

Her stage name was her own choice, after the third wife of Henry the VIII.

Gave birth to her first child at age 30, a daughter Katherine Jane Flynn (aka Katherine Flynn ) on January 7, 1982. Childs father is her now ex-third husband, David Flynn.

Gave birth to her second child at age 35, a son Sean Michael Flynn (aka Sean Flynn ) on July 31, 1986. Childs father is her now ex-third husband, David Flynn.

Gave birth to her twin sons (her third and fourth children) at age 44, John Stacy Keach and Kristopher Steven Keach on November 30, 1995. Childs father is her now fourth estranged husband, James Keach.

(October 2013) Filed for legal separation from her fourth husband of 20 years James Keach following a 6-month-long separation.

(December 2007) Sold her beloved 14-century manor house St. Catherines Court, near Bath, England.

(October 2007) Competed on ABCs "Dancing with the Stars" , coming in at sixth place.

(December 2008) Came out with her "Open Hearts" jewelry collection.

Has starred opposite Hart Bochner in three miniseries: As his mother in "East of Eden" , his would-be paramour in "The Sun Also Rises" , and as his wife in "War and Remembrance" .

She appeared in two films directed by her former father-in-law Richard Attenborough : Oh! What a Lovely War and Young Winston .

Acting mentor and friends of: Chad Allen and Shawn Toovey.

She never succumbed to the "Curse of the Bond Girl." The curse is that when an unknown girl acts in a James Bond film, she gets a great buildup but then quickly disappears from acting and becomes a forgotten actress, such as Daniela Bianchi , Mie Hama , etc. Seymour was an unknown twenty-year-old actress when she got her big break in the James Bond film Live and Let Die . However, she escaped the curse by following the advice of casting director Rene Valente who told her to lose her English accent and acquire an American accent. Once she did that, she was able to work consistently on American television and winning the prestigious Emmy Award in 1988. She continues to act well into her sixties. She said that people still approach her every day and ask her about her performance in the James Bond film, even though it was more than 40 years ago.

Inducted into the Hair Fans Hall of Fame in 2005.

An autographed portrait of her from Somewhere in Time hangs in a restaurant/bar called Valley Inn located at 4557 Sherman Oaks Avenue in Sherman Oaks, California.

Great-aunt of actress Heather Lee.

Great-aunt-in-law of Greg Thirloway.

Quotes

[on her looks] I had ordered long legs, but they never arrived. My eyes,are weird too, one is gray and the other is green. I have a crooked,smile and my nose looks like a ski slope. No, I would not win a Miss,contest.

After I had my first child, I stopped breastfeeding early because I had,been told that there was a possibility that I might star in,"The Thorn Birds" (1983) , which I wanted more than life itself.

Get over jet-lag quickly. I think a lot of people waste the first few,days sleeping in the wrong time zone. Sometimes, I take melatonin, but,at other times, a glass of wine will do it.

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.

The family is inclusive of not just your genetic family, but the people that you meet along the way.

I learn my lines while on the golf course. I try to do two or three things at once. I have ideas for books all the time, I have ideas for paintings all the time, and I write them all down. I take my sketchpad and my iPad, which I design on, and I do sit down and do specific tasks at specific times.

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.

I had ordered long legs, but they never arrived. My eyes are weird too, one is gray and the other is green. I have a crooked smile and my nose looks like a ski slope. No, I would not win a Miss contest.

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