June Carter Cash
Musical Monikers
Madonna
Justin Bieber
My Ghost Story
I Survived
Babe Ruth
Johnny Cash
Georgia O'Keefe
I Survived
Quick Facts
- NAME: Jane Seymour
- OCCUPATION: Actress, Writer
- BIRTH DATE: February 15, 1951 (Age: 62)
- EDUCATION: The Arts Educational School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Hayes, Hillingdon, England, United Kingdom
- Originally: Joyce Penelope Wilhemina Frankenberg
- AKA: Jane Seymour
- AKA: Joyce Wilhemina Frankenberg
- AKA: Joyce Frankenberg
- Full Name: Jane Seymour, OBE
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius
Best Known For
Emmy Award-winning British actress Jane Seymour starred on the dramatic TV series Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, and was in the James Bond film Live and Let Die.
Quiz
Think you know about Biography?
Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.
Play NowJane Seymour. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 10:27, May 20, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/jane-seymour-9542468.
Jane Seymour. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/jane-seymour-9542468 [Accessed 20 May 2013].
"Jane Seymour." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 20 2013, 10:27 http://www.biography.com/people/jane-seymour-9542468.
"Jane Seymour," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/jane-seymour-9542468 [accessed May 20, 2013].
"Jane Seymour," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/jane-seymour-9542468 (accessed May 20, 2013).
Jane Seymour [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 20] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/jane-seymour-9542468.
Jane Seymour, http://www.biography.com/people/jane-seymour-9542468 (last visited May 20, 2013).
Jane Seymour. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/jane-seymour-9542468. Accessed May 20, 2013.
Synopsis
Actress Jane Seymour was born on February 15, 1951, in Hayes, Hillingdon, England. At age 20, she was cast in the James Bond film Live and Let Die. The performance earned her continual TV and film work. Her performance in the 1976 miniseries Captains and the Kings earned her an Emmy nomination. From 1993 to 1998, Seymour held the title role on the TV series Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman,
for which she garnered two more Emmy nominations. She won her first Emmy (outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or a special) in 1998 for her performance in the TV movie Onassis: The Richest Man in the World. In 2002, Seymour debuted her own clothing line.
Early Life
Born Joyce Penelope Wilhemina Frankenberg on February 15, 1951, in Hayes, Hillingdon, England, Jane Seymour is best known for her performances in made-for-television dramas. Seymour earned considerable popular acclaim for her portrayal of Dr. Michaela Quinn, a Boston physician who moves to the post-Civil War frontier, on the hit CBS series Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman.
Seymour, the eldest of three daughters, was raised on the outskirts of London. Her father, John Frankenberg, was a Polish obstetrician and her mother, Mieke, a former Red Cross nurse. Her first love was ballet and she trained rigorously toward a career in that field. She made her professional debut at the age of 13 with the London Festival Ballet. She then entered the Arts Educational Trust to receive additional instruction. Three years later, after a performance with the Kirov Ballet, Seymour suffered knee injuries that effectively ended her dancing career.
Acting Debut
She turned to the theater, renaming herself after King Henry VIII's third wife, the only survivor of her husband's penchant for beheading his brides. At the age of 20, she was cast in the James Bond film Live and Let Die as Solitaire, the prototypical 007 ingénue. The performance earned her continual TV and film work, much of it mainstream fare, including appearances on episodic programs such as McCloud and Battlestar Galactica.
Seymour's performance in the 1976 miniseries Captains and the Kings earned her an Emmy nomination and established her reputation as "Queen of the Miniseries." More than a decade later, she won an Emmy Award (outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or special) for her performance as Maria Callas in the TV movie Onassis: The Richest Man in the World, a biopic of Aristotle Onassis that aired on ABC.
'Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman'
When it premiered in 1993, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman. was largely dismissed by critics as too hokey for American viewers. However, the show attracted 22 million viewers at its peak, and led its Saturday-night time slot. Dr. Quinn ran for six seasons and garnered Seymour two Emmy nominations.
profile name: Jane Seymour profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Name Changers
View groupIn entertainment, where the line between fiction and reality is often blurry, names are a crucial part of a celebrity's image. Stage names are often chosen to make an actor or musician's name easier to pronounce or remember, or simply to make it sounds more attractive. Here are famous celebrities who have changed their names.
Name Changers 236 people in this group
-
Cast of Dancing with the Stars
View groupThe famous dance-competition show Dancing with the Stars has seen more than a dozen seasons and a gamut of stars, including Apolo Anton Ohno, Kirstie Alley, Joey Fatone, Jennifer Grey, David Hasselhoff, Buzz Aldrin, Brandy, Wynonna Judd, Dorothy Hamill, D.L. Hughley and Aly Raisman. Learn more about the show's contestants, who, for a period, swapped their skills as athletes, actors, musicians, comedians, TV personalities and politicians for a chance to show off their footwork on national TV.
Cast of Dancing with the Stars 92 people in this group
-
Famous TV Doctors
View groupThey put on scrubs and donned stethoscopes to portray the world's medical heroes on TV. Whether playing doctors in intense and dramatic roles, such as Denzel Washington and Alex Kingston, or showing a more comedic side of medicine, such as Kelsey Grammer and Bill Cosby, these actors cured audiences of their boredom with their work on heart-pounding dramas and side-splitting comedies. Browse our collection of some of the most beloved doctors on television.
Famous TV Doctors 15 people in this group
