Jane Seymour, actress: filmography, biography, photo

Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg, known throughout the world as Jane Seymour - actress, writer, producer, public figure, internationally known for her role as Bond girl, starring in the movie "Live and Die", as well as in a drama series that has become very popular , "Doctor Quinn, a female doctor." Is the nominee of the film awards "Golden Globe" and "Emmy".

Biography of the actress

Jane Seymour was born in 1951, February 15, in Hayes and Harlington, England - in a Dutch-Jewish family.

Father - John Benjamin Frankenberg, a British Jew who came from Poland, worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist. Mother - Mickey Bath Troy, a Dutch Protestant, worked as a nurse.

In addition to Jane, the parents had two more daughters.

After a brief visit to the ballet school, the young girl graduates from acting courses in London, and works in a dramatic theater under the stage name Jane Seymour. She then begins her dizzying career as Jane Seymour, the movie actress.

Film career Jane Seymour

The first minor role was played by the future actress in the film directed by F.Zzefirelli "Romeo and Juliet". This film was for a young talent acquisition of acting experience, as well as skills when working with the producer. The career of actress Jane Seymour developed gradually. The next unobtrusive actor's role was in the film directed by R. Attenborough "This Beautiful War", but in the credits the name of the actress did not appear. These were the roles that Jane played at a young age. She was not even seventeen.

World fame Jane Seymour received, performing in the action movie "Live and let me die" the role of a friend of James Bond. But this role could not be! After all, the film's heroine originally planned to make a black, and it could have been played by Diane Ross.

Since then, Jane Seymour is an actress who has played in more than sixty films. The brightest were her roles in the films: "Scarlet Pimper", "Jack the Ripper", "The New Robinsons." But the real glory Jane has made when she played a role in the series "Doctor Quinn: A Woman Doctor". Here Jane Seymour is an actress who shines in the role of a doctor, a woman who opposes the official position of a secure life.

And yet, despite the fact that Jane Seymour - an actress whose filmography is simply huge, she gave the advantage of filming in the television series before the roles in feature films, becoming thus the owner of the title "Queen serials."

Jane Seymour - Producer

In addition to roles in feature films and television series, Seymour has mastered a "role" called "television producer." In 2004, she produced the first full-length feature film as a producer. Over the next ten years, Jane, as a director, shot about two dozen films. The brightest of them:

• "Blind date";
• "My name is Earl";
• "In case of an emergency situation."

Jane as a writer

In the eighties, Jane Seymour mastered the role of the writer, writing several books both independently and in collaboration with her then-husband, James Kic.

The most famous were the works: "A Guide to Romantic History", "If your heart is open, then it will never be broken", "Twins are two at the same time: journey through pregnancy and birth."

Personal life of an actress

Jane Seymour, being married four times, found family happiness only in her fourth marriage. The first husband of Jane - Michael Attenborough, was the son of the famous producer R. Attenborough. Soon their union collapsed. Then the actress marries businessman D.Plejnera, but also this family union has appeared short-lived. The third husband - manager D. Flynn presented the actress with two children: Shawn's son and daughter Cathy.

Ten years later, their marriage broke up. In 1993, Seymour for the fourth time marries actor D. Keach. But with him, she divorced in 2013. In this family alliance, the actress gave birth in 1995 to the twins: the sons Christopher and John. Jane Seymour is an actress whose children were born in the last two marriages.

Awards and nominations of the actress

Jane Seymour, an actress whose biography did not provide laurels and honors, becomes laureate and nominee of various film festivals.

1981 year. The actress starred in the movie "East of Paradise" based on the novel by D. Steinbeck and receives his first "Golden Globe", playing the role of Cathy Eames.

1990 year. The actress signs a contract to participate in the famous drama series "Doctor Quinn: A Woman Doctor". For the role of Mikaela Queen, she receives the second "Golden Globe".

1988 year. For the best female role in the series "Onassis: The richest man in the world", the actress receives the Emmy award.

She was also a multiple winner in the nomination for Best Actress.

1999 year. The actress receives the title of "Order of the British Empire" officer at the hands of the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth. And on the Hollywood Boulevard on the Walk of Fame was laid star Jane Seymour.

Facts from life

Interesting facts about the life and creative activities of the Queen of TV series:

• Jane Seymour, an actress who had no special wealth in her youth, acquired a mansion in the county of Somerset at the height of her fame. After a certain amount of renting it was sold.
• The actress has the opportunity to maintain a personal secretary and invite a nanny to look after the children.
• Jane actively participates in public work, is engaged in charity, being the chairman of several charitable foundations.
• Seymour is able to sew and embroider, has the opportunity to produce his own line for the manufacture of children's clothing.
• Purchasing antiques, the actress sometimes wears it after her own restoration.
• 2005 year. Jane Seymour becomes a US citizen.
• In 1989, the actress plays the role of Queen Marie Antoinette in a television movie that was filmed on the bicentenary of the famous French Revolution. Her own children played the role of the children of the Queen of France.
• The actress keeps the form, limiting herself to eating and attending the gym.
• Seymour contains pets: aquarium fish and cats.
• She has eyes of different colors: green and brown.
• Jane Seymour, an actress whose photo in the nude was the epicenter of the scandal, starred in the tape "Lessiter."
• In 2008, Seymour became the face of the British brand "Country Casuals".
• In the film "The Swiss Family of Robinsons", the actress fell ill with a tropical fever.
• Jane brought gifts for children from Russia - wooden nested dolls.
• A penicillin shot drove the actress into a thirty-second coma.
• She never shaves her hair in the form of a bang.

The unusual and multifaceted fate of the actress was due not so much to her talent, as to great diligence and patience. Jane, striving for fame and success, was not only an actress, but also a mother who wanted to have many children.