
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1951-02-15
Place of Birth
Hayes, Hayes and Harlington, Middlesex, England, UK
Jane Seymour
Biography
Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951) is an English actress best known for her performances in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973), East of Eden (1982), Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988), 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. She was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas as Evelyn
2025Relative Secrets as Self - Host
2024From Roger Moore with Love as Self
2024Irish Wish as Rosemary Kelly
2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
2023Puppy Love as Diane Matthews
2022A Christmas Spark as Molly
2022Sherri as Self - Guest
2022Harry Wild as Harry Wild
2022Ruby's Choice as Ruby
2021Glow and Darkness as Eleanor of Aquitaine
2021Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
2020B Positive as Bette
2020Friendsgiving as Helen
2020The War with Grandpa as Diane
2018Buttons as Mrs. Browning
2018The Kominsky Method as Madelyn
2018CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self - Narrator
2018I Feel Bad as Chewey's Mom
2018High Strung Free Dance as Oksana
2018Little Italy as Corrine
2018Mistrust as Veronica Malloy
2018Better Start Running
2018Let's Get Physical as Janet Force
2017And the Winner Isn't as Self
2017Just Getting Started as Delilah
2017The Female Brain as Cheryl
2017Pray for Rain as Olivia Gardner
2017Sandy Wexler as Cindy Marvelle
2017Becoming Bond as Maggie
2016There's Only One America's Team
2016Hooten & The Lady
2016Anh's Brush with Fame as Self
2016High Strung as Oksana
2016Fifty Shades of Black as Claire
2015About Scout as Gloria
2015Bereave as Evelyn
2014A Royal Christmas as Queen Isadora
2014Handel's Messiah as Narrator
2014Jane the Virgin as Amanda Elaine
2014Love by Design as Vivien
2014Forever as Maureen Delacroix
2014Jake Squared as Joanne
2014Unknown Heart as Sally Haynes
2013Through the Keyhole as Self
2013Austenland as Mrs. Wattlesbrook
2013An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky as Mimi Copeland
2013Lovestruck: The Musical as Harper Hutton
2012Freeloaders as Carolyn
2012Ben and Kate as Wendy
2012Once Upon A Christmas Featuring Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn as Self
2012Men at Work as Bridget
2012Lake Effects as Vivian
2011Bob Ross: The Happy Painter as Self
2011Touching Wild Horses as Fiona Kelsey
2011The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle as Polynesia (voice)
2011The Family Tree as Grandma Ilene
2011Perfectly Prudence as Prudence MacIntyre
2011Love, Wedding, Marriage as Betty
2011Franklin & Bash as Colleen Bash
2009The Assistants as Sandy Goldman
2009Castle as Gloria Chambers
2009The Velveteen Rabbit as Mom (voice)
2009Wake as Mrs. Reitman
2008Dear Prudence as Prudence McCoy
2007After Sex as Janet
2007In Case of Emergency
2006The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
2006Blind Dating as Dr. Evans
2006The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell as President Lauren Coffey
2006Modern Men as Dr. Victoria Stangel
2005My Name Is Earl as Jane Seymour
2005How I Met Your Mother as Professor Lewis
2005Wedding Crashers as Kathleen Cleary
2005Nigella as Self
2005Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2004The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree as Maggie Wiggins (Voice)
2003Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2002Heart of a Stranger as Jill Maddox
2002Best Ever Bond as Self / Solitaire
2001Smallville as Genevieve Teague
2001Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within as Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn
2001Blackout as Kathy Robbins
2000Back To "Somewhere In Time" as Self
2000Yesterday's Children as Jenny Cole / Mary Sutton
2000Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble as Fanny Kemble Butler
2000Murder in the Mirror as Mary Kost Richland
1999Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Debra Connor
1999Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie as Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn
1999A Memory in My Heart as Rebecca Blake
1999The Children are Watching as Self
1998Roxanne's Best Christmas Ever as Roxanne (voice)
1998Hemingway: Winner Take Nothing as Self
1998A Marriage of Convenience as Christine 'Chris' Winslow
1998Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
1998The New Swiss Family Robinson as Anna Robinson
1998Quest for Camelot as Juliana (voice)
1997The Secrets of 007 as Self
1997Dharma & Greg as Jane Seymour
1997The View as Self
1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
1997The Absolute Truth as Alison Reid
1996A Hollywood Christmas
1996Ruby Wax Meets
1994It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein as Self
1994A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story as Hazel Brannon Smith
1993Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
1993The Nanny as Jane Seymour
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Jane Seymour
1993Praying Mantis as Linda Crandell
1993Heidi as Fräulein Rottenmeier
1993Heidi as Fräulein Rottenmeier
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Michaela Quinn
1992Sunstroke as Teresa Winters
1992Vicki! as Self
1992Are You Lonesome Tonight? as Adrienne Welles
1991Memories of Midnight as Catherine Alexander Douglas
1991Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1990Matters of the Heart as Hadley Norman
1990Angel of Death as Laura Hendricks
1990Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
198950 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration as Self - Host
1989The French Revolution as Marie Antoinette
1989The French Revolution as Marie Antoinette
1988An Audience With Victoria Wood as Self
1988War and Remembrance as Natalie Henry
1988Jack the Ripper as Emma
1988Onassis: The Richest Man in the World as Maria Callas
1988The Tunnel as Maria Iribarne
1988The Woman He Loved as Wallis Simpson
1988Keys to Freedom as Gillian
1987The Dame Edna Experience as Self
1987The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self
1986Crossings as Hillary Burnham
1986Wedden, dat..? as Self
1985Head Office as Jane Caldwell
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1985Obsessed with a Married Woman as Diane Putnam
1984Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Self
1984The Sun Also Rises as Brett Ashley
1984Dark Mirror as Leigh Cullen / Tracy Cullen
1984Lassiter as Sara Wells
1984The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1983The Haunting Passion as Julia Evans
1983Jamaica Inn as Mary Yellan
1983Jamaica Inn as Mary Yellan
1983The Phantom of the Opera as Elena Korvin/Maria Gianelli
1982The Scarlet Pimpernel as Marguerite St. Just
1981East of Eden as Kate Trask
1981East of Eden as Kate Trask
1980Somewhere in Time as Elise McKenna
1980Oh! Heavenly Dog as Jackie
1980Challenge of the Tiger as Jane Seymour (cameo / uncredited)
1979Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders as Laura Cole
1978The Magic of David Copperfield
1978Battlestar Galactica as Serina
1978Battlestar Galactica as Serina
1978Love’s Dark Ride as Diana
1978The Awakening Land as Genny Luckett
1978An Audience with... as Self
1978The Four Feathers as Ethne Eustace
1977Killer on Board as Jan
1977US Against the World as Self
1977Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger as Princess Farah
1977Seventh Avenue as Eva Meyers
1977Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover as Margie Parks
1976Captains and the Kings as Marjorie Chisholm Armagh
1976To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream as Luisa
1976The Story of David as Bathsheba
1976The Devil's Model as Christine
1976Our Mutual Friend as 'Bella' Wilfer
1975The Hanged Man as Laura Burnett
1974Frankenstein: The True Story as Agatha / Prima
1973Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Veronique d' Aubray
1973Live and Let Die as Solitaire
1973Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary as Self
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1973The Big Screen as Self
1973The Best Pair of Legs in the Business as Kim Thorn
1972The Strauss Family as Karoline
1972Young Winston as Pamela Plowden
1971The Onedin Line as Emma Fogarty
1971The Onedin Line as Emma Callon
1971Great Performances as Self
1970McCloud
1970The Only Way as Lillian Stein
1969Oh! What a Lovely War as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1947Kraft Television Theatre
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Hostess
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter
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