Jane Seymour (actress)

Jane Seymour OBE (born February 15, 1951) is a British-American actress. Born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg in Hayes, Middlesex, England to John Frankenberg, a British Jewish obstetrician and his Dutch wife Mieke van Trigt, she took the stage name of Jane Seymour at the age of 17.

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OBE - February 15 - 1951 - British - American - Actress - Hayes - Middlesex - England - Jewish - Obstetrician - Dutch

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She is probably best known today as the star of the TV series and movie Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, of which she has also become executive producer. She has had a long career in both film and television going back to 1969, her first major role being Emma Callon in The Onedin Line. She was also a Bond girl in Live and Let Die (1973).

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TV series - Movie - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman - Executive producer - 1969 - The Onedin Line - Bond girl - Live and Let Die - 1973

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Seymour will return to television screens in January 2006, replacing Wendie Malick (who had to be recast due to her series, Jake in Progresss renewal) in the new series Modern Men

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January - 2006 - Wendie Malick - Jake in Progress - Modern Men

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Seymour was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II on New Year's Eve, 1999.

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Officer - Order of the British Empire - Queen Elizabeth II - 1999

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She has been married four times:

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• 1) Michael Attenborough (1971-1973)
• 2) Geoffrey Planer (1977-1978)
• 3) David Flynn (1981-1992); (two children - Katherine Flynn b.1981, and Sean Flynn b.1986)
• 4) James Keach (1993-); (twins - "Johnny" and "Kris" (born 1995), named after family friends Johnny Cash and Christopher Reeve (with whom she starred in Somewhere in Time).

She became an American citizen on February 11, 2005.

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American - Citizen - February 11 - 2005

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