Jane Seymour

Queen Jane, Jane Seymour (c. 1508 or 1509 – October 24, 1537) was the third wife of King Henry VIII of England. She gave him his only male heir, later Edward VI, but died shortly after his birth.

In film

Jane was first portrayed in film in the 1920 German film Anne Boleyn by actress Aud Edege Nissen. Thirteen years later, Wendy Barrie played a delightfully dim version of Jane opposite Charles Laughton's Henry VIII in Alexander Korda's highly-acclaimed masterpiece The Private Life of Henry VIII.

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1920 - German - Film - Anne Boleyn - Actress - Aud Edege Nissen - Wendy Barrie - Charles Laughton - Alexander Korda - The Private Life of Henry VIII

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It was not until 1969 that Jane Seymour appeared in the screen again, and it was this time only for a few minutes in Hal B. Wallis' Oscar-winning Anne of the Thousand Days. Jane was played by Lesley Paterson, opposite screen legend Richard Burton as Henry VIII. Towards the movie's end, Anne Boleyn (played by Genevieve Bujold) dismisses her as a woman with "the face of a simpering sheep and the manners--but not the morals."

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1969 - Hal B. Wallis - Oscar - Anne of the Thousand Days - Lesley Paterson - Richard Burton - Genevieve Bujold

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A year later, a 90 minute BBC television drama, "Jane Seymour" presented Jane as a sweet, painfully shy, introvert devoted to her husband, Henry VIII. Henry was played by Australian actor Keith Michell, and Jane by British actress, Anne Stallybrass.

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BBC - Jane Seymour - Australia - Keith Michell - Anne Stallybrass

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In 1973 this interpretation of Jane was repeated in Henry VIII and His Six Wives, in which Keith Michell reprised his role from the BBC drama but Jane Seymour was played by Jane Asher.

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1973 - Henry VIII and His Six Wives - Jane Asher

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Jane was played by Charlotte Roach in Dr. David Starkey's documentary series on Henry's queens in 2001 and by Naomi Benson in the BBC television drama "The Other Boleyn Girl," opposite Jared Harris as Henry VIII and Jodhi May as Anne Boleyn. In this drama, Jane's part was minimal.

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Charlotte Roach - David Starkey - 2001 - Naomi Benson - The Other Boleyn Girl - Jared Harris - Jodhi May

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In October 2003, in the 2-part ITV drama, "Henry VIII" Ray Winstone starred as the king. Part 2 charted the king's life from his marriage to Jane Seymour (played by British beauty, Emilia Fox) until his funeral in 1547. Jane was presented as a woman of moral courage and integrity, although some historians took issue with the suggestion that Henry hit her.

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2003 - Henry VIII - Ray Winstone - Emilia Fox - 1547

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