Jane Seymour
Biography
Jane Seymour is an English and American actress who went from an uncredited teenage part in the 1969 musical Oh! What a Lovely War to international fame as Solitaire, the psychic Bond girl, in Live and Let Die (1973). Born in Uxbridge in 1951 and educated at a performing arts school, she took television roles in The Onedin Line and as Serina in Battlestar Galactica (1978). An Emmy nomination for Captains and the Kings was followed by a Golden Globe for the miniseries East of Eden, and she won a second Golden Globe for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, playing the doctor Michaela Quinn, plus an Emmy for Maria Callas in Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988). Her films include Somewhere in Time (1980), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), Wedding Crashers (2005), Ruby's Choice (2022) and Irish Wish (2024). She holds a Hollywood Walk of Fame star and in 2000 was appointed an OBE.
75years old
Turns 76 on February 15in 125 days
- Born Uxbridge
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg (birth name)Also credited as Jane Seymour OBE
Movie Career
- Films
- 41
- Career span
- 52 years1972 to 2024
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About the name
Seymour chose her screen name after the English queen Jane Seymour because she thought it would be more saleable than her birth name.
First role
Seymour made her first film appearance in 1969, playing an uncredited part in Richard Attenborough's Oh! What a Lovely War.
Beyond film
Seymour played Constanze in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus on Broadway in 1980, opposite Ian McKellen as Salieri and Tim Curry as Mozart.
Jane Seymour movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Michael Damian directed two of these films. Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Michael Damian
Also two films together6 more actors
- Madeline ZimaLake Effects (2012) and The Family Tree (2011)
- Deon ColeFriendsgiving (2020) and The Female Brain (2017)
- Jennifer AldenBlind Dating (2006) and Wedding Crashers (2005)
- Anne GouldA Royal Christmas (2014) and Austenland (2013)
- Annie GouldA Royal Christmas (2014) and Austenland (2013)
- Katherine FlynnA Royal Christmas (2014) and National Lampoon Presents The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell (2006)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jane Seymour's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$563 million
15 of the 41 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 41 films: 15 worldwide figure; 6 us gross only; 11 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 6US gross only
- 11Never in cinemas
- 9Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$289M51.3% of the total
- 2$126M22.5% of the total
- 3$43M7.7% of the total
- 4$38M6.8% of the total
- 5$21M3.8% of the total
- 6$18M3.1% of the total
- 7$16M2.8% of the total
- 8$6.1M1.1% of the total
$5.5 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
Five awards and honors from 1982 to 1996, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1996 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Won |
| 1982 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | East of Eden | Won |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1988 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Onassis: The Richest Man in the World | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | ||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
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