Jane Seymour
- Highest Rated: CinemAbility (2018)
- Lowest Rated: Love Wedding Marriage (2011)
- Birthday: Feb 15, 1951
- Birthplace: Hayes, Hayes and Harlington, Middlesex, England, UK
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Born February 15th, 1951, the raven-haired daughter of a prosperous British gynecologist, Jane Seymour debuted onstage at 13 as a member of the London Festival Ballet, after training at the Arts Educational School. Five years later, she switched to acting, making her screen bow as part of a huge ensemble in Oh, What A Lovely War! (1968). She entered the fan-mag files with her portrayal of the enigmatic Solitaire in the 1973 James Bond epic Live and Let Die, following this with a ingenue turn in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1974). While her subesquent film appearances were well-received (as was her engagement in the 1980 Broadway production of Amadeus), Seymour's larger fame rested on her prolific TV work, notably on such miniseries as "East of Eden" and "War and Remembrance." In 1988, she won an Emmy for her portrayal of Maria Callas in the TV miniseries "Onassis." Four years later, she landed one of her most successful roles to date, that of the title heroine of the TV series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. In subsequent years, Seymour sustained her career with longform soapers - such as the 1998 A Marriage of Convenience and the 2002 Heart of a Stranger - before making a most welcome return to theatrical features in 2005. That year, she scored a neat comic turn as the wife of U.S. Treasury Secretary Christopher Walken (and the mother of some outrageously dysfunctional children) in the summer comedy smash Wedding Crashers. Two years later, ABC tapped Seymour to trip the light fantastic as one of the celebrity dancers on its blockbuster series Dancing with the Stars. On that program, Seymour danced opposite series vet Tony Ovolani.
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Highest Rated Movies
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CinemAbility
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High Strung
75% -
Wedding Crashers
75%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
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| High Strung Free Dance | Actor | — | 2019 | |
| Mistrust | Veronica | — | 2018 | |
| 100% | CinemAbility | Narrator | — | 2018 |
| New York Academy - Freedance | Oksana | — | 2018 | |
| Pray for Rain | Olivia Gardner | — | 2017 | |
| 75% | High Strung | Oxsana | — | 2016 |
| 60% | About Scout | Gloria | — | 2016 |
| 7% | Fifty Shades of Black | Claire | — | 2016 |
| Bereave | Evelyn | — | 2015 | |
| A Royal Christmas | Queen Isadora | — | 2014 | |
| 22% | Jake Squared | Joanne | $2.2K | 2014 |
| 31% | Austenland | Mrs. Wattlesbrook | $2.2M | 2013 |
| Lovestruck: The Musical | Actor | — | 2013 | |
| Freeloaders | Carolyn Roberts | — | 2013 | |
| An American Girl: Saige Paints The Sky | Mimi | — | 2013 | |
| Lake Effects | Vivian | — | 2012 | |
| The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena Encore | Actor | — | 2011 | |
| The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena Live | Actor | — | 2011 | |
| 0% | Love Wedding Marriage | Betty | $1.9K | 2011 |
| 5% | Waiting for Forever | Executive Producer | $16.8K | 2011 |
| The Assistants | Sandy Goldman | — | 2010 | |
| 86% | The Velveteen Rabbit | The Mom | — | 2009 |
| Wake | Mrs. Reitman | — | 2009 | |
| Dear Prudence | Prudence McCoy | — | 2008 | |
| Picturing Mary | Actor | — | 2007 | |
| 25% | Blind Dating | Executive Producer Dr. Evans | $62.4K | 2007 |
| After Sex | Janet | — | 2007 | |
| 60% | National Lampoon Presents The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell | President Laura Coffey | — | 2006 |
| 75% | Wedding Crashers | Kathleen Cleary | $209.3M | 2005 |
| Running Dry | Actor | — | 2005 | |
| Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree | Maggie Wiggins | — | 2004 | |
| The Jesus Experience: Christianity Around the World | Actor | — | 2002 | |
| 0% | Touching Wild Horses | Fiona | — | 2002 |
| John Adams: American Classic | Executive Producer | — | 2002 | |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within | Executive Producer Michaela `Mike' Quinn | — | 2001 | |
| Yesterday's Children | Jenny/Mary | — | 2000 | |
| Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble | Executive Producer Fanny Kemble | — | 2000 | |
| Murder in the Mirror | Mary Richland Mary Executive Producer | — | 2000 | |
| The James Bond Story | Actor | — | 2000 | |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie | Dr. Michaela `Mike' Quinn | — | 1999 | |
| A Marriage of Convenience (Un mariage de convenance) | Chris Winslow | — | 1998 | |
| 35% | Quest For Camelot | Juliana | — | 1998 |
| The New Swiss Family Robinson | Anna Robinson | — | 1998 | |
| Hollywood Christmas | Host | — | 1996 | |
| Heidi | Frau Rottenmeier | — | 1993 | |
| Praying Mantis | Actor | — | 1993 | |
| Sunstroke | Teresa Winters Producer | — | 1992 | |
| Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Adrienne Welles | — | 1992 | |
| Memories of Midnight | Catherine Alexander Douglas | — | 1991 | |
| Matters of the Heart | Hadley Norman | — | 1990 | |
| The Tunnel | Maria | — | 1989 | |
| La révolution française | Marie Antoinette | — | 1989 | |
| Jack the Ripper | Emma | — | 1988 | |
| Onassis: The Richest Man in the World | Maria Callas | — | 1988 | |
| The Woman He Loved | Wallis Warfield Simpson | — | 1988 | |
| Japan, Vol. 2: The Sword and the Crysanthemum | Host | — | 1987 | |
| Ordeal by Innocence | Actor | — | 1987 | |
| Japan, Vol. 1: The Electronic Tribe | Host | — | 1987 | |
| Japan, Vol. 3: The Legacy of the Shogun | Host | — | 1987 | |
| 0% | Head Office | Jane | — | 1986 |
| Dark Mirror | Tracy Cullen Leigh Cullen | — | 1984 | |
| 71% | Lassiter | Sara Wells | — | 1984 |
| The Haunting Passion | Julia Evans | — | 1983 | |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Maria Gianelli | — | 1983 | |
| Jamaica Inn | Mary Yellan | — | 1983 | |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Marguerite Blakeney | — | 1982 | |
| Oh Heavenly Dog | Jackie | — | 1980 | |
| Benji at Work | Actor | — | 1980 | |
| 33% | Battlestar Galactica | Serina | — | 1978 |
| Awakening Land | Genny | — | 1978 | |
| Killer on Board | Actor | — | 1977 | |
| The Four Feathers | Ethne Eustace | — | 1977 | |
| The Story of David | Actor | — | 1976 | |
| The Hanged Man | Actor | — | 1974 | |
| Frankenstein: The True Story | Agatha/Prima | — | 1973 | |
| 67% | Live and Let Die | Solitaire | — | 1973 |
| The Strauss Family | Actor | — | 1973 | |
| 44% | Young Winston | Pamela Plowden | — | 1972 |
| The Only Way | Actor | — | 1970 | |
| Only Way | Lillian Stein | — | 1970 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
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Let's Get Physical
2018
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Janet Force |
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Harry
2016-2018
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Guest |
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| 75% |
Hooten and the Lady
2016-2017
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Lady Lindo-Parker Lady Lindo |
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Today
2017
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Guest |
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FABLife
2015-2016
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Guest |
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| 100% |
Jane the Virgin
2014
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| 8% |
Men at Work
2012-2013
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| 61% |
Franklin & Bash
2011-2014
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| 72% |
Ben and Kate
2012-2013
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Wendy |
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The Talk
2010
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Guest |
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The View
1997
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Guest |
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Trust Us With Your Life
2012
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Appearing |
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| 80% |
Castle
2009-2016
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Gloria Chambers |
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Iron Chef America
2004-2018
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Judge |
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| 82% |
My Name Is Earl
2005-2009
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Herself |
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Comment je l'ai rencontrée
2005-2010
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Professor Lewis |
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Dancing With the Stars
2005
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Appearing Reality cast member |
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Miss Marple
2004-2013
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Mystery!
1980-2007
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Rachel Argyle |
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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Guest |
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Justice
2006
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Karen Patterson |
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| 83% |
How I Met Your Mother
2005-2014
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Professor Lewis |
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| 92% |
Smallville
2001-2011
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Genevieve Teague Genevieve Teague/Gertrude |
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Debra Connor |
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Dharma & Greg
1997-2002
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Great Performances
2000
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Producer |
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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993-1998
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Michaela `Mike' Quinn Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn |
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Murphy Brown
1988
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War and Remembrance
1988-1989
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Natalie Jastrow Henry |
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| 33% |
Battlestar Galactica
1978-1980
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Serena |
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Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
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Appearing |
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QUOTES FROM Jane Seymour CHARACTERS
- Mrs. Wattlesbrook
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I'm single, because, apparently the only good men are fictional
- Mrs. Wattlesbrook
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I'm single, because, apparently the only good men are fictional.
- Mrs. Wattlesbrook
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Do you enjoy dancing ?
- Mrs. Wattlesbrook
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Do you enjoy dancing?
- Henry Nobley
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Not particularly
- Henry Nobley
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Not particularly.
- John Beckwith
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Wow, they feel really nice. Real orb-like. It's amazing what they can do...
- Kathleen Cleary
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Pervert!
- Kathleen Cleary
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I'm not letting you out of this room until you feel them.
- Kathleen Cleary
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I just had my tits done. You like 'em?
- John Beckwith
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Those... seem like lovely tits.
- Kathleen Cleary
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William doesn't give a shit about my tits.
- James Bond
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Lovers lesson number two; togetherness 'till death do us part, or thereabouts.
- Solitaire
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Is there time before we leave for lesson number three?
- Solitaire
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Absolutely. There's no sense in going off half-cocked.
- Kayley
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But mother Excalibur's been stolen I must go after it!
- Juliana
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That is a job for the Knights not a young girl!
- Kayley
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But I want to be a knight, slay dragons, recusing Damsels in distress, what is a Damsel in distress anyway?
- Juliana
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Now Kayley settle down and try on your new dress!
- Kayley
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But mother I don't want a new dress I want to save Camelot! If you just let me I know I could find Excalibur all on my own!
- Juliana
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The Knights will find the sword and they'll do it by working together!
- Kayley
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While I'm 'stuck' working here, taking care of the farm collecting the eggs boring! where's the glory in that?!
- Juliana
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Kayley one day you'll learn what Camelot means until then you'll stay here with me!
- Kayley
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Oh all right! (runs up to her room)
- Kayley
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Oh all right! [runs up to her room]
- Juliana
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(Looks up at a family portrait zeroing in on Lionel's face) What would you do?
- Juliana
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[looks up at a family portrait zeroing in on Lionel's face] What would you do?
- Kayley
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Father do you really have to go?
- Lionel
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I'm afraid I must Kayley you know the King's Knights will be here soon.
- Kayley
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Tell me again why you became a Knight
- Juliana
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Kayley! You've heard it a thousand times!
- Lionel
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Oh but it's find dear. Well my daughter before you were born the land was dark and treacherous. The people stood divided brother fighting brother. The one hope for peace was in the legendary sword Excalibur. For it was said whoever could pull this ancient sword from it's stone would become king and unite the people. Many tried all failed. Then on the very day that you were born a unknown hero stepped forth. His name was Arthur, and he was that true king. With Excalibur at his side he led us out of the darkness. And together we built the greatest kingdom on earth. Everyone rejoiced.
- Kayley
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Camelot!
- Lionel
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(Holding up his shield) And so these three rings represent the unity of our kingdom. As a Knight I took a oath. To protect, Camelot, King Arthur, and Excalibur.
- Kayley
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The Knights are here!
- Lionel
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I must go now Kayley the King has called his Knights for a special day in Camelot
- Kayley
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I'm coming with you Daddy!
- Lionel
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Yes when you're old enough Kayley. I will take you to Camelot I promise! I love, you!
- Kayley
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One day I will be a Knight, like Father.
- Juliana
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You're mad!
- Ruber
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I'm *so* glad you noticed. I've been working at it for years!
- Juliana
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Who who are you? Ruber!
- Ruber
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Juliana. I was in the neighborhood, and I thought I'd invade. How about a kiss? I hear you're still single...
- Juliana
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Impertinent pig!
- Ruber
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Is that a no?
- Juliana
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I demand you leave immediately!
- Solitaire
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What happened to Kananqa?
- James Bond
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I think he had a rather inflated opinion of himself.
- Farah
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Trog seems frightened of the gate.
- Melanthius
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Ah, yes. Like all primitives, he is afraid of the unknown, of what he does not understand...
- Elise McKenna
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"Is it you?"
- Elise McKenna
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Is it you?
- Elise McKenna
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(To Richard Collier in 1979) "Come back to me."
- Elise McKenna
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[to Richard Collier in 1979] Come back to me.