Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour was born as Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg in 1951 in Middlesex, England, to a nurse mother and gynaecologist/obstetrician father. She is of Polish Jewish (father) and Dutch (mother) descent. She adopted the acting name of "Jane Seymour" when she entered show business as it was easier for people to remember (and the name of one of King Henry VIII's wives). She attracted the attention of the James Bond film producers when they saw her on British television.

Spent a substantial part of her youth in the Dutch town of Vught, where her grandmother resided. In those years (1955-1965), she learned to speak Dutch fluently.

She appeared in two films directed by her former father-in-law Richard Attenborough: Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) and Young Winston (1972).

She was cast as the main Bond girl, "Solitaire", in Live and Let Die (1973). The role gained her international recognition but she was in danger of losing it all like the previous Bond girls, so she came to the U. S. A casting director advised her to lose her English accent and acquire an American accent to land roles on American television.

She occasionally appeared in feature films, memorably in Somewhere in Time (1980) and in Wedding Crashers (2005). Married and divorced four times, she gave birth to four children and is a stepmother to two. They have children of their own, making her a grandmother.

She won Golden Globe awards for both East of Eden (1981) and the American television series Dr.

Has four children: daughter Katherine Flynn (Katherine Jane Flynn; b. January 7, 1982) and son Sean Flynn (Sean Michael Flynn; b. July 31, 1986) with ex-husband David Flynn; twin sons, John Keach (John Stacy Keach) and Kris Keach (Kristopher Steven Keach; b. November 30, 1995) with ex-husband James Keach.

Was one of two actresses to audition for the role of Meggie Cleary in the epic miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983). The other actress was Rachel Ward, who ended up winning the role because producers thought Jane was not "vulnerable" enough.

She did and started getting roles, earning five Emmy nominations, resulting in one win for Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988) for playing Maria Callas.

Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), where she played the title role for 5 years.

Seymour and her twin sons, John and Christopher, were featured as the Gerber babies in a series of baby food television commercials from 1996-97.

She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of British Empire) in the 1999 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to drama.

Her daughter, Katherine Flynn, was Miss Golden Globe 2001. Her twin sons were named Johnny and Kristopher after family friends Johnny Cash (who is Johnny's godfather) and Christopher Reeve (who is Kris's godfather). Ex-stepmother of Kalen Keach and Jennifer Flynn.

Became a United States citizen on February 11, 2005; wore a cream-colored suit to ceremony at the downtown Los Angeles Convention Center. She sat between more than a dozen United States military personnel who also received their citizenship.

Seymour (and then-husband James Keach) owned a 14th-century manor house outside Bath, England called St. Catherine's Court. Cunard Lines offers a four-night stay at St. Catherine's as an add-on to their QE2 cruises. The house was used for recording the album "OK Computer" by the rock band Radiohead. In December 2007, the property was sold. In October 2013, she filed for legal separation from Keach and the divorce was finalized two years later, in December 2015.

Came out with her "Open Hearts" jewelry collection. [December 2008]