Jane Seymour

Biography

Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951) is an English actress best known for her performances in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973), East of Eden (1982), Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988), and the American television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998). She has earned an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.

Career Overview

Jane Seymour has 174 screen credits in a career dating back to 1962. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently High Strung Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Harry Wild, Jack the Ripper. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

174

Birth Date

1951-02-15 00:00:00

Birth Place

Hayes, Hayes and Harlington, Middlesex, UK

Known For

• 

  Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• 

  Harry Wild
• 

  Jack the Ripper
• 

  Live and Let Die
• 

  The War with Grandpa
• 

  Wedding Crashers

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

• High Strung Collection (2 titles)
• Prudence Collection (2 titles)
• Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman Collection (2 titles)
• An American Girl Collection (1 titles)
• Battlestar Galactica (Original) Collection (1 titles)
• Sinbad Collection (1 titles)
• James Bond (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Christopher Walken (2 collaborations)
• Joe Lando (1 collaborations)
• Shawn Toovey (1 collaborations)
• Chad Allen (1 collaborations)
• Jessica Bowman (1 collaborations)
• Kevin Ryan (1 collaborations)
• Rohan Nedd (1 collaborations)
• Ciara O'Callaghan (1 collaborations)
• Stuart Graham (1 collaborations)
• Anthony Delaney (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (156 credits)

  • And You Are?

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas

    Evelyn

    actor

    actors

    - 'Tis the Season for Taking Chances (2025) ... Evelyn actor actors

    - 'Tis the Season for Do-Overs (2025) ... Evelyn actor actors

    - 'Tis the Season for Mama Drama (2025) ... Evelyn actor actors

    - 'Tis the Season for Karma (2025) ... Evelyn actor actors

    - 'Tis the Season for Red Flags (2025) ... Evelyn actor actors
    2025
  • From Roger Moore with Love

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Irish Wish

    Rosemary Kelly

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Puppy Love

    Diane Matthews

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Commitment to Life

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • A Christmas Spark

    Molly

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Harry Wild

    Harry Wild

    actor

    actors

    - Stotious (2026) ... Harry Wild actor actors

    - Today's Lesson Is Murder (2026) ... Harry Wild actor actors

    - So Foul and Fair a Death I Have Not Seen (2026) ... Harry Wild actor actors

    - Take My Whiskey Neat and My Enemies Dead (2026) ... Harry Wild actor actors

    - Trophies (2026) ... Harry Wild actor actors
    2022
  • Ruby's Choice

    Ruby

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • The Sherri Shepherd Show

    - Jane Seymour, Carson Kressley (2024) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2022
  • Roll Up Your Sleeves

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Friendsgiving

    Helen

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • The War with Grandpa

    Diane

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Buttons

    Mrs. Browning

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

    Self - Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • High Strung Free Dance

    Oksana

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Little Italy

    Corrine

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Mistrust

    Veronica Malloy

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Better Start Running

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • And the Winner Isn't

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Just Getting Started

    Delilah

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • The Female Brain

    Cheryl

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Pray for Rain

    Olivia Gardner

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Sandy Wexler

    Cindy Marvelle

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Becoming Bond

    Maggie

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • There's Only One America's Team

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • High Strung

    Oksana

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Fifty Shades of Black

    Claire

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • About Scout

    Gloria

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Bereave

    Evelyn

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • A Royal Christmas

    Queen Isadora

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Handel's Messiah

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Love by Design

    Vivien

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Jake Squared

    Joanne

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Unknown Heart

    Sally Haynes

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Jane the Virgin

    - Chapter Forty-Eight (2016) ... Amanda Elaine actor actors

    - Chapter Nineteen (2015) ... Amanda Elaine actor actors

    - Chapter Sixteen (2015) ... Amanda Elaine actor actors
    2014
  • Forever

    - The Ecstasy of Agony (2014) ... Maureen Delacroix actor actors
    2014
  • Austenland

    Mrs. Wattlesbrook

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky

    Mimi Copeland

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Lovestruck: The Musical

    Harper Hutton

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Beat Bobby Flay

    - Fit to Flay (2018) ... Self actor actors
    2013
  • Freeloaders

    Carolyn

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Once Upon A Christmas Featuring Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Lake Effects

    Vivian

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Bob Ross: The Happy Painter

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Touching Wild Horses

    Fiona Kelsey

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle

    Polynesia (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Family Tree

    Grandma Ilene

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Perfectly Prudence

    Prudence MacIntyre

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Love, Wedding, Marriage

    Betty

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Assistants

    Sandy Goldman

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • The Velveteen Rabbit

    Mom (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Wake

    Mrs. Reitman

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Castle

    - One Life to Lose (2011) ... Gloria Chambers actor actors
    2009
  • Dear Prudence

    Prudence McCoy

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • After Sex

    Janet

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Blind Dating

    Dr. Evans

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell

    President Lauren Coffey

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Wedding Crashers

    Kathleen Cleary

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Dancing with the Stars

    - Results Show 7 (2007) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Performance Show 7 (2007) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Results Show 6 (2007) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Performance Show 6 (2007) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Results Show 5 (2007) ... Self - Contestant actor actors
    2005
  • My Name Is Earl

    - Sold a Guy a Lemon Car (2008) ... Jane Seymour actor actors
    2005
  • How I Met Your Mother

    - Aldrin Justice (2006) ... Professor Lewis actor actors
    2005
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    - Jane Seymour / Paul Haggis / Bright Eyes (2005) ... Self actor actors
    2005
  • The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree

    Maggie Wiggins (Voice)

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Christmas in Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    - David Spade, Jane Seymour, Tony Dovolani, 90-year-old newlyweds August and Roberta Mahan Offer (2007) ... Self actor actors
    2003
  • Heart of a Stranger

    Jill Maddox

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Best Ever Bond

    Self / Solitaire

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Bond Girls Are Forever

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within

    Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Blackout

    Kathy Robbins

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Smallville

    - Commencement (2005) ... Genevieve Teague actor actors

    - Forever (2005) ... Genevieve Teague actor actors

    - Ageless (2005) ... Genevieve Teague actor actors

    - Krypto (2005) ... Genevieve Teague actor actors

    - Pariah (2005) ... Genevieve Teague actor actors
    2001
  • Back To "Somewhere In Time"

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Yesterday's Children

    Jenny Cole / Mary Sutton

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

    Fanny Kemble Butler

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Murder in the Mirror

    Mary Kost Richland

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Inside 'Live and Let Die'

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie

    Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • A Memory in My Heart

    Rebecca Blake

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Children are Watching

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    - Families (2004) ... Debra Connor actor actors
    1999
  • Roxanne's Best Christmas Ever

    Roxanne (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Hemingway: Winner Take Nothing

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • A Marriage of Convenience

    Christine Winslow

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The New Swiss Family Robinson

    Anna Robinson

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Quest for Camelot

    Juliana (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Hollywood Squares

    - Episode 130 (1999) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 129 (1999) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 128 (1999) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 127 (1999) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 126 (1999) ... Self - Panelist actor actors
    1998
  • The Secrets of 007

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Absolute Truth

    Alison Reid

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The View

    - Jane Seymour, guest co-host Lori Stokes (2007) ... Self actor actors

    - Cheutine Fong, Jane Seymour, Von Smith, guest co-host Kimberly McCullough (2007) ... Self actor actors

    - Jane Seymour, Heloise (2006) ... Self actor actors
    1997
  • Dharma & Greg

    - Dharma's Tangled Web (1998) ... Jane Seymour actor actors
    1997
  • A Hollywood Christmas

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story

    Hazel Brannon Smith

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Praying Mantis

    Linda Crandell

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Heidi

    Fräulein Rottenmeier

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

    Michaela Quinn

    actor

    actors

    - A New Beginning (1998) ... Michaela Quinn actor actors

    - The Fight (1998) ... Michaela Quinn actor actors

    - To Have and to Hold (1998) ... Michaela Quinn actor actors

    - Vengeance (1998) ... Michaela Quinn actor actors

    - Birdman (1998) ... Michaela Quinn actor actors
    1993
  • Diagnosis: Murder

    - Must Kill TV (1997) ... Jane Seymour actor actors
    1993
  • Intimate Portrait

    - Jane Seymour (1997) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
    1993
  • The Nanny

    - The Unkindest Cut (1995) ... Jane Seymour actor actors
    1993
  • Sunstroke

    Teresa Winters

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight?

    Adrienne Welles

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Voices That Care

    Self - Choir Member

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Matters of the Heart

    Hadley Norman

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Angel of Death

    Laura Hendricks

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

    Self - Host

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • The French Revolution

    Marie Antoinette

    actor

    actors

    - The Years of Terror (1989) ... Marie Antoinette actor actors

    - The Years of Light (1989) ... Marie Antoinette actor actors
    1989
  • The French Revolution

    Marie Antoinette

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • An Audience With Victoria Wood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Jack the Ripper

    Emma

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 2 (1988) ... Emma actor actors

    - Episode 1 (1988) ... Emma actor actors
    1988
  • Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

    Maria Callas

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Tunnel

    Maria Iribarne

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Woman He Loved

    Wallis Simpson

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Keys to Freedom

    Gillian

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Grand Knockout Tournament

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Head Office

    Jane Caldwell

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Obsessed with a Married Woman

    Diane Putnam

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Dark Mirror

    Leigh Cullen / Tracy Cullen

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Lassiter

    Sara Wells

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

    Self - Performer

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Haunting Passion

    Julia Evans

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Jamaica Inn

    Mary Yellan

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Phantom of the Opera

    Elena Korvin/Maria Gianelli

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel

    Marguerite St. Just

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Somewhere in Time

    Elise McKenna

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Oh! Heavenly Dog

    Jackie

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Challenge of the Tiger

    Jane Seymour (cameo / uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

    Laura Cole

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Battlestar Galactica

    Serina

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Love’s Dark Ride

    Diana

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The Four Feathers

    Ethne Eustace

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Battlestar Galactica

    - Lost Planet of the Gods (2) (1978) ... Serina actor actors

    - Lost Planet of the Gods (1) (1978) ... Serina actor actors

    - Saga of a Star World (1978) ... Serina actor actors
    1978
  • Killer on Board

    Jan

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • US Against the World

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

    Princess Farah

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover

    Margie Parks

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream

    Luisa

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Story of David

    Bathsheba

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Devil's Model

    Christine

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Frankenstein: The True Story

    Agatha / Prima

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Live and Let Die

    Solitaire

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Big Screen

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

    Kim Thorn

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Young Winston

    Pamela Plowden

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Great Performances

    - Episode 6 (1993) ... Self actor actors
    1971
  • The Only Way

    Lillian Stein

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Oh! What a Lovely War

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 233 (1977) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • The Merv Griffin Show

    - Episode 169 (1978) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • Golden Globe Awards

    - The 63rd Golden Globe Awards (2006) ... Self - Audience Member actor actors

    - The 56th Golden Globe Awards (1999) ... Self - Presenter actor actors

    - The 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997) ... Self - Nominee actor actors

    - The 53rd Golden Globe Awards (1996) ... Self - Nominee / Presenter actor actors

    - The 52nd Golden Globe Awards (1995) ... Self - Nominee actor actors
    1944

• production (18 credits)

  • Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart

    co-producer

    production
    2026
  • Harry Wild

    executive producer

    production

    - You Are Cordially Invited to an Assassination - Part 2 (2025) ... executive producer production

    - You Are Cordially Invited to an Assassination - Part 1 (2025) ... executive producer production

    - The Final Chapter (2025) ... executive producer production

    - The Death of Harry Wild (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Murder on the Dance Floor (2025) ... executive producer production
    2022
  • CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

    co-producer

    production
    2018
  • High Strung Free Dance

    executive producer

    production
    2018
  • Bereave

    executive producer

    production
    2015
  • Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me

    executive producer

    production
    2014
  • Perfectly Prudence

    producer

    production
    2011
  • Waiting for Forever

    executive producer

    production
    2010
  • Blind Dating

    executive producer

    production
    2006
  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within

    executive producer

    production
    2001
  • Blackout

    executive producer

    production
    2001
  • Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

    executive producer

    production
    2000
  • Murder in the Mirror

    executive producer

    production
    2000
  • A Marriage of Convenience

    executive producer

    production
    1998
  • The Absolute Truth

    executive producer

    production
    1997
  • A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story

    executive producer

    production
    1994
  • Praying Mantis

    executive producer

    production
    1993
  • Sunstroke

    executive producer

    production
    1992