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Jane Seymour (actress)
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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.
, Middlesex
, England
, the daughter of John Benjamin Frankenberg, an obstetrician, and Mieke, a nurse. Her father was a British Jew whose family was from Poland. Her mother was a Dutch
Protestant who was a prisoner of war
during World War II
. Seymour was educated at The Arts Educational School
in Tring
, Hertfordshire
, in England. She took on the stage name "Jane Seymour" after King Henry VIII's
third wife
.
Oh! What a Lovely War
. In 1970, Seymour appeared in her first major film role in the war drama The Only Way. She played Lillian Stein, a Jewish woman seeking shelter from Nazi persecution. In 1973, she gained her first major television role as Emma Callon in the successful 1970s series The Onedin Line
. During this time, she appeared as female lead
Prima in the two-part television miniseries Frankenstein: The True Story. She also appeared as Winston Churchill's
lover Pamela Plowden in Young Winston, produced by her father-in-law Richard Attenborough.
In 1973, Seymour achieved international fame in her role as Bond girl
Solitaire
in the James Bond
film Live and Let Die
. IGN ranked her as 10th in a Top 10 Bond Babes list. In 1975, Seymour was cast as Princess Farah in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
, the third part of Ray Harryhausen
's Sinbad
trilogy. The film was not released until its stop motion
animation sequences had been completed in 1977. In 1978, she appeared as Serina in the Battlestar Galactica
film, and then later in the first two episodes of the television series that followed.
In 1980, Seymour returned to the big screen in the comedy Oh Heavenly Dog
opposite Chevy Chase
, and as Elise McKenna in the romantic fantasy Somewhere in Time
opposite Christopher Reeve
. In 1981, she appeared in the television film East of Eden—based on the novel by John Steinbeck
. In 1982, she appeared in The Scarlet Pimpernel
with Anthony Andrews
and Ian McKellen
. In 1984, Seymour appeared nude in the film Lassiter
, co-starring Tom Selleck
, but the film was a box office failure. In 1987, Seymour was the subject of a pictorial in Playboy
magazine, although she did not actually pose nude.
In 1988, Seymour appeared as the female lead in the 12-part television miniseries War and Remembrance
, in which she played Natalie Henry, an American Jewish woman trapped in Europe during World War II. The series was based on a successful novel by Herman Wouk, and is noted for its accurate, and graphic, depiction of the Holocaust. In 1989, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution
, Seymour appeared in the television movie La révolution française
, filmed in both French and English. Seymour appeared as the doomed French queen, Marie Antoinette
; the actress' two children, Katherine and Sean, appeared as the queen's children.
In the 1990s, Seymour earned popular and critical praise for her role as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
and its television sequels (1993–2001). Her work on the series earned her a second Golden Globe Award
. While working on the series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, she met her fourth husband, actor-director James Keach
.
In the 2000s, Seymour continued to work primarily in television. In 2004, she made several guest appearances in the WB Network series, Smallville
, playing Genevieve Teague, the wealthy, scheming, mother of Jason Teague (Jensen Ackles
). In 2005, Seymour returned to the big screen in the comedy Wedding Crashers
, playing Kathleen Cleary, wife of fictional United States Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary, played by Christopher Walken
. In spring 2006, she appeared in the short-lived WB series Modern Men
. Later that year, Seymour guest-starred as a law-school-professor on an episode of the CBS
sitcom How I Met Your Mother
, and as a wealthy client on the Fox
legal drama, Justice
. In 2007, she guest-starred in the ABC
sitcom, In Case of Emergency
, which starred Lori Loughlin
and Jonathan Silverman
. She also appeared in ITV
's Marple: Ordeal By Innocence, based on the Agatha Christie
novel. She was a contestant on season five of the US reality show, Dancing with the Stars
; she finished in sixth place, along with her partner, Tony Dovolani
. In "One Life to Lose" Jane Seymour guest starred in a soap opera-themed storyline of "Castle (TV series)
" the ABC
sitcom.
In recent years, Seymour returned to film work, appeared in the Hallmark Channel movie Dear Prudence (2008) with Jamey Sheridan
and Ryan Cartwright, and the romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Marriage
(2011) with Mandy Moore
.
for the This One 'N That One series.
In 2008, Seymour replaced Selina Scott
as the new face of the British fashion label CC (formerly known as Country Casuals). Commenting on her own personal fashion preferences, she indicated that CC was only one part of her personal look.
, the son of British film director Richard Attenborough
, lasted from 1971 to 1973. Her second marriage to Geoffrey Planer lasted from 1977 to 1978.
In 1981, Seymour married David Flynn. The marriage produced two children, Katherine Flynn, born 7 January 1982 and Sean Flynn, born 1986. Her daughter and stepdaughter, Jenni Flynn, appeared with Seymour in an infomercial for the cosmetics line Natural Advantage by Jane Seymour. In 1984, the couple purchased the Grade One listed St Catherine's Court
for £350,000, located in the village of St Catherine
, near Bath, Somerset. After spending £3 million on refurbishments, they used the house as their summer home. The couple were divorced in 1992. In 1992, celebrity gossip magazines reported that Seymour dated musician Peter Cetera
, former bass guitarist and lead singer of the rock band Chicago
.
In 1993, Seymour married her current husband, James Keach
. Together they had twins, Johnny Stacy and Kristopher Steven, born 30 November 1995, and named after family friends Johnny Cash
and Christopher Reeve
. The family began spending most of their time in the United States. In 1996, they began renting St Catherine's Court, at first to English rock group
Radiohead
, who recorded their album, OK Computer
, at the house, and later to the rock group The Cure
. Seymour sold the house in November 2007.
Seymour is a celebrity ambassador for Childhelp
, a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect. She regularly makes appearances at fundraisers and events for the organization. In 2007, she sponsored a children's Art Pillow contest as part of the Jane Seymour Collection. All the proceeds went to Childhelp.
While on a film shoot in Spain in 1988, Seymour had an allergic reaction to antibiotic medicine that almost killed her. The close call with death profoundly changed her outlook on life. Seymour explained:
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951) is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress best known for her performances in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Live and Let Die
Live and Let Die (film)
Live and Let Die is the eighth spy film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman...
(1973), East of Eden (1982), Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988), and the American television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American post-Civil War western/drama series created by Beth Sullivan. Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, played by Jane Seymour, left Boston in search of adventure. She goes to Colorado Springs, Colorado where she establishes herself as doctor/adviser.The show ran on CBS...
(1993–1998). She has earned an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
, two Golden Globe Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
. She was made a member of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
in 2000.
Early life
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg was born in 15 February 1951 in HayesHayes, Hillingdon
Hayes is a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London. It is a suburban development situated west of Charing Cross. Hayes was developed in the late 19th and 20th centuries as an industrial locality to which residential districts were later added in order to house factory workers...
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, the daughter of John Benjamin Frankenberg, an obstetrician, and Mieke, a nurse. Her father was a British Jew whose family was from Poland. Her mother was a Dutch
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
Protestant who was a prisoner of war
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Seymour was educated at The Arts Educational School
The Arts Educational School, Tring Park
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts is an independent co-educational school specialising in dance and performing arts. The school was renamed in January 2009 and was previously known as the Arts Educational School, Tring Park.-Overview:...
in Tring
Tring
Tring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station, Tring is now largely a...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, in England. She took on the stage name "Jane Seymour" after King Henry VIII's
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
third wife
Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII. She succeeded Anne Boleyn as queen consort following the latter's execution for trumped up charges of high treason, incest and adultery in May 1536. She died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of...
.
Acting career
In 1969, Seymour appeared uncredited in her first film, Richard Attenborough'sRichard Attenborough
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough , CBE is a British actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. As director and producer he won two Academy Awards for the 1982 film Gandhi...
Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War is a musical film based on the stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War! originated by Charles Chilton as a radio play, The Long Long Trail in December 1961, and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop created in 1963,...
. In 1970, Seymour appeared in her first major film role in the war drama The Only Way. She played Lillian Stein, a Jewish woman seeking shelter from Nazi persecution. In 1973, she gained her first major television role as Emma Callon in the successful 1970s series The Onedin Line
The Onedin Line
The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham.The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its owner James Onedin...
. During this time, she appeared as female lead
Leading lady
Leading lady is an informal term for the actress who plays a secondary lead or supporting role, usually a love interest, to the leading actor in a film or play. It is not usually applied to the leading actress in the performance if her character is the protagonist.A leading lady can also be an...
Prima in the two-part television miniseries Frankenstein: The True Story. She also appeared as Winston Churchill's
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
lover Pamela Plowden in Young Winston, produced by her father-in-law Richard Attenborough.
In 1973, Seymour achieved international fame in her role as Bond girl
Bond girl
A Bond girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest, of James Bond in a film, novel, or video game. They occasionally have names that are double entendres or puns, such as "Pussy Galore", "Plenty O'Toole", "Xenia Onatopp", or "Holly Goodhead"...
Solitaire
Solitaire (James Bond)
Solitaire is a fictional character in the James Bond novel and film Live and Let Die. In the film, she was portrayed by Jane Seymour. At the age of 22, Jane Seymour became the youngest actress ever to play a Bond girl at the time .-Novel biography:In a relative rarity for the James Bond franchise,...
in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Live and Let Die
Live and Let Die (film)
Live and Let Die is the eighth spy film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman...
. IGN ranked her as 10th in a Top 10 Bond Babes list. In 1975, Seymour was cast as Princess Farah in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is a 1977 fantasy film, the third and final Sinbad film that Ray Harryhausen made for Columbia, after The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. The film was directed by Sam Wanamaker...
, the third part of Ray Harryhausen
Ray Harryhausen
Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...
's Sinbad
Sinbad
Sinbad or Sindbad may refer to:* Sinbad the Sailor, from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, also known as Arabian Nights* Sinbad the Sailor, an alias of Edmond Dantes in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo...
trilogy. The film was not released until its stop motion
Stop motion
Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
animation sequences had been completed in 1977. In 1978, she appeared as Serina in the Battlestar Galactica
Saga of a Star World
"Saga of a Star World" is the pilot for the American science fiction television series of Battlestar Galactica which was produced in 1978 by Glen A. Larson...
film, and then later in the first two episodes of the television series that followed.
In 1980, Seymour returned to the big screen in the comedy Oh Heavenly Dog
Oh Heavenly Dog
Oh! Heavenly Dog is a 1980 comedy film written by Rod Browning. The film stars Benjean, billed here as Benji , Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour, and Omar Sharif...
opposite Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase
Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase is an American comedian, writer, and television and film actor, born into a prominent entertainment industry family. Chase worked a plethora of odd jobs before moving into comedy acting with National Lampoon...
, and as Elise McKenna in the romantic fantasy Somewhere in Time
Somewhere in Time (film)
Somewhere in Time is a 1980 romantic science fiction film directed by Jeannot Szwarc. It is a film adaptation of the 1975 novel Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson, who also wrote the screenplay...
opposite Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve
Christopher D'Olier Reeve was an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author and activist...
. In 1981, she appeared in the television film East of Eden—based on the novel by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden and the novella Of Mice and Men...
. In 1982, she appeared in The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film)
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 film set during the French Revolution. It is based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel and Eldorado by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and stars Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist, Jane Seymour as Marguerite St...
with Anthony Andrews
Anthony Andrews
-Life and career:Andrews was born in London, the son of Geraldine Agnes , a dancer, and Stanley Thomas Andrews, a musical arranger and musical conductor. He grew up in the North Finchley district of London...
and Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE is an English actor. He has received a Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, and five Emmy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction...
. In 1984, Seymour appeared nude in the film Lassiter
Lassiter
Lassiter, also known as The Magnificent Thief, is a 1984 adventure film part-caper and part-espionage, set in 1930s London, starring Tom Selleck and Jane Seymour that was made to cash in on Selleck's popularity as the character Thomas Magnum in the show Magnum, P.I. but failed to ignite the...
, co-starring Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck
Thomas William "Tom" Selleck is an American actor, and film producer. He is best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum on the 1980s television show Magnum, P.I.. He also plays Police Chief Jesse Stone in a series of made-for-TV movies based on the Robert B....
, but the film was a box office failure. In 1987, Seymour was the subject of a pictorial in Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
magazine, although she did not actually pose nude.
War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in 1978, which is the sequel to The Winds of War. It continues the story of the extended Henry family and the Jastrow family starting on 15 December 1941 and ending on 6 August 1945. This novel was adapted into a mini-series presented on...
, in which she played Natalie Henry, an American Jewish woman trapped in Europe during World War II. The series was based on a successful novel by Herman Wouk, and is noted for its accurate, and graphic, depiction of the Holocaust. In 1989, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, Seymour appeared in the television movie La révolution française
La Révolution française (film)
La Révolution française is a two-part film, co-produced by France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada. The first part, titled La Révolution française : les Années lumière was directed by Robert Enrico. The second part, La Révolution française : les Années terribles, was directed by...
, filmed in both French and English. Seymour appeared as the doomed French queen, Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....
; the actress' two children, Katherine and Sean, appeared as the queen's children.
In the 1990s, Seymour earned popular and critical praise for her role as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American post-Civil War western/drama series created by Beth Sullivan. Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, played by Jane Seymour, left Boston in search of adventure. She goes to Colorado Springs, Colorado where she establishes herself as doctor/adviser.The show ran on CBS...
and its television sequels (1993–2001). Her work on the series earned her a second Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
. While working on the series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, she met her fourth husband, actor-director James Keach
James Keach
James Keach is an American actor, producer, and director. He is the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, Jr., and son of actor Stacy Keach, Sr.-Background:...
.
In the 2000s, Seymour continued to work primarily in television. In 2004, she made several guest appearances in the WB Network series, Smallville
Smallville (TV series)
Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB Television Network , premiering on October...
, playing Genevieve Teague, the wealthy, scheming, mother of Jason Teague (Jensen Ackles
Jensen Ackles
Jensen Ross Ackles is an American actor. He is known for his roles in television as Eric Brady in Days of our Lives, which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations, as well as Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel and Jason Teague in Smallville...
). In 2005, Seymour returned to the big screen in the comedy Wedding Crashers
Wedding Crashers
Wedding Crashers is a 2005 American comedy film directed by David Dobkin. It stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, with Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Bradley Cooper, Diora Baird, Jane Seymour, and an uncredited Will Ferrell....
, playing Kathleen Cleary, wife of fictional United States Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary, played by Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken is an American stage and screen actor. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Joe Dirt, Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy trilogy, The Dogs of War, Sleepy Hollow, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New...
. In spring 2006, she appeared in the short-lived WB series Modern Men
Modern Men
Modern Men is an American situation comedy television series which premiered March 17, 2006, on The WB. The series stars Eric Lively, Josh Braaten, and Max Greenfield as three single men, and lifelong friends, who hire a life coach to help them with their love lives...
. Later that year, Seymour guest-starred as a law-school-professor on an episode of the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
sitcom How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, and as a wealthy client on the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
legal drama, Justice
Justice (TV series)
Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand....
. In 2007, she guest-starred in the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
sitcom, In Case of Emergency
In Case of Emergency (TV series)
In Case of Emergency was a half-hour comedy television series shown on ABC in the United States. The series follows a group of high school acquaintances whose lives have not turned out as they hoped...
, which starred Lori Loughlin
Lori Loughlin
Lori Anne Loughlin is an American actress, best known for her role as Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House. As of 2011, she portrays the role of Debbie Wilson on 90210, the spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210...
and Jonathan Silverman
Jonathan Silverman
-Personal life:Silverman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Devora and Hillel Emanuel Silverman, a rabbi. He is the grandson of famous Conservative Rabbi Morris Silverman. David Schwimmer was his best friend in high school. He is married to actress Jennifer Finnigan who he briefly co...
. She also appeared in ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's Marple: Ordeal By Innocence, based on the Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
novel. She was a contestant on season five of the US reality show, Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)
Dancing with the Stars is a reality show airing on ABC in the United States, and CTV in Canada in 2011. The show is the American version of the British BBC television series Strictly Come Dancing...
; she finished in sixth place, along with her partner, Tony Dovolani
Tony Dovolani
Driton "Tony" Dovolani is an Albanian-American professional ballroom dancer, instructor and judge based in New York City. He is known for his involvement in the American version of Dancing with the Stars on ABC. Dovolani also portrayed a Latin bad boy in the hit film Shall We Dance? and spent time...
. In "One Life to Lose" Jane Seymour guest starred in a soap opera-themed storyline of "Castle (TV series)
Castle (TV series)
Castle is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on ABC on March 9, 2009. The series is produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. On January 10, 2011, Castle was renewed for a fourth season...
" the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
sitcom.
In recent years, Seymour returned to film work, appeared in the Hallmark Channel movie Dear Prudence (2008) with Jamey Sheridan
Jamey Sheridan
James Patrick "Jamey" Sheridan is an American actor. He was born in Pasadena, California.He has had a prolific acting career in theater, television, and feature film productions. Born to a family of actors, he made it to Broadway and earned a Tony nomination in 1987 for his performance in the...
and Ryan Cartwright, and the romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Marriage
Love, Wedding, Marriage
Love, Wedding, Marriage is a 2011 romantic comedy film directed by Dermot Mulroney, starring Mandy Moore and Kellan Lutz.-Plot:Ava , a marriage counselor, is getting married to Charlie , after being inspired by the 30 year marriage of her parents, Bradley and Betty...
(2011) with Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
.
Writing and fashion careers
In the 1980s, Seymour began a career as a writer of self-help and inspirational books, incluing Jane Seymour's Guide to Romantic Living (1986), Two at a Time: Having Twins (2002), Remarkable Changes (2003), and Among Angels (2010). She also co-authored several children's books with her husband James KeachJames Keach
James Keach is an American actor, producer, and director. He is the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, Jr., and son of actor Stacy Keach, Sr.-Background:...
for the This One 'N That One series.
In 2008, Seymour replaced Selina Scott
Selina Scott
Selina Scott is a British newsreader, journalist, television producer and presenter.- Background and early life :Scott was born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire in 1951, the eldest of five children...
as the new face of the British fashion label CC (formerly known as Country Casuals). Commenting on her own personal fashion preferences, she indicated that CC was only one part of her personal look.
Personal life
Jane Seymour has been married four times. Her first marriage to Michael AttenboroughMichael Attenborough
The Hon. Michael John Attenborough is a successful English theatre director. His parents are the actors Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough and Sheila Sim, Lady Attenborough...
, the son of British film director Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough , CBE is a British actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. As director and producer he won two Academy Awards for the 1982 film Gandhi...
, lasted from 1971 to 1973. Her second marriage to Geoffrey Planer lasted from 1977 to 1978.
In 1981, Seymour married David Flynn. The marriage produced two children, Katherine Flynn, born 7 January 1982 and Sean Flynn, born 1986. Her daughter and stepdaughter, Jenni Flynn, appeared with Seymour in an infomercial for the cosmetics line Natural Advantage by Jane Seymour. In 1984, the couple purchased the Grade One listed St Catherine's Court
St Catherine's Court
St Catherine's Court is a grade I listed Tudor manor house in a secluded valley north of Bath, England.The manor of St Catherine belonged to the Prior of Bath in medieval times. It takes its name from the church of St Catherine beside the manor house....
for £350,000, located in the village of St Catherine
St Catherine, Somerset
St Catherine is a small village and civil parish in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 69.-History:St Catherine was part of the hundred of Bath Forum.-Governance:...
, near Bath, Somerset. After spending £3 million on refurbishments, they used the house as their summer home. The couple were divorced in 1992. In 1992, celebrity gossip magazines reported that Seymour dated musician Peter Cetera
Peter Cetera
Peter Paul Cetera is an American singer, songwriter, bassist and producer best known for being an original member of the rock band Chicago, before launching a successful solo career...
, former bass guitarist and lead singer of the rock band Chicago
Chicago (band)
Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...
.
In 1993, Seymour married her current husband, James Keach
James Keach
James Keach is an American actor, producer, and director. He is the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, Jr., and son of actor Stacy Keach, Sr.-Background:...
. Together they had twins, Johnny Stacy and Kristopher Steven, born 30 November 1995, and named after family friends Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
and Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve
Christopher D'Olier Reeve was an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author and activist...
. The family began spending most of their time in the United States. In 1996, they began renting St Catherine's Court, at first to English rock group
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
, who recorded their album, OK Computer
OK Computer
OK Computer is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released on 16 June 1997 on Parlophone in the UK and 1 July 1997 by Capitol Records in the US. It marks a deliberate attempt by the band to move away from the introspective guitar-oriented sound of their previous...
, at the house, and later to the rock group The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
. Seymour sold the house in November 2007.
Seymour is a celebrity ambassador for Childhelp
Childhelp
Childhelp is a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect and at-risk children through advocacy, prevention, treatment and community outreach. Founded in 1959 by Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, Childhelp is one of the largest non-profit child abuse...
, a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect. She regularly makes appearances at fundraisers and events for the organization. In 2007, she sponsored a children's Art Pillow contest as part of the Jane Seymour Collection. All the proceeds went to Childhelp.
While on a film shoot in Spain in 1988, Seymour had an allergic reaction to antibiotic medicine that almost killed her. The close call with death profoundly changed her outlook on life. Seymour explained:
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War Oh! What a Lovely War Oh! What a Lovely War is a musical film based on the stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War! originated by Charles Chilton as a radio play, The Long Long Trail in December 1961, and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop created in 1963,... |
Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
| 1970 | Lillian Stein | ||
| 1970 | Here Come the Double Deckers Here Come the Double Deckers Here Come the Double Deckers was a 17-part British children's TV series from 1970-71 revolving around the adventures of seven children whose den was an old red double-decker London bus in an unused works yard.-The show:... |
Alice | Episode: 'Scooper Strikes Out' |
| 1972 | Kim Thorn | ||
| 1972 | Young Winston Young Winston Young Winston is a 1972 British film based on the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.The film was based on the book My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill. The first part of the film covers Churchill's unhappy schooldays, up to the death of his father... |
Pamela Plowden | |
| 1972 | Shelia Conway | Episode: 'Fly There, Walk Back' | |
| 1972 | Karolin | Mini-Series | |
| 1972 | Emma Callon/Emma Fogarty | Appeared in 8 episodes, 1972–1973 | |
| 1973 | Live and Let Die Live and Let Die (film) Live and Let Die is the eighth spy film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman... |
Solitaire | |
| 1973 | Great Mysteries | Veronique d' Aubray | Episode: 'The Leather Funnel' |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True Story Frankenstein: The True Story Frankenstein: The True Story is a 1973 American made-for-television horror film loosely based on the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It was directed by Jack Smight, and the screenplay was co-written by novelist Christopher Isherwood.... |
Agatha/Prima | |
| 1975 | Laura Burnett | Episode: 'Ring of Return' | |
| 1976 | The Story of David | Bathsheba | |
| 1976 | Our Mutual Friend | Bella Wilfer | Appeared in 6 episodes, 1976 |
| 1976 | Captains and the Kings Captains and the Kings Captains and the Kings is a 1972 historical novel by Taylor Caldwell chronicling the rise to wealth and power of an Irish immigrant, Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh, who arrives penniless as a teenager in the United States of America... |
Marjorie Chisholm Armagh | Mini-series |
| 1977 | Ethne Eustace | ||
| 1977 | Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover | Margie Parks | |
| 1977 | McCloud | Nidavah Ritzach | Episode: 'The Great Taxicab Stampede' |
| 1977 | Seventh Avenue | Eva Meyers | Mini-series |
| 1977 | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is a 1977 fantasy film, the third and final Sinbad film that Ray Harryhausen made for Columbia, after The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. The film was directed by Sam Wanamaker... |
Princess Farah | |
| 1977 | Killer on Board | Jan | |
| 1978 | Genny Luckett | ||
| 1978 | Love's Dark Ride | Diana | |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series, created by Glen A. Larson. It starred Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict and ran for one season in 1978–79. After cancellation, its story was continued in 1980 as Galactica 1980 with Adama, Lieutenant Boomer and... |
Serina | |
| 1979 | Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders | Laura Cole | |
| 1980 | Somewhere in Time Somewhere in Time (film) Somewhere in Time is a 1980 romantic science fiction film directed by Jeannot Szwarc. It is a film adaptation of the 1975 novel Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson, who also wrote the screenplay... |
Elise McKenna | |
| 1980 | Oh! Heavenly Dog | Jackie | |
| 1981 | East of Eden | Cathy/Kate Ames Cathy Ames (character) Cathy Ames serves as the main antagonist in John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning novel East of Eden. In the early Christian Era, the name Cathy was associated with the Greek word “katharos” meaning purity or chastity. No other name could be more ironic considering Cathy’s character which is... |
Mini-series |
| 1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Episode: 'Last Summer's Child' | |
| 1982 | Marguerite St. Just | ||
| 1983 | Maria Gianelli/Elena Korvin | ||
| 1983 | Jamaica Inn (1983 film) | Mary Yellan | |
| 1983 | Julia Evans | ||
| 1984 | Lassiter Lassiter Lassiter, also known as The Magnificent Thief, is a 1984 adventure film part-caper and part-espionage, set in 1930s London, starring Tom Selleck and Jane Seymour that was made to cash in on Selleck's popularity as the character Thomas Magnum in the show Magnum, P.I. but failed to ignite the... |
Sara Wells | |
| 1984 | Dark Mirror | Leigh Cullen/Tracy Cullen | |
| 1984 | Brett Ashley | ||
| 1985 | Obsessed with a Married Woman | Diane Putnam | |
| 1985 | Head Office Head Office Head Office is a 1985 American comedy film, produced by HBO Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners. It stars Judge Reinhold, Eddie Albert, Lori-Nan Engler, Jane Seymour, Richard Masur, Michael O'Donoghue, Ron Frazier, Merritt Butrick and was directed and written by Ken... |
Jane Caldwell | |
| 1986 | Crossings | Hillary Burnham | Mini-series |
| 1987 | El Túnel El Túnel The Tunnel is a dark, psychological novel written by Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato about a deranged porteño painter, Juan Pablo Castel, and his obsession with a woman... |
Maria Iribarne | |
| 1988 | Keys to Freedom | Gillian | |
| 1988 | Wallis Simpson | ||
| 1988 | Onassis: The Richest Man in the World | Maria Callas Maria Callas Maria Callas was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique, a wide-ranging voice and great dramatic gifts... |
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| 1988 | Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper (1988 TV series) Jack the Ripper is a 1988 four-part television movie/mini-series portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888... |
Emma Prentiss | |
| 1988–1989 | War and Remembrance War and Remembrance War and Remembrance is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in 1978, which is the sequel to The Winds of War. It continues the story of the extended Henry family and the Jastrow family starting on 15 December 1941 and ending on 6 August 1945. This novel was adapted into a mini-series presented on... |
Natalie Henry | Appeared in 12 episodes, 1988–1989 |
| 1989 | La Révolution française La Révolution française (film) La Révolution française is a two-part film, co-produced by France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada. The first part, titled La Révolution française : les Années lumière was directed by Robert Enrico. The second part, La Révolution française : les Années terribles, was directed by... |
Marie Antoinette | |
| 1990 | Angel of Death | Laura Hendricks | |
| 1990 | Matters of the Heart | Hadley Norman | |
| 1991 | Passion | Amanda Brooks | |
| 1991 | Memories of Midnight | Catherine Alexander Douglas | |
| 1992 | Are You Lonesome Tonight | Adrienne Welles | |
| 1992 | Sunstroke Sunstroke (film) Sunstroke is a 1953 Danish comedy film directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen and Bjarne Henning-Jensen.-Cast:* Kjeld Petersen - Portieren* Birgitte Reimer - Frk. Vibeke Søgaard* Preben Neergaard - Teddy / Theodor Winther* Ole Monty - Overlæge Grå... |
Teresa Winters | |
| 1993 | Praying Mantis | Linda Crandell | |
| 1993 | Heidi | Fräulein Rottenmeier | |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American post-Civil War western/drama series created by Beth Sullivan. Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, played by Jane Seymour, left Boston in search of adventure. She goes to Colorado Springs, Colorado where she establishes herself as doctor/adviser.The show ran on CBS... |
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn | Appeared in 149 episodes, 1993–1998 |
| 1994 | Count on Me | ||
| 1994 | Hazel Brannon Smith | ||
| 1997 | California | Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn | |
| 1997 | Alison Reed | ||
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot Quest for Camelot Quest for Camelot is a 1998 animated feature film from Warner Bros. Animation, based on the novel The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman, starring the voices of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan, Bronson Pinchot, Jaleel White, Gabriel Byrne,... |
Lady Juliana | Voice |
| 1998 | Anna Robinson | ||
| 1998 | A Marriage of Convenience | Chris Winslow Whitney | |
| 1999 | A Memory in My Heart | Rebecca Vega/Abbie Swenson Stewart | |
| 1999 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie | Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn | |
| 2000 | Murder in the Mirror | Dr. Mary Kost Richland | |
| 2000 | Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble | Fanny Kemble Butler | |
| 2000 | Yesterday's Children | Jenny Cole/Mary Sutton | |
| 2001 | Blackout | Kathy Robbins | |
| 2001 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within | Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn | |
| 2002 | Touching Wild Horses | Fiona Kelsey | |
| 2002 | Heart of a Stranger | Jill Maddox | |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced... |
Debra Connor | |
| 2004–2005 | Smallville Smallville Smallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross... |
Genevieve Teague | Appeared in 6 episodes, 2004–2005 |
| 2005 | The Littlest Light On The Christmas Tree | Voice | |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers Wedding Crashers Wedding Crashers is a 2005 American comedy film directed by David Dobkin. It stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, with Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Bradley Cooper, Diora Baird, Jane Seymour, and an uncredited Will Ferrell.... |
Kathleen Cleary | |
| 2006 | Modern Men Modern Men Modern Men is an American situation comedy television series which premiered March 17, 2006, on The WB. The series stars Eric Lively, Josh Braaten, and Max Greenfield as three single men, and lifelong friends, who hire a life coach to help them with their love lives... |
Dr. Victoria Stangel | Appeared in 7 episodes, 2006 |
| 2006 | President Lauren Coffey | ||
| 2006 | Blind Dating Blind Dating Blind Dating is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by James Keach and starring Chris Pine, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Anjali Jay, Jane Seymour, and Jayma Mays. The movie is produced by David Shanks and James Keach and is distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films LLC.During its release, the film received... |
Dr. Evans | |
| 2006 | How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting... |
Professor Lewis | |
| 2006 | Justice Justice (TV series) Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand.... |
Karen Patterson | guest role, 1 episode "Filicide Justice (TV series) Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand.... " |
| 2007 | After Sex | Janet | |
| 2007 | In Case of Emergency In Case of Emergency (TV series) In Case of Emergency was a half-hour comedy television series shown on ABC in the United States. The series follows a group of high school acquaintances whose lives have not turned out as they hoped... |
Donna | Appeared in 3 episodes, 2007 |
| 2007 | Marple: Ordeal by Innocence Ordeal by Innocence Ordeal by Innocence is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 3 1958 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at twelve shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $2.95... |
Rachel Argyle | |
| 2008 | Dear Prudence | Prudence Macintyre | |
| 2009 | Sandy Goldman | ||
| 2009 | Wake | Mrs. Reitman | |
| 2009 | Mom | Voice | |
| 2009 | Freeloaders | Post-Production | |
| 2011 | Castle Castle (TV series) Castle is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on ABC on March 9, 2009. The series is produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. On January 10, 2011, Castle was renewed for a fourth season... |
Gloria | Guest appearance, ep 3.18 |
| 2011 | Perfectly Prudence | Prudence Macintyre | |
| 2011 | Love, Wedding, Marriage | Betty |
Awards
- 1981 Saturn AwardSaturn AwardThe Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed in 1972, who felt that films within...
for Somewhere in Time (1980) - 1982 Golden Globe for East of Eden (1981)
- 1988 Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988) - 1996 Golden Globe AwardGolden Globe AwardThe Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
for Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (1993) - 2000 OBE Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2010 Ellis Island Medal of HonorEllis Island Medal of HonorThe Ellis Island Medal of Honor was founded by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations and intended to pay homage to the immigrant experience. The medals honor the contribution made to America by immigrants and the legacy they left behind in the successes of their children and grand-children...