Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour married four times and all her relationships were extremely brief.

Her first marriage to Michael Attenborough lasted from 1971 to 1973.

She married Geoffrey Planer in 1977 but it did not last long and the couple divorced in 1978.

Actress Jane Seymour was born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg to John Benjamin Frankenberg and Mieke van Trigt, in Hayes, Middlesex, England. She is of Polish-English descent and was always engaged in creative pursuits from a very tender age.

She was educated at the Arts Educational School in Hertfordshire, England and took ballet lessons to improve posture and endurance. She trained for a brief period of time at the Arts Educational Trust for dance and also trained under the famous Russian Ballet dancer, Kirov Ballet. However, a grievous injury on her foot put an end to her dancing career.

Her exotic looks earned her an uncredited part in Richard Attenborough’s 1969 film adaptation of Charles Chilton’s play, ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’.

She appeared in her first major film, ‘The Only Way’, in 1970. In this film, she played the role of a Jewish woman seeking shelter from Nazi persecution

In 1973, she played ‘Emma Callon’ in the hit-television series, ‘The Onedin Line’, which ran for a couple of years. During this time, she also appeared as the female lead, ‘Prima’ in the mini-series, ‘Frankenstein: The True Story’.

Towards the end of 1973, she achieved critical fame for her role of ‘Solitaire’ in the blockbuster James Bond hit, ‘Live and Let Die’, which catapulted her to instant stardom.

In 1975, she was cast as ‘Princess Farah’ in ‘Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger’, the final part of the Sinbad Trilogy. The film released in 1977 only after all the stop motion animation sequences were complete.

The following year, she played ‘Serina’ in the Battlestar Galactica film and the television series adaptation of the same.

Her role as ‘Solitaire’, the stunningly beautiful Bond girl, was a career-defining one and landed her a number of films and gathered a cult following. She was ranked no. 10 in IGN’s list of ‘Top 10 Bond Babes List’ and she was guaranteed a permanent spot in Hollywood following the success of the movie.

In the 1990s, she earned popularity and critical acclaim as ‘Dr. Mike Quinn’ in the popular television series, ‘Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman’. Her work not only littered her with several major Hollywood projects but also earned her a Golden Globe Award.