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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Smallville

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Castle

How I Met Your Mother

Dancing with the Stars

Diagnosis: Murder

The View

All Movies (129)

• From Roger Moore with Love2024 · as Self
• Irish Wish2024 · as Rosemary Kelly
• Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic2023 · as Self
• Puppy Love2023 · as Diane Matthews
• Commitment to Life2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Christmas Spark2022 · as Molly
• Ruby's Choice2022 · as Ruby
• Roll Up Your Sleeves2021 · as Self
• Friendsgiving2020 · as Helen
• The War with Grandpa2020 · as Diane
• Buttons2018 · as Mrs. Browning
• CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion2018 · as Self - Narrator
• High Strung Free Dance2018 · as Oksana
• Little Italy2018 · as Corrine
• Mistrust2018 · as Veronica Malloy
• Better Start Running2018
• And the Winner Isn't2017 · as Self
• Just Getting Started2017 · as Delilah
• The Female Brain2017 · as Cheryl
• Pray for Rain2017 · as Olivia Gardner
• Sandy Wexler2017 · as Cindy Marvelle
• Becoming Bond2017 · as Maggie
• There's Only One America's Team2016
• High Strung2016 · as Oksana
• Fifty Shades of Black2016 · as Claire
• About Scout2015 · as Gloria
• Bereave2015 · as Evelyn
• A Royal Christmas2014 · as Queen Isadora
• Handel's Messiah2014 · as Narrator
• Love by Design2014 · as Vivien
• Jake Squared2014 · as Joanne
• Unknown Heart2014 · as Sally Haynes
• Austenland2013 · as Mrs. Wattlesbrook
• An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky2013 · as Mimi Copeland
• Lovestruck: The Musical2013 · as Harper Hutton
• Freeloaders2012 · as Carolyn
• Once Upon A Christmas Featuring Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn2012 · as Self
• Lake Effects2012 · as Vivian
• Bob Ross: The Happy Painter2011 · as Self
• Touching Wild Horses2011 · as Fiona Kelsey
• The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle2011 · as Polynesia (voice)
• The Family Tree2011 · as Grandma Ilene
• Perfectly Prudence2011 · as Prudence MacIntyre
• Love, Wedding, Marriage2011 · as Betty
• The Assistants2009 · as Sandy Goldman
• The Velveteen Rabbit2009 · as Mom (voice)
• Wake2009 · as Mrs. Reitman
• Dear Prudence2008 · as Prudence McCoy
• After Sex2007 · as Janet
• Blind Dating2006 · as Dr. Evans
• The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell2006 · as President Lauren Coffey
• Wedding Crashers2005 · as Kathleen Cleary
• The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree2004 · as Maggie Wiggins (Voice)
• Christmas in Hollywood2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Heart of a Stranger2002 · as Jill Maddox
• Best Ever Bond2002 · as Self / Solitaire
• Bond Girls Are Forever2002 · as Herself
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within2001 · as Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn
• Blackout2001 · as Kathy Robbins
• Back To "Somewhere In Time"2000 · as Self
• Yesterday's Children2000 · as Jenny Cole / Mary Sutton
• Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble2000 · as Fanny Kemble Butler
• Murder in the Mirror2000 · as Mary Kost Richland
• Inside 'Live and Let Die'1999
• Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie1999 · as Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn
• A Memory in My Heart1999 · as Rebecca Blake
• The Children are Watching1999 · as Self
• Roxanne's Best Christmas Ever1998 · as Roxanne (voice)
• Hemingway: Winner Take Nothing1998 · as Self
• A Marriage of Convenience1998 · as Christine 'Chris' Winslow
• The New Swiss Family Robinson1998 · as Anna Robinson
• Quest for Camelot1998 · as Juliana (voice)
• The Secrets of 0071997 · as Self
• Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western1997 · as Self
• The Absolute Truth1997 · as Alison Reid
• A Hollywood Christmas1996
• It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein1994 · as Self
• A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story1994 · as Hazel Brannon Smith
• Praying Mantis1993 · as Linda Crandell
• Heidi1993 · as Fräulein Rottenmeier
• Sunstroke1992 · as Teresa Winters
• Are You Lonesome Tonight?1992 · as Adrienne Welles
• Voices That Care1991 · as Self - Choir Member
• Matters of the Heart1990 · as Hadley Norman
• Angel of Death1990 · as Laura Hendricks
• Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!1990
• Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years1990 · as Self
• 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration1989 · as Self - Host
• The French Revolution1989 · as Marie Antoinette
• An Audience With Victoria Wood1988 · as Self
• Onassis: The Richest Man in the World1988 · as Maria Callas
• The Tunnel1988 · as Maria Iribarne
• The Woman He Loved1988 · as Wallis Simpson
• Keys to Freedom1988 · as Gillian
• The Grand Knockout Tournament1987 · as Self
• Head Office1985 · as Jane Caldwell
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• Obsessed with a Married Woman1985 · as Diane Putnam
• Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage1984 · as Self
• Dark Mirror1984 · as Leigh Cullen / Tracy Cullen
• Lassiter1984 · as Sara Wells
• The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team1984 · as Self - Performer
• The Haunting Passion1983 · as Julia Evans
• Jamaica Inn1983 · as Mary Yellan
• The Phantom of the Opera1983 · as Elena Korvin/Maria Gianelli
• The Scarlet Pimpernel1982 · as Marguerite St. Just
• Somewhere in Time1980 · as Elise McKenna
• Oh! Heavenly Dog1980 · as Jackie
• Challenge of the Tiger1980 · as Jane Seymour (cameo / uncredited)
• Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders1979 · as Laura Cole
• Battlestar Galactica1978 · as Serina
• Love’s Dark Ride1978 · as Diana
• The Four Feathers1978 · as Ethne Eustace
• Killer on Board1977 · as Jan
• US Against the World1977 · as Self
• Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger1977 · as Princess Farah
• Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover1977 · as Margie Parks
• To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream1976 · as Luisa
• The Story of David1976 · as Bathsheba
• The Devil's Model1976 · as Christine
• Frankenstein: The True Story1974 · as Agatha / Prima
• Live and Let Die1973 · as Solitaire
• Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary1973 · as Self
• The Big Screen1973 · as Self
• The Best Pair of Legs in the Business1973 · as Kim Thorn
• Young Winston1972 · as Pamela Plowden
• The Only Way1970 · as Lillian Stein
• Oh! What a Lovely War1969 · as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
• And You Are?—

All TV Shows (81)

• Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas2025 · as Evelyn
• Relative Secrets2025 · as Self - Host
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• Harry Wild2022 · as Harry Wild
• Glow and Darkness2021 · as Eleanor of Aquitaine
• B Positive2020 · as Bette
• The Kominsky Method2018 · as Madelyn
• I Feel Bad2018 · as Chewey's Mom
• Let's Get Physical2018 · as Janet Force
• Hooten & The Lady2016
• Anh's Brush with Fame2016 · as Self
• Jane the Virgin2014 · as Amanda Elaine
• Forever2014 · as Maureen Delacroix
• Through the Keyhole2013 · as Self
• Beat Bobby Flay2013 · as Self
• Ben and Kate2012 · as Wendy
• Men at Work2012 · as Bridget
• Franklin & Bash2011 · as Colleen Bash
• The Talk2010 · as Self
• Castle2009 · as Gloria Chambers
• In Case of Emergency2007
• The Megan Mullally Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• Modern Men2006 · as Dr. Victoria Stangel
• My Name Is Earl2005 · as Jane Seymour
• How I Met Your Mother2005 · as Professor Lewis
• Nigella2005 · as Self
• Dancing with the Stars2005 · as Self - Contestant
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Who Do You Think You Are?2004 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• CMT Music Awards2002 · as Self - Presenter
• Smallville2001 · as Genevieve Teague
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Debra Connor
• Hollywood Squares1998 · as Self - Panelist
• Dharma & Greg1997 · as Jane Seymour
• The View1997 · as Self
• Ruby Wax Meets1996
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Nanny1993 · as Jane Seymour
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Jane Seymour
• Heidi1993 · as Fräulein Rottenmeier
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman1993 · as Michaela Quinn
• Vicki!1992 · as Self
• Memories of Midnight1991 · as Catherine Alexander Douglas
• The French Revolution1989 · as Marie Antoinette
• War and Remembrance1988 · as Natalie Henry
• Jack the Ripper1988 · as Emma
• The Dame Edna Experience1987 · as Self
• Crossings1986 · as Hillary Burnham
• Wedden, dat..?1986 · as Self
• The Sun Also Rises1984 · as Brett Ashley
• Jamaica Inn1983 · as Mary Yellan
• East of Eden1981 · as Kate Trask
• The Magic of David Copperfield1978
• Battlestar Galactica1978 · as Serina
• The Awakening Land1978 · as Genny Luckett
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• Seventh Avenue1977 · as Eva Meyers
• Captains and the Kings1976 · as Marjorie Chisholm Armagh
• The Story of David1976 · as Bathsheba
• Our Mutual Friend1976 · as 'Bella' Wilfer
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Host
• The Hanged Man1975 · as Laura Burnett
• Frankenstein: The True Story1973 · as Agatha/Prima
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Veronique d' Aubray
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• The Strauss Family1972 · as Karoline
• Film '721971 · as Self
• The Onedin Line1971 · as Emma Fogarty
• The Onedin Line1971 · as Emma Callon
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• McCloud1970
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Kraft Television Theatre1947
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Audience Member
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Hostess
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter