Jane Seymour. Not only a woman doctor... 02 February 2020, 12:00 | Leokadia Korshunova
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In a couple of days, she will delight her Russian fans by appearing in the comedy 50 Shades of Black (2016), which is scheduled to premiere on February 4. She still holds the first position among the most memorable Bond girls, having starred in the Bond film as the beautiful fortune teller Solitaire. Her look is still a matter of debate due to her different eye colors (one is brown, the other is green). She is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador; she was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and she also boasts a personal star on the Walk of Fame in the Hollywood Hills. In our country, she is better known as the “Woman Doctor”...
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg was born on February 15 in the town of Hayes, in the London district, in the family of an obstetrician and a nurse. Among her ancestors on her mother’s side there are Dutch roots, and on her father’s side there are German, Polish, and Jewish roots.
Joyce graduated from an independent art school and began acting in films at the age of 18. But first she took a pseudonym, choosing for this the name of the third wife of the English king Henry VIII - Jane Seymour. The girl thought that this way she would be better remembered by both the audience and the directors. And I was right.
Her first screen appearance was a role in the musical Oh! This wonderful war! (1969). At the same time, the film debut turned out not only as a premiere, but also as an affair (and marriage!) with the son of the film’s director, Michael Attenborough.
And the first big role was a film that turned up literally the next year - the military drama The Only Way (1970).
The role that made Jane famous, of course, can be considered the fortune teller from the next part of the Bond movie Live and Let Die (1973), where Jane acted as the girlfriend of a special agent played by Roger Moore .
The first work for which the actress received her first major award, the Golden Globe in the category “Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film,” was the project East of Eden (1982).
The next award was the Emmy Award - for “Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film” for the series Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988), where Jane played the opera Diva herself and admirer of Yves Saint Laurent Maria Callas .
Jane was awarded her second Golden Globe for “Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series,” which made her mega-popular in our country, Doctor Queen, Female Doctor (1993-1998), which was later made into a full-length film, again with Jane starring.
Leokadia Korshunova , iledebeaute.ru
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Biography
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg was born in the UK, in the London suburb of Hayes, in the family of a British man of Jewish origin, John Frankenberg, and a Dutch mother, Mieke. Among the ancestors of obstetrician John Frankenberg were immigrants from Poland and Germany.
Career
At the age of 17, Joyce decided to take a stage name in honor of one of the wives of King Henry VIII. Jane Seymour's acting career began in 1969 with a cameo role in Richard Attenborough's film This Beautiful War. Soon, Richard Attenborough's son, Michael, became the actress's husband. Jane's first notable film role was as Jewish girl Lillian, hiding from the Nazis in a Christian family, in the 1970 film The Only Way.
From 1972 to 1973, Seymour played a supporting role in his first notable television project, the BBC costume drama Onedin's Fate. At the same time, she appears on the screen as Frankenstein's bride in the two-part miniseries "Frankenstein: The True Story", as Winston Churchill's mistress in the film "Young Winston" and as a Bond girl in the next part of the Bond series "Live and Let Die".
From 1973 to 1980 he acted mainly on American television. Her work on the television series Captains and Kings in 1977 earned her an Emmy nomination, and in 1978 she played a supporting role in the award-winning science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica.
In 1980, the actress returned to the big screen and to leading roles in the comedy Dog of God with Chevy Chase and the romantic fantasy film Somewhere in Time with Christopher Reeve. In 1982, Seymour earned a Golden Globe Award for her role as Cathy Ames in the miniseries East of Eden based on the novel by John Steinbeck. The actress became the first prize-winner in the category “Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Film.”
Jane Seymour (1994)
In 1988, Seymour took part in three award-winning television projects: the Holocaust miniseries War and Remembrance and the television films about King Edward VIII and Aristotle Onassis, in which she played the opera singer Maria Callas (for which Seymour received her first award "Emmy"), and in 1989 she played Queen Marie Antoinette in a multi-part television film made in honor of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution; her children - Catherine and Sean - also appeared in the film as the queen's children.
The actress is known for a large number of roles in television films and television series, among which one of the most famous is the main role in the television series “Dr. Queen, the Female Doctor” and its full-length sequels, which brought her another Golden Globe Award.
In 2005, Seymour played in the comedy Wedding Crashers. This comedy was recognized as the best in 2005 by MTV. Seymour's partners on the set were Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Christopher Walken.
Personal life
From 1971 to 1973, Jane was married to director Michael Attenborough.
Jane was married to Victor Jeffrey Planer from 1977-1978.
Jane was married to David Flynn from 1981 to 1992. The former spouses have two children - daughter Katherine Jane Flynn (born January 7, 1982) and son Sean Michael Flynn (born July 31, 1986).
From 1993 to 2015, Jane was married for the fourth time to actor James Keach (English) Russian. The former spouses have two children - twin sons John Stace Keach and Christopher Stephen Keach (born November 30, 1995).
In 1984, together with her husband David Flynn, she purchased a mansion and estate near Bath in Somerset. During filming in the USA, the mansion was rented out several times; for example, Radiohead's album was recorded there. In 2007, Jane sold the house.
In 1999, Queen Elizabeth II awarded Jane Seymour the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and her star was laid on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.
In 2005, the actress became a US citizen.
World fame
Her first successes were followed by covers of Vogue and Playboy, which secured Seymour's place in the cast of supermodels. One of the main successes of the green-eyed, brown-haired girl was a contract with Victoria's Secret; the girl was an “angel” of the brand for five years.
Throughout her career, Stephanie collaborated with Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer Azzadine Alaia (who became her close friend), Marc Jacobs, Salvatore Ferragamo and other giants of the fashion business.
One of Stephanie's stellar moments was her appearance on the catwalk in a Marc Jacobs outfit: a red cape, a swimsuit and sandals of the same color, and a snow-white sea captain's cap completed the outfit.
The model also tried herself as an actress: during her affair with Axl Rose, she starred in two Guns N' Roses videos and appeared in a couple of small roles in films. Stephanie’s acting career never worked out; the appetizing beauty is much better at posing in front of the cameras.
Filmography
Actress
- 1969 - Oh, what a wonderful war / Oh!
What a Lovely War -
chorus girl (uncredited) - 1970 - The Only Way
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Lillian Stein - 1970 - Here Come the Double Deckers! (TV series, episode "Scooper Strikes Out")
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Alice - 1972 - The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
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Kim Thorne - 1972 - The Strauss Family (mini-series)
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Carolyn - 1972 - 1973 - The Onedin Line (TV series)
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Emma Callon / Emma Fogarty' - 1972 - The (TV series, episode Fly There, Walk Back)
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Sheila Conoway - 1972 - Young Winston / Young Winston
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Pamela Plowden - 1973 - Live and Let Die
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fortune teller Solitaire - 1973 - Frankenstein: The True Story / Frankenstein: The True Story (TV movie)
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Agatha / Bride of Frankenstein - 1973 - Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (TV series, episode The Leather Funnel)
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Veronica d'Aubray - 1976 - The (TV movie)
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Basheba - 1976 - Captains and the Kings
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Marjorie Christholm Armagh - 1976 - Our Mutual Friend ( TV series)
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Bella Wilfer - 1977 - Seventh Avenue (mini-series)
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Eve Myers - 1977 - McCloud (TV series, episode of The Great Taxicab Stampede)
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Nidava Rizach - 1977 - Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger / Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
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Princess Farah - 1977 - Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (TV movie)
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Margie Parks - 1977 - The Four Feathers (TV movie)
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Etna Eustace - 1977 - Killer on Board (TV movie)
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Jen - 1978 - Battlestar Galactica ( film)
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Serina - 1978 - Battlestar Galactica (TV series)
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Serina - 1978 - Love's Dark Ride
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Diana - 1978 - The Awakening Land (mini-series)
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Jenny Luckett - 1979 - Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (TV movie)
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Laura Cole - 1980 - Divine Dog / Oh Heavenly Dog
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Jackie - 1980 - Somewhere in Time / Somewhere in Time
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Alice McKenna - 1981 - East of Eden / East of Eden (TV series)
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Kathy Ames - 1982 - The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV movie)
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Margarita Saint-Just - 1983 - The Phantom of the Opera (TV movie)
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Maria Gianelli / Elena Korvin - 1983 - Jamaica Inn (TV movie)
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Mary Jellan - 1983 - The Haunting Passion (TV movie)
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Julia Evans - 1984 - The Sun Also Rises (TV movie)
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Brett Ashley - 1984 - Lassiter / Lassiter
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Sarah Wells - 1984 - Dark Mirror (TV movie)
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Lee Cullen/Tracy Cullen - 1985 - Office / Head Office
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Jane Caldwell - 1985 - Obsessed with a Married Woman (TV movie)
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Diana Puntam - 1986 - Crossings (mini-series)
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Hillary Burnham - 1987 - Tunnel / El Túnel
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Maria - 1988 -
The Woman He Loved
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Wallis Simpson - 1988 - War and Remembrance ( TV series)
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Natalie Henry - 1988 - Jack the Ripper (TV movie)
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Emma Prentiss - 1988 -
The Woman He Loved (
TV movie)
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Wallis Simpson - 1988 - Onassis: The Richest Man in the World / Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (TV movie)
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Maria Callas - 1988 - Keys to Freedom
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Gillian - 1989 - French Revolution / La Révolution française
/
French Revolution (film and television series)
- Queen
Marie Antoinette - 1990 - Angel of Death (TV movie)
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Laura Hendricks - 1990 - Matters of the Heart (TV movie)
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Hadley Norman - 1991 - Memories of Midnight (TV movie)
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Catherine Alexander Douglas - 1991 - Passion (TV movie)
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Amanda Brooks - 1992 - If you're lonely / Are You Lonesome Tonight (TV movie)
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Adrianna Wallis - 1992 - Sunstroke (TV movie)
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Teresa Winters - 1993 - 1998 - Doctor Queen, female doctor / Dr.
Quinn, Medicine Woman -
Dr. Michaela Quinn - 1993 - Praying Mantis (TV movie)
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Linda Crandell - 1993 - Heidi / Heidi (TV movie)
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Fraulein Rottenmeyer - 1994 - The Fight for Justice / A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story (TV movie)
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Hazel Brannon Smith - 1995 - Murphy Brown / Murphy Brown (TV series, episode “I Want My MTV-Jay”)
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plays herself - 1995 - The Nanny / The Nanny (TV series, episode “The Unkindest Gift”)
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plays herself - 1997 - Murphy Brown / Murphy Brown (TV series, episode "Blind Date")
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plays herself - 1997 - Diagnosis: Murder ( TV series, episode “Must Kill TV”)
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plays herself - 1997 - The Absolute Truth (TV movie)
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Alison Reid - 1998 - Marriage of Convenience / A Marriage of Convenience (TV movie)
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Chris Winslow Whitney - 1998 - Magic Sword: In Search of Camelot / Quest for Camelot (cartoon)
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voice of Lady Juliana - 1998 - Dharma & Greg ( TV series, episode "Dharma's Tangled Web")
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plays herself - 1998 - New Robinsons / The New Swiss Family Robinson
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Anna Robinson - 1999 - Doctor Queen, female doctor / Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie (TV movie)
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Dr. Michaela Quinn - 1999 - Memory in My Heart / A Memory in My Heart (TV movie)
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Rebecca Vega / Abby Swanson-Stewart - 2000 - The True Story of Fanny Kimble / Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (TV movie)
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Fanny Kimble-Butler - 2000 - Murder in the Mirror (TV movie)
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Dr. Mary Cost-Richland - 2000 - Yesterday's Children (TV movie)
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Jenny Cole / Mary Sutton - 2001 - In the Dark / Blackout (TV movie)
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Katie Robbins - 2001 - Dr. Queen, female doctor: From heart to heart / Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (TV movie)
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Dr. Michaela Quinn - 2002 - Wild Horses / Touching Wild Horses
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Fiona Kelsey - 2002 - Heart of a Stranger (TV movie)
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Jill Maddox - 2004-2005 - Smallville / Smallville (TV series)
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Genevieve Teague - 2004 - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode “Families”)
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Debra Connor - 2005 - Wedding Crashers
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Kathleen Cleary - 2006 - How I Met Your Mother ( TV series, episode “Aldrin Justice”)
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Professor Lewis - 2006 - Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell
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President Lauren Coffey - 2006 - Blind
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Dr. Evans - 2006 - Modern Men (TV series)
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Dr. Victoria Stangel - 2006 - Justice (TV series, episode "Filicide")
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Dr. Karen Patterson - 2007 - In Case of Emergency (TV series, 3 episodes)
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Donna - 2007 - After Sex / After Sex
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Janet - 2007 - Agatha Christie's Miss Marple / Agatha Christie's Marple (TV series)
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Rachel Ardyle - 2007 - The Velveteen Rabbit
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mother - 2008 - Dear Prudence (TV movie)
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Prudence McCoy - 2008 - My Name Is Earl (TV series, episode “Sold a Guy a Lemon Car”)
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plays herself - 2009 - The Assistants
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Sandy Goldman - 2009 - Wake
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Mrs. Reitman - 2011 - Castle ( TV series, episode “One life to loose”)
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Gloria Chambers - 2012 - Austenland / Austenland
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Mrs. Wattlesbrook - 2014 - Eternity / Forever
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Marine Delacroix
(1 episode) - 2016 - Fifty Shades of Black / Fifty Shades of Black
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Claire - 2016 - Nerves on edge / High Strung
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Oksana - 2016 - Mr. Hooten and the Lady / Hooten & the Lady
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Lady Lindo-Parker, Alex's mother
(1 episode)
Producer
- 1992 — Sunstroke (TV movie)
- 1993 - Praying Mantis (TV movie)
- 1994 - A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story (TV movie)
- 1997 — The Absolute Truth (TV movie)
- 1998 - Marriage of Convenience / A Marriage of Convenience (TV movie)
- 1999 - Doctor Queen, female doctor / Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie (TV movie)
- 2000 - The True Story of Fanny Kimble / Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
- 2000 — Murder in the Mirror (TV movie)
- 2001 - Dr. Queen, female doctor: From heart to heart / Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (TV movie)
- 2001 - In the Dark / Blackout (TV movie)
- 2006 - Blind Dating
“Ready to obey and serve”[ | ]
Jane Seymour (detail of a family portrait with Henry and his children).
Unknown artist, ca. 1545 Immediately after the execution of Anne Boleyn, the King's Privy Council submitted a petition to him with a recommendation to find himself a new wife soon. This was a mere formality, for on 20 May, a day after Anne's death, Henry and Jane became secretly engaged, and on 30 May the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, married them in Whitehall Chapel. On June 4, she was officially proclaimed Queen of England, but Henry was in no hurry with her coronation until he was sure that his new wife was not infertile.
As a queen, Jane suited almost everyone: kind, quiet, pious, and besides, she remained a follower of the old religion and sympathized with the disgraced Princess Mary. Only adherents of Protestantism remained dissatisfied, fearing that Jane would influence church reforms. But she was far from politics. Only once did she dare to stand up for the participants in the “Pilgrimage of Grace”[15] and turned to Henry with a request to restore at least some of the monasteries, thereby causing his irritation and anger. The king sharply shouted at her and ordered her not to interfere in matters of national importance in the future, recalling that the previous queen had paid for this with her life[16].
Jane made no further attempts to influence the king's actions. From now on, the meaning of her life was the desire to create an appropriate family environment for him. “Bound to obey and serve” was the motto the new queen chose for herself and followed it to the end. She spent almost all her time doing business with her ladies-in-waiting, the closest of whom were her sister Elizabeth and Lady Anne Seymour, Edward's wife. At Jane's request, the king allowed his eldest daughter, Lady Mary, to return to court in the summer of 1536 (after forcing her to sign a document according to which she recognized Henry as the head of the church in England, and his marriage to Catherine of Aragon was invalid), and Christmas Day 1536 The family was already welcomed in full force, including little Lady Elizabeth, who was brought from Hertfordshire at Mary’s suggestion.
In the spring of 1537, Jane informed Henry of her pregnancy. The king surrounded his wife with unprecedented care and fulfilled all her demands and whims. To please the queen, he even appointed her brother Edward to the Privy Council.
In September she moved to Hampton Court, and on October 12, 1537, Jane fulfilled the king's cherished wish by giving birth to his heir son, Edward, Prince of Wales. After a few days, the queen's condition worsened, and on October 24 she died of childbed fever. She was buried in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
According to Henry VIII, Jane Seymour was his most beloved wife. Before his death, he bequeathed to bury himself next to her[17].
Jane Seymour. Portrait by an unknown artist (the portrait was created after her death)
Awards and nominations
Awards
- 1982 - Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film - East of Eden
- 1988 - Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
- 1996 - Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Drama Series - Dr. Queen, Female Doctor
Nominations
- 1977 - Emmy - Best Actress in a Limited Series - Captains and Kings
- 1989 - Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film - The Woman He Loved
- 1989 - Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film - War and Remembrance
- 1989 - Emmy - Best Actress in a Miniseries or Special - War and Remembrance (Episode 11)
- 1990 - Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film - War and Remembrance (episodes 8-12)
- 1994 - Emmy - Best Actress in a Drama Series - Dr. Queen, Female Doctor
- 1994 - Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Drama Series - Dr. Queen, Female Doctor
- 1995 - Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Drama Series - Dr. Queen, Female Doctor
- 1995 - Screen Actors Guild Award - Best Actress in a Drama Series - Dr. Queen, Female Doctor
- 1997 - Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Drama Series - Dr. Queen, Female Doctor
- 1998 - Screen Actors Guild Award - Best Actress in a Drama Series - Dr. Queen, Female Doctor
- 1998 - Emmy - Best Actress in a Drama Series - Dr. Queen, Female Doctor
"Bright Angel"[ | ]
Henry VIII.
Miniature by Lucas Hornbolt, 1525-1526. In the summer of 1533, the envoy of Emperor Charles V, Eustache Chapuis, noted in reports that Queen Anne “fell into jealousy - and not without reason”[12]. The king’s fleeting connections with his ladies-in-waiting at first did not pose any threat to her position, but after the birth of her daughter Elizabeth (instead of the long-awaited son) and several miscarriages, Henry began to move away from his wife. In September 1535, while traveling around the country, the king and queen stopped at Wulfhall, the Seymours' ancestral property. It was there that Henry first paid close attention to the owner's daughter, Lady Jane Seymour. She was the complete opposite of Anna, both in appearance and in character: blond, pale, calm and modest girl. If everyone compared Anna to a witch - she was thin, dark-haired and dark-eyed, and in addition, impudent and willful, then Jane was more like a bright angel, the embodiment of peace and humility.
Researchers still indicate different dates for the first meeting of Jane and Henry, but undoubtedly they knew each other before Henry's visit to Wolfhall. From entries in the parish registers it is known that at Christmas 1533 the king gave gifts to several ladies-in-waiting - Lady Seymour was among those noted[13].
Jane's older brothers, Edward and Thomas, noticing that the king sympathized with their sister, tried in every possible way to ensure that they spent as much time together as possible. In addition, it was clear that the relationship between Henry and Anna by the end of 1535 was very strained, and the king was beginning to think about divorcing her. Jane and her entourage increasingly pushed him to think about the illegality of his marriage with Anna, and soon he was publicly declaring that he was “seduced and lured into this marriage by witchcraft” and that he “should take another wife”[14].
Already in March 1536, Henry openly gave gifts to Jane and visited her in public, which caused indignation on the part of the queen. The courtiers rushed to pay their respects to the new favorite; almost all of her supporters abandoned Anna. After another miscarriage in January 1536, her fate was sealed: she was beheaded on May 19 of the same year on trumped-up charges of “high treason and adultery.”
Bibliography
- 1986 - Jane Seymour's Guide to Romantic Living / Guide to the romantic life of Jane Seymour
- 1998 - This One 'N That One: Yum! The Tale of Two Cookies by Jane Seymour and James Keach / This and That: Yum! A Tale of Two Cookies
- 1998 - This One 'N That One: Splat! The Tale of the Colorful Cat by Jane Seymour and James Keach / This and That: Slap! The Tale of the Colored Cat
- 1998 - This One 'N That One: Boing! No Bouncing on the Bed / This and That: Boom! Don't jump on the bed
- 2001 - Two At A Time: Having Twins - The Journey Through Pregnancy and Birth / Twins - two at one time: Journey through pregnancy and birth
- 2003 — Remarkable Changes: Turning Life's Challenges Into Opportunities
- 2007 — Making Yourself At Home: Finding Your Style and Puttin it All Together
- 2008 - Open Hearts: If Your Heart is Open it Can Never Stay Broken / Open Hearts: If your heart is open, it will never be broken
Childhood and youth[ | ]
Jane Seymour.
Miniature by Lucas Hornbolt, c. 1536-1537[6] The Seymour family belonged to an ancient noble family[7] and was related by kinship ties to some powerful aristocratic clans - in particular, the Howard family. Lady Elizabeth Howard, Anne Boleyn's mother, was a cousin of Jane's mother, making Jane and Anne second cousins.[8] The Seymours preferred to lead an inconspicuous life, although in his youth Sir John Seymour was one of the courtiers of King Henry VII and participated in several military campaigns,[9] and his wife, Lady Margaret Wentworth (or Margery Wentworth), was one of the most brilliant ladies at court Henry VII and the muse of the poet John Skelton[10].
Presumably, the future queen was born and raised on her father's estate at Wulfhall, Wiltshire. It is quite difficult to establish the exact date of her birth, but most researchers agree that she was born no later than 1508 or 1509[11] and was the eldest of the daughters of Sir John and Lady Margaret.
Unlike the king's previous wives, Jane received a more than mediocre education, only sufficient to be able to read and write. The main emphasis in the education of girls from noble families in the 16th century was on traditional female occupations, such as housekeeping and housekeeping.
She first appeared at court as a lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon in the mid-1520s. Her elder brother, Edward Seymour, had by that time already achieved some success in his career as a courtier: as a child, he served as a page in the retinue of the “French Queen” Mary Tudor, and upon returning to England, he held various positions under the king and Cardinal Wolsey.
Following the annulment of her marriage to Catherine and Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn in 1533, Jane and her sister Elizabeth moved into the new queen's staff.
Notes
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She chooses isometrics.
An isometric exercise is any movement that uses muscles without contraction. These include long-term stable poses. Seymour practices them to maintain a flat stomach.
“With isometrics, the abdominal muscles are strengthened effectively. I look slimmer."
