David Flynn
After the making of Somewhere in Time, Jane embarked on a relationship with David Flynn, a business manager who handled the financial affairs of many celebrities including Goldi Hawn. Their relationship coincided with her return to the stage in the lead role of Costanza on Broadway in AmadeusIt was during the run of this production that David proposed to Jane. They married in 1981 and Jane became pregnant with her first child, Katie, a year later, followed by a son, Sean, in 1985.

 

Queen of the mini series and another marriage ends
Jane’s film career was going strong. In 1988 she won an emmy for her portrayal of Maria Callas in Onassis Richest Man in the World. It was during the making of this film that Jane also had a near death experience when an antibiotic injection she was given on the set missed it’s mark resulting in her going into a seizure. The experience changed her life – from then on she determined, she would use every moment to it’s fullest and try to give back to others in return for the life she felt had been given back to her.

After Onassis, a series of television films including Scarlet Pimpernell, Lassiter and Crossings, earned Jane the title of Queen of the mini series, a title she embraced. The most memorable of these films for many was -War and Remembrance, a multi-part follow up to the epic Winds of War. With great difficulty, Jane finally convinced the producer of the film that she could convincingly play the role of Natalie Jastrow-Henry, an American of Jewish heritage sent to a death camp during world War ll. The role had a very personal connection for her. Her father had lost three cousins in Bergen Belsen and her mother had survived a Japanese concentration camp. For Jane, “Natalie’ was part of who she was, not just a role. It was one of the most powerful performances of her career.

In 1990, Jane was dealt two of the most devestating blows of her life, in quick succession. Her beloved father John Frankenberg died of cancer and shortly after, her ten-year long marriage to David Flynn came to an end. The fairytale marriage that Jane had written about in her first book, Jane Seymour's Guide to Romantic Living had proved to be an illusion. A bitter divorce followed that left her devestated emotionally and financially.

Dr Quinn Medicine Woman
But Jane Seymour had inherited her mother’s resilient spirit and she had two young children to support so when she was offered the role of an 1800s physician in a television pilot called Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, although she had always refused to consider a television series, she agreed to do the film. (The series was destined to become one of the most beloved series of all time running for six years and garnering a world-wide following that continues to this day.) After the pilot, while waiting to see if the series had been picked up, Jane went to Arizona to produce and star in a film called Sunstroke, which she called her answer to Sharon Stone’s Basic Instinct. It was a low budget thriller directed by actor, producer, James Keach (son of Stacy Keach Sr.) Once again, a film would change her life. A friendship developed between Jane and James (who was separated at the time) that eventually led to love and on May 15, 1993, Jane Seymour and James Keach wed.

 

 

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