The biggest difference between Seymour and Dr. Quinn may be their relationship with the show's hunk, Joe Lando. Onscreen. the chemistry is restrained, as is appropriate for an 8 P.M. series: offscreen, the actress has apparently been friendlier with him than has Dr. Quinn. "It was pretty clear there for a while," says executive producer Sullivan in an unusually candid moment, "that Jane and Joe were seeing each other. They had a little something going there for a while."

"He is gorgeous," is all Seymour will say about Lando. "Women come up to me all the time and ask me all about him. Mostly they want to know how he gets his hair that color!"

That strangers on the street feel comfortable enough with Seymour to dish her costar is a testament to her image as the queen of romance. From playing a sexy Dallas cheerleader to her stint as a Bond girl in -Live and Let Die" through an Emmy for her work in miniseries (Onassis, East of Eden, War and Remembrance, among others). Seymour has carved out a niche as glamorous. exotic, and sexy.

Even now, after the sobering divorce. her name is still connected with romance-now with Keach. Was it love at first sight` Mutual respect." she says. "We worked together on a film about a year ago "Sunstroke" that I executive-produced. He produced and directed it."

Is she afraid of scandal again, Carrying on with a married man? "It's not so scandalous. We became friends when we worked together. There was an attraction. but nothing happened. He was still married. Later I went to Austria and during that time he left his wife and asked for a divorce. They hadn't been together for a year." Says Keach, "I'm about an inch away from being divorced."

Jane Seymour was not yet ready for so many questions about her personal life. Starring on weekly TV has different responsibilities from appearing in the occasional miniseries role. If you're going to play the proper Dr. Quinn, many feel there are obligations to the audience. It 's the family values" issue.

Seymour understands the questions well. "When you talk about family values," she says, "you should remember that life is not perfect."


(Steward Weiner TVG- 1993)