Jane Seymour to be honored by LA Press Club

FILE PHOTO: Jane Seymour attends a special screening of Netflix’s “Irish Wish” at the Paris Theater on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES – Actress and philanthropist Jane Seymour has been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2024 Bill Rosendahl Public Service Awardee, the organization announced Wednesday.

Seymour, 73, who is also a painter and producer, will receive the award June 23 at the 66th SoCal Journalism Awards Gala at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.

“While Jane Seymour has entertained audiences through memorable film and TV roles, she also has made many contributions off-screen,” LA Press Club President Lisa Richwine said. “She encourages kindness and helping others through the Open Heart Foundation and has inspired women by speaking up about ageism.”

Seymour starred as “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” which ran for six seasons on CBS in the 1990s.

Her film roles include a memorable turn as a “Bond Girl” in 1973’s “Live and Let Die,” along with 1984’s “Lassiter” with Tom Selleck and 1980’s “Somewhere in Time” with Christopher Reeve.

Her stage work includes originating the role of Constanza in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of “Amadeus.”

Actively involved in numerous charitable causes, Seymour is best known for her Open Heart Foundation, which supports children in need and creates awareness for women’s heart health.

She has six children and six grandchildren.

Also at the June 23 gala, Stephen A. Smith will receive the Joseph M. Quinn Award for Lifetime Achievement; Evan Gershkovich will receive the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism; Amanda Salas will receive the President’s Award for Impact on Media; and Mickey H. Osterreicher will get the Guardian Award for Contributions to Press Freedom.

The evening will be dedicated to the memory of Ruth Ashton Taylor and Sam Rubin.

Taylor was the first female newscaster in Los Angeles and the only woman on Edward R Murrow’s postwar radio documentary unit. She died in California earlier this year at age 101.

Rubin was a long-time entertainment reporter for KTLA5 and a well-loved TV personality who died this month at age 64. (CNS)