Within the entertainment industry, Jane Seymour’s name is synonymous with sophistication, talent, and timeless beauty.
The 72-year-old, who is renowned for her varied acting career, has been lighting up screens for a long time with her superb performances.
Apart from her notoriety in Hollywood, Seymour is a dedicated mother and author.
She has truly managed to traverse the joys and challenges of being a parent, even with the unique experience of raising twin boys.
Seymour, who has been married and divorced four times, is the proud mother of Katherine, 41, and Sean, 38, who were born during her marriage to David Flynn. In addition, she has two boys, Kristopher Steven and John Stacy, who are 27 years old, from her marriage to filmmaker James Keach.
The path to motherhood
Seymour encountered many challenges when becoming a mother. She talked candidly with People about how she and her ex-husband, Keach, nearly gave up on their aspirations after experiencing two miscarriages after in-vitro pregnancy. However, at 44, she conceived her third child, and this time, it worked, resulting in the birth of twin boys, John and Kristopher.
Pre-eclampsia caused the boys’ emergency C-section delivery to occur six weeks early.
Given this, the twins encountered problems from the start. The pregnancy and birth included significant dangers, and Seymour and the twins narrowly escaped a disastrous outcome. “I nearly died having them, and the babies nearly died,” she disclosed in an interview with Loose Women.
Seymour says he’s glad he had children, but he’s never regretted taking that chance.The twins needed constant supervision in their early years because of their early birth.
Seymour claimed that both boys had health issues; Johnny even went blue twice after returning from the hospital.
This led to their readmission to the hospital, where their swallowing, sucking, and breathing were monitored. Seymour was clearly committed to her twins’ welfare.
She chose choices that allowed her to spend as much time as possible with her children, often including them in her filmmaking.
Supporters adore Jane Seymour’s sons
Seymour just shared a cute picture of herself with her grown twin boys, who her fans say have grown into tall, handsome men who tower over her. Lovers showered the picture with kind remarks, expressing their admiration: “I adore this, Jane.” You look gorgeous, and the boys are really attractive.
Others joined in, saying, “Two attractive males! and a stunning mother!”Handsome sons!” and more remarks like that carried on the praising.and “Your boys look good.”
Comments along the lines of “How beautiful you three are!” continued to flow from the outpouring of love.and “They resemble their father very much.” attractive dudes.
Seymour’s twin motherhood, with all of its challenges and successes, is evidence of the enduring power of a mother’s love.
Despite her tall and handsome twin kids towering over her, she continues to enjoy the enduring power of love and the joys of parenthood.
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‘Little Miss Dynamite’ blew up the charts when she was only 12: The story of Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee’s name may not be as recognizable as some of the other music stars from the 1960s but when you think of Christmas, you’ll know her song, and start humming her catchy tune, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”
When Lee, now 78, first hit the stage, she wasn’t old enough to drive but her powerful vocals steered her “unprecedented international popularity” as the most successful female artist of the 1960s.
Lee, whose voice defied her diminutive stature at only 4 foot 9, became a fan favorite when she was only 12.
Brenda May Tarpley, born in 1944, got her start in the late 1940s, became huge in the 1950s, and over her career–that started before she left elementary school–she topped the charts 55 times, earning the title as the most successful female recording artist of the 1960s.
When Lee was only eight (according to Rolling Stone), her father, a construction worker, was killed at work and little Brenda–who then changed her last name to Lee–became the family’s primary provider.
Taking care of her younger brother, big sister, and mother–a cotton mill worker–was not a duty, but something she wanted to do. She said that she was thrilled when she made her first $20, so she could help her family: “Even at that young age, I saw that helped our life,” Lee said, adding “It put some food on the table. It helped, and I loved it.”
The Atlanta-born chanteuse, called a “pioneer of early rock and roll,” by the Georgia Encyclopedia, achieved “unprecedented international popularity in the 1960s.”
But, an incredibly humble human, Lee credits those who helped her achieve her dreams. When Christianity Today asked what she thinks about being a legend, Lee said “I don’t think of myself that way!” She continued, “I’m just a girl who’s been blessed to be doing what I’m doing, and there’s a lot of people who’ve sweated a lot of tears and put a lot of life’s work into me to be able to have my dream. So, if I’m a legend, then they’re legends, too.”
In 1956, the young girl joined country star Red Foley for a show at the Bell Auditorium near her home in Augusta, and she belted out “Jambalaya,” by Hank Williams.
She was then signed to appear on Foley’s Ozark Jubilee, a country music show, where millions of viewers fell in love with the sassy 12-year-old whose talent was developed well beyond her age.
In the same year, Lee signed with Decca Records, and the next year, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and fusing country with rhythm and blues–highlighted by her hiccupping vocals–she recorded early rockabilly classics like “BIGELOW 6-200,” “Little Jonah,” and “Let’s Jump the Broomstick.”
When asked if–when as a young girl–she was nervous performing in front of large crowds, she answered: “No, not really. Nobody ever told me to be nervous. The stage always felt like a hometown to me because I had been in front of people ever since I was 3 years old, singing to people. So it was a very comfortable spot for me.”
In 1957, Lee earned the nickname “Little Miss Dynamite” for her pint-sized powerhouse recording of the song “Dynamite,” and in 1958, fans heard “Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree,” a genre and generation-crossing holiday standard, released when she was only 13.
“I knew it was magical,” she told Rolling Stone.
Over the next couple of years, she charted with hits like “Sweet Nuthin’s,” “All Alone Am I,” and “Fool #1.”
Most of her songs, however, contradicted her experience as a young girl. Her mother didn’t let her date and she graduated high school not understanding the heartbreak of young love.
She was only 16 when she said “Love could be so cruel” in the song “I’m Sorry” and only 16 when she said “I want his lips to kiss me” in the song “I Want to be Wanted,” both back-to-back hits when she was still in school.
And when she turned 18, she met Ronnie Shacklett, whom she’s now been happily married to for 60 years.
Life on the road for Lee as a youngster had its difficulties. She celebrated her 12th birthday in Las Vegas and speaking with the Las Vegas Journal, Lee explained her loneliness.
“Of course, I wasn’t even allowed to walk through a casino, I was so young. So I didn’t even know what a casino looked like. They took me into the kitchen, then into the showroom. And then when my show was over, I was brought back out through the kitchen and back up to my room. Children weren’t allowed … in the casino area.” She continued, “There wasn’t anything to do in Vegas for a kid. The most fun I had was on the stage.”
Speaking on what she missed out on as a child, the award-winning Lee said, “Many times, I yearned to be with my friends rather than be out there on the road.”
Turns out she made new friends on the road, like with the music group that opened for her at a 1962 show in Germany. “I hung out with John,” she says effortlessly, speaking of John Lennon. “He was extremely intelligent, very acerbic with his jokes, just a gentle person. When I found out that they later said they were fans of my music, I was just floored.”
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