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Jane Seymour, 72, earned worldwide recognition for her iconic role as the titular Dr Michaela Quinn in the hit 1990s series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, but the actress actually took the role out of sheer necessity and desperation.
A decade earlier, the actress was tying the knot with her third husband, David Flynn, who eventually became her business manager too, as her celebrity continued to grow.
Over the next few years together the couple also welcomed two children, Katherine, 41, and Sean, 37, but their seemingly idyllic life soon came to a screeching halt as Jane is believed to have suddenly discovered the detrimental financial position they were in.
Jane claimed David had been mismanaging her Hollywood fortune and she never felt the need to check on her finances because she full-heartedly trusted him not just as “one of the top professionals in the financial industry”, but also as her husband and father of her children.
She has now told The Times: “It was devastating because I was put into a financial situation that I had no idea of.
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“He had invested it in properties and things I knew nothing about, all of which he got me to personally sign.”
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Jane claims that their debts made her give away all of her material items, adding: “I didn’t own anything. Lawsuits from every major bank and nine million in debt, which I didn’t know anything about.”
The actress continued: “I was traumatised and just did what I had to do, which was figure out how I was going to earn some money to pay back what he’d lost.”
Determined to find a way out of this seemingly impossible situation, Jane fled to her agent who shared a part that seemed to be a doomed series, but the actress had no wiggle room to be picky.
The role, that of Dr Michaela Quinn, has since become one of Jane’s most iconic characters bar her role in the Bond franchise.
Jane and David ultimately divorced in 1992, but the actress claimed they are still close friends three decades on.
The Wedding Crashers star went on to marry fellow actor James Keach in 1993 and also welcomed two children with him, twins John and Kristopher, 27, before they also split in 2015.
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