Jane Seymour Reveals Sexual Harassment as Young Actress

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Jane Seymour Reveals Sexual Harassment as Young Actress
by Denise Petski
November 7, 2017


As allegations of sexual harassment and assault by powerful entertainment industry figures continue to balloon, Jane Seymour has recounted her own experience as a young actress in Hollywood, an incident that stopped her from working for an entire year.

In an interview with Sky News’ Sunrise morning show and reported by The Daily Mail, the British actress known for her roles in Live and Let Die, Superman and "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" recalled an incident with an unnamed producer early in her career, when she had gone to Hollywood for a screen test.





Quinn told the program she’d been invited to the home of a “major producer” who was interested in having her star in his film. When she arrived, in what has become an all-too familiar story, she said she expected to see other people there, but there was no one.

After telling her she was perfect for his movie, Seymour recalled he said, ” ‘I’ve done my bit and now it’s your turn to do your bit’ .. ‘No, no, you know what you have to do.’ And I’m going, ‘No I don’t.’ And he put his hand on my thigh, way up high.”

The actress says “being British, I crossed my legs and scooted down the couch until I had no couch left. I had no option but to stand up and say, “Please get me home.”





Seymour says the producer was the most powerful man in Hollywood at the time, and he threatened her, saying, “If you ever tell anyone that this happened or that you were even here in my house...” When she told him people knew she was there, he replied. “You have to lie. The old, ‘You’ll never work in this town again.’ He had that power.” She said the incident stopped her from working as an actress for a year.

Seymour’s story is the latest in a flood of allegations of sexual assault and misconduct following last month’s New York Times exposé detailing accusations by numerous women against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.

http://deadline.com/2017/11/jane-sey...ss-1202203386/

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It surprises me that people are acting like they had no clue this was going on. Anyone with a brain already knew this was going on in show business not just for "years" but forever.

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

It surprises me that people are acting like they had no clue this was going on. Anyone with a brain already knew this was going on in show business not just for "years" but forever.

Heck, the "casting couch" is a widely accepted euphemism.

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Who was the Producer?

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Originally Posted by Alan Brady's Hair

Who was the most powerful man in Hollywood in 1972?

Bill Clinton?

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Originally Posted by Alan Brady's Hair

Who was the most powerful man in Hollywood in 1972?

Norman Lear is my guess. The 70s was the decade his very overrated shows took over.

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Originally Posted by catsrule

Norman Lear is my guess. The 70s was the decade his very overrated shows took over.

She said movies. Norman Lear made TV series.