14 Facts About Michaela Quinn

CBS introduced the series in 1993, and Dr Michaela Quinn was played by Jane Seymour.

Dr Michaela Quinn, again played by Seymour, made an appearance in California, an unaired TV pilot for a spinoff of Dr Michaela Quinn: Medicine Woman made by CBS.

Jane Seymour's portrayal of Dr Michaela Quinn has been widely viewed as an iconic western character, earning Seymour a Golden Globe award.

Michaela Quinn was born into a wealthy family in Boston.

Michaela Quinn insists that she is up to the challenge, and she is reluctantly offered the job as town doctor in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Michaela Quinn begins actively trying to change the townfolks attitudes toward modern medicine, the Cheyenne and other Native American peoples, and a host of other, more progressive attitudes not entirely shared by the frontier-minded residents.

Michaela Quinn adopts three children after her friend and their mother, Charlotte Cooper, was bitten by a rattlesnake and succumbs to the venom.

Michaela Quinn is a very independent woman who often clashes with the townsfolk, but more often than not she is successful in changing or at the least softening their attitudes.

Michaela Quinn's mother is devastated that her daughter has decided to leave and live in Colorado Springs, but after a visit she changes her mind and to a certain extent accepts Michaela's decision.

Later, her mother again travels to Colorado to attend her wedding, giving her blessing for Michaela Quinn to marry Sully.

The elder Mrs Michaela Quinn warms to the family, even sending young Brian a poodle after his pet wolf, Pup, is killed by rabies.

However, it soon becomes clear what Bancroft's true intentions are, and Quinn intervenes as some members of the town are about to hang Robert E Chastising them for their racism while wearing their "ridiculous costumes", she pulls the hood off of Bancroft, exposing him undeniably as their leader.

The issue of censorship is dealt with on the series when Michaela Quinn's mother sends her late father's extensive book collection to Colorado Springs.

Rather than keep them for herself, Dr Michaela Quinn convinces the town to open a public library, which is named the Josef Michaela Quinn Memorial Library.