Name
Carolyn Seymour
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-11-06 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Biography
Carolyn Seymour (born 6 November 1947) is an English actress, best known for portraying the role of Abby Grant in the BBC series Survivors. Born Carolyn von Benckendorf in Buckinghamshire, to a Russian father and an Irish mother. One of her earliest television roles was as Jenny in the BBC drama series Take Three Girls. and an early film appearance was as Zita in the film Steptoe and Son (1972) alongside Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell. Her best-known movie role remains Grace Gurney in The Ruling Class (also 1972), opposite Peter O'Toole.
She left Survivors at the end of its first series, due to disagreements with the producers over the direction the show and her character were taking. She appeared in the Space: 1999 episode "The Seance Spectre", and with Joan Collins in The Bitch. She then moved to the United States and made numerous television appearances including Hart to Hart, Modesty Blaise, Family Ties, Cagney & Lacey, Remington Steele, Magnum, P.I., The Twilight Zone, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, Quantum Leap; Star Trek: The Next Generation, Civil Wars, L.A. Law, Red Shoe Diaries, Star Trek: Voyager, and ER.
She has also contributed voice work for several Star Wars video games, portraying characters such as Shmi Skywalker and Mon Mothma. She provides the voice for the Locust Queen Myrrah in Gears of War, Dr. Karin Chakwas in the Mass Effect series and the Elder God of Water in Mortal Kombat Annihilation. She has played in audio plays by L.A. Theatre Works and The Hollywood Theater of the Ear, and recently began narrating audiobooks. Since 2014, she has played Abby Grant in Big Finish Productions' Survivors series, based on the book by Terry Nation and the television series.
From 2014 onwards, she has voiced Bierce in Dark Deception.
Known For
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- 1995 Congo as Eleanor Romy
- 1972 Steptoe & Son as Zita Steptoe
- 1983 Mr. Mom as Eve
- 1971 Gumshoe as Alison Wyatt
- 2007 Hard Four as Maxine De Winter
- 1971 Unman, Wittering and Zigo as Silvia
- 1975 The Prodigal Daughter as Christine Smith
- 1986 Condor as Rachel Hawkins
- 2022 Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
- 1994 Reform School Girl as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
- 1972 The Ruling Class as Grace Shelley
- 1972 The Greeks and Their Gifts as Angela Harrison
- 1997 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as Elder God #2
- 1983 The Last Ninja as Lydia
- 1990 Midnight Cabaret as Orion
- 1979 The Bitch as Polly Logan
- 1983 Girls of the White Orchid as Madame Mori
- 2002 Ablaze as Vivian Sims
- 1973 Yellow Dog as Della
- 1982 Modesty Blaise as Debbie DeFarge
- 1978 The Odd Job as Angie
- 1977 The Assignment as Danica
- 1981 Zorro, The Gay Blade as Dolores
- 1999 Behind the Life of Chris Gaines as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
- 1981 Mistress of Paradise as Adele
- 1990 Blue Bayou as Raleigh McMain
- 2003 I Witness as Lady Anne
- 1983 The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair as The Actress
- 1997 Interruptions as Malcolm's Mother
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 2 episodes ) as Vivian Askoff
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Alice Montrose
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 2 episodes ) as Elizabeth, Lady Ashley
- 1982 Family Ties ( 1 episode ) as Lorraine Ferrar
- 1984 Tales from the Darkside ( 1 episode ) as Aisha Candisha (voice)
- 1982 Remington Steele ( 1 episode ) as Shelby Haines
- 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1 episode ) as Subcommander Taris
- 1985 Otherworld ( 1 episode ) as Prime Manager
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 1 episode ) as Atty. Marla Rosen
- 1995 Star Trek: Voyager ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Templeton
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Christina Harrison Ward
- 1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as (segment "Ye Gods")
- 2000 Malcolm in the Middle ( 1 episode ) as Nina
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 3 episodes ) as Zoey
- 1994 Babylon 5 ( 1 episode ) as Senator Crosby
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Cagney & Lacey ( 2 episodes )
- 1996 Superman: The Animated Series ( 1 episode ) as Kala In-Ze (voice)
- 1989 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story ( 6 episodes ) as Dorothy Difrasso
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Board Member
- 1984 Blue Thunder ( 1 episode ) as Helen
- 1991 Dark Justice ( 1 episode )
- 1988 Murphy's Law ( 1 episode )
- 1992 Jack's Place ( 1 episode )
- 1983 Masquerade ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Tales from the Darkside ( 1 episode ) as Andrea Caldwell / Director
- 1975 Survivors ( 13 episodes ) as Abby Grant
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Priscilla Stoltz
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Skoft
- 1978 Return of the Saint ( 1 episode ) as Lady Greer Stevens
- 1971 Justice ( 1 episode ) as Joy Mostyn
- 1990 The Flash ( 1 episode ) as Jocelyn Weller
- 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1 episode ) as Mirasta Yale
- 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1 episode ) as Commander Toreth
- 1996 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest ( 1 episode ) as Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)
- 1969 Take Three Girls ( 12 episodes ) as Jenny
- 1975 Space: 1999 ( 1 episode ) as Eva
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Pauline Constable
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Nellie Ruddy
- 1989 Snoops ( 1 episode ) as Antiques Clerk
- 2002 Still Standing ( 1 episode ) as Beverly Gerber
- 1992 Red Shoe Diaries ( 1 episode ) as Choreographer
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Leeann
- 1981 The Greatest American Hero ( 1 episode ) as Kris Peterson
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Vanessa Sedgwick
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Iris Vogel
- 1994 Rebel Highway ( 1 episode ) as Evelyn Turnbull
- 1982 Cassie & Co. ( 1 episode ) as Jeanne
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Angela Harrison
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Vicky
