Carolyn Seymour
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.
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Movies (29)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022 · Self
Hard Four
2007 · Maxine De Winter
I Witness
2003 · Lady Anne
Ablaze
2002 · Vivian Sims
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
1999 · Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
Interruptions
1997 · Malcolm's Mother
Mortal Kombat: Aniquilación
1997 · Elder God #2
Congo
1995 · Eleanor Romy
Reform School Girl
1994 · Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
Blue Bayou
1990 · Raleigh McMain
Midnight Cabaret
1990 · Orion
Condor
1986 · Rachel Hawkins
Girls of the White Orchid
1983 · Madame Mori
Mr. Mom
1983 · Eve
The Last Ninja
1983 · Lydia
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
1983 · The Actress
Modesty Blaise
1982 · Debbie DeFarge
Mistress of Paradise
1981 · Adele
Zorro, The Gay Blade
1981 · Dolores
The Bitch
1979 · Polly Logan
The Odd Job
1978 · Angie
The Assignment
1977 · Danica
The Prodigal Daughter
1975 · Christine Smith
Yellow Dog
1973 · Della
The Greeks and Their Gifts
1972 · Angela Harrison
The Ruling Class
1972 · Grace Shelley
Steptoe & Son
1972 · Zita Steptoe
Gumshoe
1971 · Alison Wyatt
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971 · Silvia
TV shows (41)
Still Standing
2002 · Beverly Gerber
Malcolm el de en Medio
2000 · Nina
Judging Amy
1999 · Atty. Marla Rosen
Superman: La Serie Animada
1996 · Kala In-Ze (voice)
Las increíbles aventuras de Jonny Quest
1996 · Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Mrs. Templeton
Sala de urgencias
1994 · Dr. Skoft
Chicago Hope
1994 · Board Member
Rebel Highway
1994 · Evelyn Turnbull
Babilonia 5
1994 · Senator Crosby
Red Shoe Diaries
1992 · Choreographer
Jack's Place
1992
Dark Justice
1991
Flash
1990 · Jocelyn Weller
Snoops
1989 · Antiques Clerk
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989 · Dorothy Difrasso
Quantum Leap
1989 · Zoey, Priscilla Stoltz
Murphy's Law
1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Subcommander Taris, Mirasta Yale, Commander Toreth
L.A. Law
1986 · Vivian Askoff
Matlock
1986 · Christina Harrison Ward, Dr. Vanessa Sedgwick, Iris Vogel
The Twilight Zone
1985 · (segment "Ye Gods")
Otherworld
1985 · Prime Manager
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Alice Montrose, Pauline Constable, Nellie Ruddy
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · Aisha Candisha (voice), Andrea Caldwell / Director
Blue Thunder
1984 · Helen
Masquerade
1983
Remington Steele
1982 · Shelby Haines
Family Ties
1982 · Lorraine Ferrar
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Cassie & Co.
1982 · Jeanne
The Greatest American Hero
1981 · Kris Peterson
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Elizabeth, Lady Ashley, Leeann
Hart to Hart
1979
Return of the Saint
1978 · Lady Greer Stevens
Space: 1999
1975 · Eva
Survivors
1975 · Abby Grant
Justice
1971 · Joy Mostyn
Take Three Girls
1969 · Jenny
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Vicky
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Angela Harrison