Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 06, 1947
Place of Birth
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Credits
70 titles
Carolyn Seymour
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
Filmography
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
Hard Four
Maxine De Winter
I Witness
Lady Anne
Still Standing
Beverly Gerber
Ablaze
Vivian Sims
Malcolm in the Middle
Nina
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
Judging Amy
Atty. Marla Rosen
Interruptions
Malcolm's Mother
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Elder God #2
Superman: The Animated Series
Kala In-Ze (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)
Congo
Eleanor Romy
Star Trek: Voyager
Mrs. Templeton
Reform School Girl
Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
ER
Dr. Skoft
Chicago Hope
Board Member
Rebel Highway
Evelyn Turnbull
Babylon 5
Senator Crosby
Red Shoe Diaries
Choreographer
Jack's Place
Dark Justice
The Flash
Jocelyn Weller
Blue Bayou
Raleigh McMain
Midnight Cabaret
Orion
Snoops
Antiques Clerk
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Dorothy Difrasso
Quantum Leap
Zoey
Murphy's Law
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Subcommander Taris
L.A. Law
Vivian Askoff
Condor
Rachel Hawkins
Matlock
Christina Harrison Ward
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Ye Gods")
Otherworld
Prime Manager
Murder, She Wrote
Alice Montrose
Tales from the Darkside
Aisha Candisha (voice)
Blue Thunder
Helen
Masquerade
Girls of the White Orchid
Madame Mori
Mr. Mom
Eve
The Last Ninja
Lydia
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
The Actress
Remington Steele
Shelby Haines
Family Ties
Lorraine Ferrar
Cagney & Lacey
Cassie & Co.
Jeanne
Modesty Blaise
Debbie DeFarge
Mistress of Paradise
Adele
Zorro, The Gay Blade
Dolores