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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show
Character:Old Emily / Light Bucca
Release Date:31/12/2024
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2022
Hard Four
Character:Maxine De Winter
Release Date:01/11/2007
I Witness
Character:Lady Anne
Release Date:13/04/2003
Ablaze
Character:Vivian Sims
Release Date:16/07/2002
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
Character:Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
Release Date:24/11/1999
Interruptions
Character:Malcolm's Mother
Release Date:12/12/1997
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Character:Elder God #2
Release Date:11/11/1997
Congo
Character:Eleanor Romy
Release Date:09/06/1995
Reform School Girl
Character:Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
Release Date:23/09/1994
Blue Bayou
Character:Raleigh McMain
Release Date:15/01/1990
Midnight Cabaret
Character:Orion
Release Date:01/01/1990
Condor
Character:Rachel Hawkins
Release Date:10/08/1986
Girls of the White Orchid
Character:Madame Mori
Release Date:28/11/1983
Mr. Mom
Character:Eve
Release Date:22/07/1983
The Last Ninja
Character:Lydia
Release Date:07/07/1983
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
Character:The Actress
Release Date:05/04/1983
Modesty Blaise
Character:Debbie DeFarge
Release Date:01/01/1982
Mistress of Paradise
Character:Adele
Release Date:04/10/1981
Zorro, The Gay Blade
Character:Dolores
Release Date:17/07/1981
The Bitch
Character:Polly Logan
Release Date:20/09/1979
The Odd Job
Character:Angie
Release Date:31/08/1978
The Assignment
Character:Danica
Release Date:11/07/1977
The Prodigal Daughter
Character:Christine Smith
Release Date:01/01/1975
Yellow Dog
Character:Della
Release Date:11/08/1973
The Greeks and Their Gifts
Character:Angela Harrison
Release Date:20/06/1972
The Ruling Class
Character:Grace Shelley
Release Date:24/05/1972
Steptoe & Son
Character:Zita Steptoe
Release Date:01/03/1972
Gumshoe
Character:Alison Wyatt
Release Date:01/12/1971
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Character:Silvia
Release Date:13/06/1971
Television Appearances
Still Standing
Character:Beverly Gerber
Malcolm in the Middle
Character:Nina
Judging Amy
Character:Atty. Marla Rosen
Superman: The Animated Series
Character:Kala In-Ze (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Character:Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)
Star Trek: Voyager
Character:Mrs. Templeton
ER
Character:Dr. Skoft
Chicago Hope
Character:Board Member
Babylon 5
Character:Senator Crosby
Red Shoe Diaries
Character:Choreographer
Jack's Place
Character:
Dark Justice
Character:
The Flash
Character:Jocelyn Weller
Snoops
Character:Antiques Clerk
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Character:Dorothy Difrasso
Quantum Leap
Character:Zoey
Quantum Leap
Character:Priscilla Stoltz
Murphy's Law
Character:
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character:Subcommander Taris
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character:Mirasta Yale
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character:Commander Toreth
L.A. Law
Character:Vivian Askoff
Matlock
Character:Christina Harrison Ward
Matlock
Character:Dr. Vanessa Sedgwick
Matlock
Character:Iris Vogel
The Twilight Zone
Character:(segment "Ye Gods")
Otherworld
Character:Prime Manager
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Alice Montrose
Tales from the Darkside
Character:Aisha Candisha (voice)
Tales from the Darkside
Character:Andrea Caldwell / Director
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Pauline Constable
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Nellie Ruddy
Blue Thunder
Character:Helen
Masquerade
Character:
Remington Steele
Character:Shelby Haines
Family Ties
Character:Lorraine Ferrar
Cagney & Lacey
Character:
The Greatest American Hero
Character:Kris Peterson
Magnum, P.I.
Character:Elizabeth, Lady Ashley
Magnum, P.I.
Character:Leeann
Hart to Hart
Character:
Return of the Saint
Character:Lady Greer Stevens
Space: 1999
Character:Eva
Survivors
Character:Abby Grant
Justice
Character:Joy Mostyn
Take Three Girls
Character:Jenny
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