Carolyn Seymour
28 movies · 41 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 6, 1947 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Carolyn von Benckendorf
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Carolyn Seymour: movies and TV shows
Acting (69)
- 2007 Hard Four
as Maxine De Winter
- 2003 I Witness
as Lady Anne
- 2002
- 2002 Ablaze
as Vivian Sims
- 2000
- 1999 Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
- 1999
- 1997 Interruptions
as Malcolm's Mother
- 1997 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
as Elder God #2
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995 Congo
as Eleanor Romy
- 1995
- 1994 Reform School Girl
as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1992
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1990 Blue Bayou
as Raleigh McMain
- 1990 Midnight Cabaret
as Orion
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation · TV
as Subcommander Taris / Mirasta Yale / Commander Toreth · 3 episodes
- 1986
- 1986 Condor
as Rachel Hawkins
- 1986
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983 Girls of the White Orchid
as Madame Mori
- 1983 Mr. Mom
as Eve
- 1983 The Last Ninja
as Lydia
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 Modesty Blaise
as Debbie DeFarge
- 1981 Mistress of Paradise
as Adele
- 1981 Zorro, The Gay Blade
as Dolores
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979
- 1979 The Bitch
as Polly Logan
- 1978
- 1978 The Odd Job
as Angie
- 1977 The Assignment
as Danica
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975 The Prodigal Daughter
as Christine Smith
- 1973 Yellow Dog
as Della
- 1972 The Greeks and Their Gifts
as Angela Harrison
- 1972 The Ruling Class
as Grace Shelley
- 1972 Steptoe & Son
as Zita Steptoe
- 1971 Gumshoe
as Alison Wyatt
- 1971
- 1971 Unman, Wittering and Zigo
as Silvia
- 1969
- 1969
- 1967
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2022