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.
Filmography
all 57
TV Shows 33
Movies 24
Voice 2
self 1
Director 1
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
The Moon and He (2008)
Hard Four (2007)
Ablaze (2002)
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines (1999)
Judging Amy (1999)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996)
Congo (1995)
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
Reform School Girl (1994)
ER (1994)
Chicago Hope (1994)
Babylon 5 (1994)
Jack's Place (1992)
Dark Justice (1991)
Over My Dead Body (1990)
The Flash (1990)
Midnight Cabaret (1990)
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1989)
Quantum Leap (1989)
Murphy's Law (1988)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
L.A. Law (1986)
Condor (1986)
Matlock (1986)
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Otherworld (1985)
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Blue Thunder (1984)
Masquerade (1983)
Girls of the White Orchid (1983)
Mr. Mom (1983)
Remington Steele (1982)
Family Ties (1982)
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
Modesty Blaise (1982)
Mistress of Paradise (1981)
Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981)
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Hart to Hart (1979)
The Bitch (1979)
Return of the Saint (1978)
The Odd Job (1978)
The Assignment (1977)
Space: 1999 (1975)
Survivors (1975)
The Prodigal Daughter (1975)
Yellow Dog (1973)
The Ruling Class (1972)
Steptoe & Son (1972)
Gumshoe (1971)
Justice (1971)
Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1947-11-06 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceAylesbury, United Kingdom
RelationshipsPeter Medak (1973-01-01 - 1984-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsCarolyn von Benckendorf
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