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