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