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.

Filmography (69 Appearances)

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

2024

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022

Hard Four

2007

I Witness

2003

Still Standing

2002

Ablaze

2002

Malcolm in the Middle

2000

Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

1999

Judging Amy

1999

Interruptions

1997

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

Rebel Highway

1994

Babylon 5

1994

Red Shoe Diaries

1992

Jack's Place

1992

Dark Justice

1991

The Flash

1990

Blue Bayou

1990

Midnight Cabaret

1990

Snoops

1989

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

The Last Ninja

1983

The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair

1983

Remington Steele

1982

Family Ties

1982

Cagney & Lacey

1982

Cassie & Co.

1982

Modesty Blaise

1982

Mistress of Paradise

1981

Zorro, The Gay Blade

1981

The Greatest American Hero

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 Greeks and Their Gifts

1972

The Ruling Class

1972

Steptoe & Son

1972

Gumshoe

1971

Justice

1971

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

1971 Debut

Take Three Girls

1969
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