Acting · Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Born November 6, 1947
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.
MoviePeter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
MovieHard Four
2007
as Maxine De Winter
MovieI Witness
2003
as Lady Anne
TVStill Standing
2002
as Beverly Gerber
MovieAblaze
2002
as Vivian Sims
TVMalcolm in the Middle
2000
as Nina
MovieBehind the Life of Chris Gaines
1999
as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Atty. Marla Rosen
MovieInterruptions
1997
as Malcolm's Mother
MovieMortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
as Elder God #2
TVSuperman: The Animated Series
1996
as Kala In-Ze (voice)
TVThe Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
as Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)
MovieCongo
1995
as Eleanor Romy
TVStar Trek: Voyager
1995
as Mrs. Templeton
MovieReform School Girl
1994
as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
TVER
1994
as Dr. Skoft
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Board Member
TVRebel Highway
1994
as Evelyn Turnbull
TVBabylon 5
1994
as Senator Crosby
TVRed Shoe Diaries
1992
as Choreographer
TVJack's Place
1992
TVDark Justice
1991
TVThe Flash
1990
as Jocelyn Weller
MovieBlue Bayou
1990
as Raleigh McMain
MovieMidnight Cabaret
1990
as Orion
TVSnoops
1989
as Antiques Clerk
TVPoor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Dorothy Difrasso
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as Zoey
TVMurphy's Law
1988
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Subcommander Taris
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Vivian Askoff
MovieCondor
1986
as Rachel Hawkins
TVMatlock
1986
as Christina Harrison Ward
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Ye Gods")
TVOtherworld
1985
as Prime Manager
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Alice Montrose
TVTales from the Darkside
1984
as Aisha Candisha (voice)
TVBlue Thunder
1984
as Helen
TVMasquerade
1983
MovieGirls of the White Orchid
1983
as Madame Mori
MovieMr. Mom
1983
as Eve
MovieThe Last Ninja
1983
as Lydia
MovieThe Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
1983
as The Actress
TVRemington Steele
1982
as Shelby Haines
TVFamily Ties
1982
as Lorraine Ferrar
TVCagney & Lacey
1982
TVCassie & Co.
1982
as Jeanne
MovieModesty Blaise
1982
as Debbie DeFarge
MovieMistress of Paradise
1981
as Adele
MovieZorro, The Gay Blade
1981
as Dolores
TVThe Greatest American Hero
1981
as Kris Peterson
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Elizabeth, Lady Ashley
TVHart to Hart
1979
MovieThe Bitch
1979
as Polly Logan
TVReturn of the Saint
1978
as Lady Greer Stevens
MovieThe Odd Job
1978
as Angie
MovieThe Assignment
1977
as Danica
TVSpace: 1999
1975
as Eva
TVSurvivors
1975
as Abby Grant
The Prodigal Daughter
1975
as Christine Smith
MovieYellow Dog
1973
as Della
The Greeks and Their Gifts
1972
as Angela Harrison
MovieThe Ruling Class
1972
as Grace Shelley
MovieSteptoe & Son
1972
as Zita Steptoe
MovieGumshoe
1971
as Alison Wyatt
TVJustice
1971
as Joy Mostyn
MovieUnman, Wittering and Zigo
1971
as Silvia
Take Three Girls
1969
as Jenny
TVITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Vicky
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Angela Harrison
