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.
Acted in
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
Hard Four
2007
as Maxine De Winter
Ablaze
2002
as Vivian Sims
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Nina
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
1999
as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
Judging Amy
1999
as Atty. Marla Rosen
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
as Elder God #2
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Kala In-Ze (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
as Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)
Congo
1995
as Eleanor Romy
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Mrs. Templeton
Reform School Girl
1994
as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
ER
1994
as Dr. Skoft
Chicago Hope
1994
Babylon 5
1994
as Senator Crosby
Jack's Place
1992
Dark Justice
1991
The Flash
1990
as Jocelyn Weller
Blue Bayou
1990
as Raleigh McMain
Midnight Cabaret
1990
as Orion
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Dorothy Difrasso
Quantum Leap
1989
as Zoey
Quantum Leap
1989
as Priscilla Stoltz
Murphy's Law
1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Subcommander Taris
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Mirasta Yale
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Commander Toreth
L.A. Law
1986
as Vivian Askoff
Condor
1986
as Rachel Hawkins
Matlock
1986
as Christina Harrison Ward
The Twilight Zone
1985
Otherworld
1985
as Prime Manager
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Alice Montrose
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Aisha Candisha (voice)
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Andrea Caldwell / Director
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Pauline Constable
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Nellie Ruddy
Blue Thunder
1984
Masquerade
1983
Girls of the White Orchid
1983
as Madame Mori
Mr. Mom
1983
as Eve
The Last Ninja
1983
as Lydia
Remington Steele
1982
as Shelby Haines
Family Ties
1982
as Lorraine Ferrar
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Modesty Blaise
1982
as Debbie DeFarge
Mistress of Paradise
1981
as Adele
Zorro, The Gay Blade
1981
as Dolores
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Elizabeth, Lady Ashley
Hart to Hart
1979
The Bitch
1979
as Polly Logan
Return of the Saint
1978
as Lady Greer Stevens
The Odd Job
1978
as Angie
The Assignment
1977
as Danica
Space: 1999
1975
as Eva
Survivors
1975
as Abby Grant
The Prodigal Daughter
1975
as Christine Smith
Yellow Dog
1973
as Della
The Ruling Class
1972
as Grace Shelley
The Greeks and Their Gifts
1972
as Angela Harrison
Steptoe & Son
1972
as Zita
Gumshoe
1971
as Alison Wyatt
Justice
1971
as Joy Mostyn
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971
as Silvia
Take Three Girls
1969
as Jenny