Carolyn Seymour
Acting • Born 1947-11-06
Biography
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
78 credits
Congo
Movie • 1995
Eleanor Romy
Steptoe & Son
Movie • 1972
Zita Steptoe
Mr. Mom
Movie • 1983
Eve
Gumshoe
Movie • 1971
Alison Wyatt
Hard Four
Movie • 2007
Maxine De Winter
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Movie • 1971
Silvia
The Prodigal Daughter
Movie • 1975
Christine Smith
Condor
Movie • 1986
Rachel Hawkins
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Movie • 2022
Self
Reform School Girl
Movie • 1994
Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
The Ruling Class
Movie • 1972
Grace Shelley
The Greeks and Their Gifts
Movie • 1972
Angela Harrison
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Movie • 1997
Elder God #2
The Last Ninja
Movie • 1983
Lydia
Midnight Cabaret
Movie • 1990
Orion
The Bitch
Movie • 1979
Polly Logan
Girls of the White Orchid
Movie • 1983
Madame Mori
Ablaze
Movie • 2002
Vivian Sims
Yellow Dog
Movie • 1973
Della
Modesty Blaise
Movie • 1982
Debbie DeFarge
The Odd Job
Movie • 1978
Angie
The Assignment
Movie • 1977
Danica
Zorro, The Gay Blade
Movie • 1981
Dolores
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
Movie • 1999
Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
Mistress of Paradise
Movie • 1981
Adele
Blue Bayou
Movie • 1990
Raleigh McMain
I Witness
Movie • 2003
Lady Anne
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
Movie • 1983
The Actress
Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show
Movie • 2024
Old Emily / Light Bucca
Interruptions
Movie • 1997
Malcolm's Mother
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Vivian Askoff
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Alice Montrose
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Elizabeth, Lady Ashley
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Lorraine Ferrar
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
Aisha Candisha (voice)
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Shelby Haines
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Subcommander Taris
Otherworld
TV • 1985
Prime Manager
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Atty. Marla Rosen
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Mrs. Templeton
Matlock
TV • 1986
Christina Harrison Ward
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "Ye Gods")
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Nina
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Zoey
Babylon 5
TV • 1994
Senator Crosby
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
Kala In-Ze (voice)
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
TV • 1989
Dorothy Difrasso
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Board Member
Blue Thunder
TV • 1984
Helen
Dark Justice
TV • 1991
Murphy's Law
TV • 1988
Jack's Place
TV • 1992
Masquerade
TV • 1983
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
Andrea Caldwell / Director
Survivors
TV • 1975
Abby Grant
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Priscilla Stoltz
ER
TV • 1994
Dr. Skoft
Return of the Saint
TV • 1978
Lady Greer Stevens
Justice
TV • 1971
Joy Mostyn
The Flash
TV • 1990
Jocelyn Weller
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Mirasta Yale
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Commander Toreth
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TV • 1996
Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)
Take Three Girls
TV • 1969
Jenny
Space: 1999
TV • 1975
Eva
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Pauline Constable
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Nellie Ruddy
Snoops
TV • 1989
Antiques Clerk
Still Standing
TV • 2002
Beverly Gerber
Red Shoe Diaries
TV • 1992
Choreographer
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Leeann
The Greatest American Hero
TV • 1981
Kris Peterson
Matlock
TV • 1986
Dr. Vanessa Sedgwick
Matlock
TV • 1986
Iris Vogel
Rebel Highway
TV • 1994
Evelyn Turnbull
Cassie & Co.
TV • 1982
Jeanne