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Carolyn Seymour

Carolyn Seymour

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 06, 1947 (77)
Birthplace Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated May 01, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 se ... ries 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.

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Hard Four

Hard Four

2007

as Maxine De Winter

Ablaze

Ablaze

2002

as Vivian Sims

Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

1999

as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997

as Elder God #2

Congo

Congo

1995

as Eleanor Romy

Reform School Girl

Reform School Girl

1994

as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull

Midnight Cabaret

Midnight Cabaret

1990

as Orion

Condor

Condor

1986

as Rachel Hawkins

Girls of the White Orchid

Girls of the White Orchid

1983

as Madame Mori

Mr. Mom

Mr. Mom

1983

as Eve

The Last Ninja

The Last Ninja

1983

as Lydia

Modesty Blaise

Modesty Blaise

1982

as Debbie DeFarge

Mistress of Paradise

Mistress of Paradise

1981

as Adele

Zorro, The Gay Blade

Zorro, The Gay Blade

1981

as Dolores

The Bitch

The Bitch

1979

as Polly Logan

The Odd Job

The Odd Job

1978

as Angie

The Prodigal Daughter

The Prodigal Daughter

1975

as Christine Smith

Yellow Dog

Yellow Dog

1973

as Della

Steptoe & Son

Steptoe & Son

1972

as Zita

The Greeks and Their Gifts

The Greeks and Their Gifts

1972

as Angela Harrison

The Ruling Class

The Ruling Class

1972

as Grace Shelley

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

1971

as Silvia

Gumshoe

Gumshoe

1971

as Alison Wyatt

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Survivors

as Abby Grant

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Apr 16, 1975

Take Three Girls

as Jenny

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Nov 17, 1969

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

as Dorothy Difrasso

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 30, 1989

Magnum, P.I.

as Elizabeth, Lady Ashley

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 11, 1980

Matlock

as Christina Harrison Ward

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 03, 1986

Quantum Leap

as Zoey

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 26, 1989

L.A. Law

as Vivian Askoff

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 15, 1986

Star Trek: Voyager

as Mrs. Templeton

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 16, 1995

Murder, She Wrote

as Alice Montrose

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Family Ties

as Lorraine Ferrar

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1982

Tales from the Darkside

as Aisha Candisha (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Remington Steele

as Shelby Haines

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1982

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Subcommander Taris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1987

Otherworld

as Prime Manager

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 1985

Judging Amy

as Atty. Marla Rosen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

Malcolm in the Middle

as Nina

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 2000

Babylon 5

as Senator Crosby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 1994

Superman: The Animated Series

as Kala In-Ze (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1996

Tales from the Darkside

as Andrea Caldwell / Director

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Quantum Leap

as Priscilla Stoltz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 1989

ER

as Dr. Skoft

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

Return of the Saint

as Lady Greer Stevens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1978

Justice

as Joy Mostyn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 08, 1971

The Flash

as Jocelyn Weller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1990

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Mirasta Yale

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Commander Toreth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1987

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

as Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 26, 1996

Space: 1999

as Eva

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 04, 1975

Murder, She Wrote

as Pauline Constable

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Nellie Ruddy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Snoops

as Antiques Clerk

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1989

Still Standing

as Beverly Gerber

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2002

Cagney & Lacey

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 25, 1982

The Twilight Zone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1985

Hart to Hart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1979

Chicago Hope

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1994

Blue Thunder

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1984

Dark Justice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1991

Murphy's Law

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 02, 1988

Jack's Place

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 26, 1992

Masquerade

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 15, 1983

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