Carolyn Seymour
Acting
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.
Born: November 6, 1947
Place of Birth: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Old Emily / Light Bucca
as Maxine De Winter
as Lady Anne
as Beverly Gerber
as Vivian Sims
as Nina
as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
as Atty. Marla Rosen
as Elder God #2
as Kala In-Ze (voice)
as Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)
as Eleanor Romy
as Mrs. Templeton
as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
as Dr. Skoft
as Senator Crosby
as Choreographer
as Jocelyn Weller
as Raleigh McMain
as Orion
as Antiques Clerk
as Dorothy Difrasso
as Zoey
as Priscilla Stoltz
as Subcommander Taris
as Mirasta Yale
as Commander Toreth
as Vivian Askoff
as Rachel Hawkins
as Christina Harrison Ward
as (segment "Ye Gods")
as Prime Manager
as Alice Montrose
as Pauline Constable
as Nellie Ruddy
as Aisha Candisha (voice)
as Andrea Caldwell / Director
as Helen
as Madame Mori
as Eve
as Lydia
as Shelby Haines
as Lorraine Ferrar
as Debbie DeFarge
as Adele
as Dolores
as Kris Peterson
as Elizabeth, Lady Ashley
as Leeann
as Polly Logan
as Lady Greer Stevens
as Angie
as Danica
as Eva
as Abby Grant
as Della
as Grace Shelley
as Zita Steptoe
as Alison Wyatt
as Joy Mostyn
as Silvia
as Jenny