
Cast
Carolyn Seymour
Acting
Cast
Carolyn Seymour
Known for
Acting
Born
1947-11-06
From
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Also known as Carolyn von Benckendorf
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.

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
as Elder God #2

Congo
as Eleanor Romy

Ablaze
as Vivian Sims

Mr. Mom
as Eve

I Witness
as Lady Anne

The Bitch
as Polly Logan

Interruptions
as Malcolm's Mother

Modesty Blaise
as Debbie DeFarge

Blue Bayou
as Raleigh McMain

Midnight Cabaret
as Orion

Girls of the White Orchid
as Madame Mori

Reform School Girl
as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull

Hard Four
as Maxine De Winter

The Ruling Class
as Grace Shelley

Zorro, The Gay Blade
as Dolores

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self

The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
as The Actress

Yellow Dog
as Della

Unman, Wittering and Zigo
as Silvia

Gumshoe
as Alison Wyatt

Condor
as Rachel Hawkins

Steptoe & Son
as Zita Steptoe

The Last Ninja
as Lydia

The Assignment
as Danica

Mistress of Paradise
as Adele

The Odd Job
as Angie

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show
as Old Emily / Light Bucca

Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines

The Greeks and Their Gifts
as Angela Harrison

The Prodigal Daughter
as Christine Smith