Carolyn Seymour

Carolyn Seymour

  • Birthday: 1947-11-06
  • Place of birth: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
  • Also know 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.

Filmography

Steptoe & Son

1972

As Zita

Yellow Dog

1973

As Della

The Assignment

1977

As Danica

The Prodigal Daughter

1975

As Christine Smith

Reform School Girl

1994

As Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull

Girls of the White Orchid

1983

As Madame Mori

Gumshoe

1971

As Alison Wyatt

Midnight Cabaret

1990

As Orion

Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

1999

As Carolyn Johnns-Gaines

Mistress of Paradise

1981

As Adele

Condor

1986

As Rachel Hawkins

Modesty Blaise

1982

As Debbie DeFarge

The Odd Job

1978

As Angie

The Ruling Class

1972

As Grace Shelley

Zorro, The Gay Blade

1981

As Dolores

The Bitch

1979

As Polly Logan

Congo

1995

As Eleanor Romy

Mr. Mom

1983

As Eve

Ablaze

2002

As Vivian Sims

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997

As Elder God #2

Hard Four

2007

As Maxine De Winter

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