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Carolyn Seymour
Actor
Born November 6, 1947 (74 years)
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
| 2008 | Dark Streets · as Gloria |
| 2007 | Hard Four · as Maxine De Winter |
| 2006 | The Replacements (TV Series) · as Agent B |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Still Standing (TV Series) · as Beverly Gerber |
| 2001 | Ablaze · as Vivian Sims |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) · as Nina |
| 1999 | Judging Amy (TV Series) · as Atty. Marla Rosen |
| 1997 | Interruptions · as Malcolm's Mother |
| 1997 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation · as Elder God #2 |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Kala In-Ze (voice) |
| 1996 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV Series) · as The Children's Mother |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (TV Series) · as Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice) |
| 1995 | Congo · as Eleanor Romy |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) · as Mrs. Templeton |
| 1994 | Reform School Girl · as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Dr. Skoft |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | Babylon 5 (TV Series) · as Senator Crosby |
| 1992 | Love & War (TV Series) · as Gallery Owner |
| 1992 | Red Shoe Diaries (TV Series) · as Choreographer |
| 1991 | Dark Justice (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | The Legend of Prince Valiant (TV Series) · as Moira |
| 1991 | Silk Stalkings (TV Series) · as Sarah Rowan |
| 1990 | Midnight Cabaret · as Orion |
| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (TV Series) · as Dr. Carol Blanchette (Psychiatrist) |
| 1990 | The Flash (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1990 | Over My Dead Body (TV Series) · as Diane Beckett |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap (TV Series) · as Zoey |
| 1989 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (TV Series) · as Dorothy Difrasso |
| 1989 | Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series) · as Nurse Eunice |
| 1989 | Living Dolls (TV Series) · as Mrs. Elizabeth Tate |
| 1987 | Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 · as actor |
| 1987 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story · as Dorothy Difrasso (part 4) |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) · as Mirasta Yale |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Vivian Askoff |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Condor · as Rachel Hawkins |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (TV Series) · as Carla Dean |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Alice Montrose |
| 1983 | Mr. Mom · as Eve |
| 1983 | Girls of the White Orchid · as Madame Mori |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) · as Aisha Candisha (voice) |
| 1982 | Cassie & Co. (TV Series) · as Jeanne |
| 1982 | Family Ties (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Remington Steele (TV Series) · as Shelby Haines |
| 1981 | Zorro: The Gay Blade · as Dolores |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) · as Kris Peterson |
| 1980 | Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession · as Lisa Dietrich |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) · as Elizabeth, Lady Ashley |
| 1979 | The Bitch · as Polly Logan |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | Hazell (TV Series) · as Caroline Bancroft |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint (TV Series) · as Lady Greer Stevens |
| 1977 | The Assignment · as Danica |
| 1975 | Edward the Seventh (TV Series) · as Daisy Lady Warwick |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 (TV Series) · as Eva |
| 1975 | Survivors (TV Series) · as Abby Grant |
| 1973 | Yellow Dog · as Della |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class · as Grace |
| 1972 | Steptoe & Son · as Zita |
| 1971 | Gumshoe · as Alison Wyatt |
| 1971 | Unman, Wittering and Zigo · as Silvia |
| 1971 | One Brief Summer · as Mark's Secretary |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Connie Bell |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Angela Harrison |
| 1965 | Days of Our Lives (TV Series) · as Saleslady |