1947-11-06 ( 77 years old ) in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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.
Movies
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022-11-26
Hard Four
2007-11-01
I Witness
2003-04-13
Ablaze
2002-07-16
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
1999-11-24
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997-11-11
Congo
1995-06-09
Reform School Girl
1994-09-23
Blue Bayou
1990-01-15
Midnight Cabaret
1990-01-01
Condor
1986-08-10
Girls of the White Orchid
1983-11-28
Mr. Mom
1983-07-22
The Last Ninja
1983-07-07
Modesty Blaise
1982-01-01
Mistress of Paradise
1981-10-04
Zorro, The Gay Blade
1981-07-17
The Bitch
1979-09-19
The Odd Job
1978-08-31
The Assignment
1977-07-11
The Prodigal Daughter
1975-01-01
Yellow Dog
1973-08-11
The Ruling Class
1972-09-13
The Greeks and Their Gifts
1972-06-20
Steptoe & Son
1972-03-01
Gumshoe
1971-12-01
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971-06-13
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