Carolyn Seymour

Carolyn Seymour

Birthday: 1947-11-06

Place of birth: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Also known as: Carolyn von Benckendorf

imdb_id: nm0786809

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.

Played in movies:

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Score: 7.6

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

Score: 6.7

Mr. Mom

Score: 6.6

The Ruling Class

Score: 6.5

Steptoe & Son

Score: 6.4

Gumshoe

Score: 6.3

The Assignment

Score: 6.0

Zorro, The Gay Blade

Score: 6.0

The Odd Job

Score: 5.9

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

Score: 5.8

Congo

Score: 5.6

I Witness

Score: 5.5

Girls of the White Orchid

Score: 5.2

Condor

Score: 5.1

Mistress of Paradise

Score: 5.0

Reform School Girl

Score: 4.6

The Bitch

Score: 4.5

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Score: 4.5

Hard Four

Score: 4.4

The Prodigal Daughter

Score: 4.0

Ablaze

Score: 3.3

Modesty Blaise

Score: 3.2

The Last Ninja

Score: 3.2

Yellow Dog

Score: 2.2

Midnight Cabaret

Score: 1.5

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Score: 0.0

Blue Bayou

Score: 0.0

Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

Score: 0.0

The Greeks and Their Gifts

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Malcolm in the Middle

Score: 8.5

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Score: 8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Score: 8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Score: 8.4

Babylon 5

Score: 8.0

Quantum Leap

Score: 8.0

Quantum Leap

Score: 8.0

Jack's Place

Score: 8.0

Survivors

Score: 7.9

ER

Score: 7.8

Star Trek: Voyager

Score: 7.8

The Twilight Zone

Score: 7.7

Superman: The Animated Series

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Judging Amy

Score: 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

The Flash

Score: 7.4

Magnum, P.I.

Score: 7.3

Magnum, P.I.

Score: 7.3

Chicago Hope

Score: 7.2

Family Ties

Score: 7.2

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

Score: 7.2

Tales from the Darkside

Score: 7.2

Tales from the Darkside

Score: 7.2

Matlock

Score: 7.1

Space: 1999

Score: 7.1

Remington Steele

Score: 7.1

L.A. Law

Score: 7.1

Return of the Saint

Score: 7.0

Cagney & Lacey

Score: 7.0

Blue Thunder

Score: 6.9

Still Standing

Score: 6.8

Dark Justice

Score: 6.8

Hart to Hart

Score: 6.8

Red Shoe Diaries

Score: 6.0

Justice

Score: 6.0

Snoops

Score: 5.0

Masquerade

Score: 5.0

Murphy's Law

Score: 5.0

Otherworld

Score: 5.0

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Score: 4.5

Take Three Girls

Score: 0.0