Carolyn Seymour

Born: 1947-11-06

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.


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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

as Elder God #2
Released: 1997-11-11

A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation."...

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Congo

as Eleanor Romy
Released: 1995-06-09

Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa...

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Mr. Mom

as Eve
Released: 1983-07-22

Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They...

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The Ruling Class

as Grace Shelley
Released: 1972-09-13

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits...

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Zorro, The Gay Blade

as Dolores
Released: 1981-07-17

George Hamilton stars in a dueling dual role as twin sons of the legendary Zorro. Soon after the...

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The Bitch

as Polly Logan
Released: 1979-09-19

The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which...

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Gumshoe

as Alison Wyatt
Released: 1971-12-01

A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.

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Unman, Wittering and Zigo

as Silvia
Released: 1971-06-13

A new schoolteacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his students, and he fears...

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Girls of the White Orchid

as Madame Mori
Released: 1983-11-28

In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a...

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The Last Ninja

as Lydia
Released: 1983-07-07

A successful art dealer is sought out by law enforcement after terrorists take some scientists...

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Reform School Girl

as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
Released: 1994-09-23

Donna is sent to a reform school to take the fall for bad boy Vince. Inside, she makes friends...

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The Odd Job

as Angie
Released: 1978-08-31

Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife,...

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Steptoe & Son

as Zita
Released: 1972-03-01

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the...

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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

as Self
Released: 2022-11-26

Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four...

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Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
Released: 1999-11-24

To promote the release of his album Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks...

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Mistress of Paradise

as Adele
Released: 1981-10-04

In the 19th century, a wealthy Northern woman marries a Louisiana plantation owner and then...

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Modesty Blaise

as Debbie DeFarge
Released: 1982-01-01

Pilot for a never-made TV series based upon the popular comic strip character. Adventurer...

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Ablaze

as Vivian Sims
Released: 2002-07-16

The owner of a gigantic oil refinery decides to burn the place down for insurance purposes, only...

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Condor

as Rachel Hawkins
Released: 1986-08-10

In futuristic Los Angeles, a crime-fighting organization known as Condor goes up against the...

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Blue Bayou

as Raleigh McMain
Released: 1990-01-15

A Los Angeles lawyer has to go to New Orleans for a steamy case involving a troubled teen.

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Yellow Dog

as Della
Released: 1973-08-11

A Japanese cop is sent to join the London police force on a secret investigation.

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The Assignment

as Danica
Released: 1977-07-11

A Swedish diplomat travels to a civil war in a Latin American country. His mission is to mediate...

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Midnight Cabaret

as Orion
Released: 1990-01-01

A Broadway producer puts on a play with a Devil character in it. Soon the actors begin having...

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Malcolm in the Middle

as Nina
First aired: 2000-01-09

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Subcommander Taris
First aired: 1987-09-28

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Mirasta Yale
First aired: 1987-09-28

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Commander Toreth
First aired: 1987-09-28

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...

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Star Trek: Voyager

as Mrs. Templeton
First aired: 1995-01-16

Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp...

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Magnum, P.I.

as Elizabeth, Lady Ashley
First aired: 1980-12-11

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...

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Babylon 5

as Senator Crosby
First aired: 1994-01-26

Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth...

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ER

as Dr. Skoft
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Alice Montrose
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Pauline Constable
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Nellie Ruddy
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Matlock

as Christina Harrison Ward
First aired: 1986-03-03

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...

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Quantum Leap

as Zoey
First aired: 1989-03-26

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the...

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Quantum Leap

as Priscilla Stoltz
First aired: 1989-03-26

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the...

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Hart to Hart

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-22

Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife,...

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Family Ties

as Lorraine Ferrar
First aired: 1982-09-22

Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex,...

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Judging Amy

as Atty. Marla Rosen
First aired: 1999-09-19

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through...

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Chicago Hope

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-18

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...

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The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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Space: 1999

as Eva
First aired: 1975-09-04

The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon...

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L.A. Law

as Vivian Askoff
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Cagney & Lacey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-25

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...

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Remington Steele

as Shelby Haines
First aired: 1982-10-01

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...

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Superman: The Animated Series

as Kala In-Ze (voice)
First aired: 1996-09-06

Superman, an incredibly powerful alien from the planet Krypton, defends Metropolis from...

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Tales from the Darkside

as Aisha Candisha (voice)
First aired: 1984-09-30

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each...

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Tales from the Darkside

as Andrea Caldwell / Director
First aired: 1984-09-30

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each...

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The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

as Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)
First aired: 1996-08-26

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is an American animated action-adventure television series.

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The Flash

as Jocelyn Weller
First aired: 1990-09-20

When a bolt of lightening crashes through a police crime lab, a mix of electrically charged...

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Survivors

as Abby Grant
First aired: 1975-04-16

Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and...

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Blue Thunder

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-01-06

Blue Thunder is a 1984 ABC television series based on the movie of the same title featuring the...

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Justice

as Joy Mostyn
First aired: 1971-10-08

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...

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Dark Justice

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-04-05

Dark Justice is an American crime drama about a judge that turns into a vigilante by night in...

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Return of the Saint

as Lady Greer Stevens
First aired: 1978-09-10

Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

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Masquerade

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-12-15

Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the...

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Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

as Dorothy Difrasso
First aired: 1989-04-30

The true story of Barbara Hutton, who had inherited $40 million by the age of 6. This insight...

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Jack's Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-26

Jack Evans is a retired jazz musician who runs a restaurant where romances tend to start.

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Otherworld

as Prime Manager
First aired: 1985-01-26

Otherworld is an American science fiction series that aired for only eight episodes from January...

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Murphy's Law

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-11-02

Murphy's Law was an American television series that starred George Segal and Maggie Han, loosely...

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