Personal Info
Birth date
1947-11-06 (77 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Also known as
Carolyn von Benckendorf
Carolyn Seymour
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
Star Trek: Voyager
7.795
Overview:
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.368
Overview:
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.Babylon 5
8.039
Overview:
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.Magnum, P.I.
7.275
Overview:
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.Superman: The Animated Series
7.606
Overview:
Superman, an incredibly powerful alien from the planet Krypton, defends Metropolis from supercriminals. Superman hides his identity behind the glasses of Clark Kent; a mild-mannered reporter for the newspaper the Daily Planet. At the Daily Planet Superman works with fellow reporter Lois Lane and photographer Jimmy Olsen.Malcolm in the Middle
8.473
Overview:
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.Family Ties
7.252
Overview:
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.ER
7.828
Overview:
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.The Twilight Zone
7.762
Overview:
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.Tales from the Darkside
7.19
Overview:
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
7.2
Overview:
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is an American animated action-adventure television series.Hart to Hart
6.831
Overview:
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.Quantum Leap
8
Overview:
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.Space: 1999
7.1
Overview:
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.Chicago Hope
7.243
Overview:
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.L.A. Law
7.1
Overview:
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.Remington Steele
7.1
Overview:
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.Judging Amy
7.5
Overview:
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.Matlock
7.1
Overview:
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.The Flash
7.4
Overview:
When a bolt of lightening crashes through a police crime lab, a mix of electrically charged substances bathes chemist Barry Allen, transforming him into the fastest man alive--The Flash.Dark Justice
6.8
Overview:
A judge turns into a vigilante by night in order to bring to justice the high-level offenders that use technicalities to "escape" the legal system.Red Shoe Diaries
5.967
Overview:
Jake takes out an ad in the newspaper after the suicide of his unfaithful fiancée, in an effort to understand the reasons for the betrayal. By soliciting the secret diaries of other women, he hopes to find some reconciliation with the truth.Cagney & Lacey
6.9
Overview:
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.Return of the Saint
7
Overview:
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.Justice
6
Overview:
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.Jack's Place
8
Overview:
Jack Evans is a retired jazz musician who runs a restaurant where romances tend to start.Still Standing
6.9
Overview:
After 18 years of marriage, high school sweethearts Bill and Judy Miller still make each other laugh and try to keep their marriage intact, even when their family pulls them in different directions. Since Bill has a far more immature approach to marriage and raising their three children than Judy does, they work at striking a balance and remembering why they love each other, quirks and all.Acting
2024Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show as Old Emily / Light Bucca
2022Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
2007Hard Four as Maxine De Winter
2003I Witness as Lady Anne
2002Still Standing (1 Episode) as Beverly Gerber
2002Ablaze as Vivian Sims
2000Malcolm in the Middle (1 Episode) as Nina
1999Behind the Life of Chris Gaines as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
1999Judging Amy (1 Episode) as Atty. Marla Rosen
1997Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as Elder God #2
1996Superman: The Animated Series (1 Episode) as Kala In-Ze (voice)
1996The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1 Episode) as Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice)
1995Congo as Eleanor Romy
1995Star Trek: Voyager (2 Episodes) as Mrs. Templeton
1994Reform School Girl as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
1994ER (1 Episode) as Dr. Skoft
1994Chicago Hope (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994Babylon 5 (1 Episode) as Senator Crosby
1992Red Shoe Diaries (1 Episode) as Choreographer
1992Jack's Place (1 Episode) as Unknown
1991Dark Justice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1990The Flash (1 Episode) as Jocelyn Weller
1990Blue Bayou as Raleigh McMain
1990Midnight Cabaret as Orion
1989Snoops (1 Episode) as Antiques Clerk
1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (6 Episodes) as Dorothy Difrasso
1989Quantum Leap (3, 1 Episode) as Zoey, Priscilla Stoltz
1988Murphy's Law (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Subcommander Taris, Mirasta Yale, Commander Toreth
1986L.A. Law (2 Episodes) as Vivian Askoff
1986Condor as Rachel Hawkins
1986Matlock (3 Episodes) as Christina Harrison Ward
1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as (segment "Ye Gods")
1985Otherworld (1 Episode) as Prime Manager
1984Murder, She Wrote (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Alice Montrose, Pauline Constable, Nellie Ruddy
1984Tales from the Darkside (1, 1 Episode) as Aisha Candisha (voice), Andrea Caldwell / Director
1984Blue Thunder (1 Episode) as Helen
1983Masquerade (1 Episode) as Unknown
1983Girls of the White Orchid as Madame Mori
1983Mr. Mom as Eve
1983The Last Ninja as Lydia
1983The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair as The Actress
1982Remington Steele (1 Episode) as Shelby Haines
1982Family Ties (1 Episode) as Lorraine Ferrar
1982Cagney & Lacey (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1982Modesty Blaise as Debbie DeFarge
1981Mistress of Paradise as Adele
1981Zorro, The Gay Blade as Dolores
1980Magnum, P.I. (2, 1 Episode) as Elizabeth, Lady Ashley, Leeann
1979Hart to Hart (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979The Bitch as Polly Logan
1978Return of the Saint (1 Episode) as Lady Greer Stevens
1978The Odd Job as Angie
1977The Assignment as Danica
1975Space: 1999 (1 Episode) as Eva
1975Survivors (13 Episodes) as Abby Grant
1975The Prodigal Daughter as Christine Smith
1973Yellow Dog as Della
1972The Ruling Class as Grace Shelley
1972The Greeks and Their Gifts as Angela Harrison
1972Steptoe & Son as Zita
1971Gumshoe as Alison Wyatt
1971Justice (1 Episode) as Joy Mostyn
1971Unman, Wittering and Zigo as Silvia
1969Take Three Girls (12 Episodes) as Jenny