About
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...
Known for
Star Trek: The Next GenerationSeries • 1987
Star Trek: VoyagerSeries • 1995
ERSeries • 1994
Malcolm in the MiddleSeries • 2000
Babylon 5Series • 1994
Remington SteeleSeries • 1982
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Chicago HopeSeries • 1994
Magnum, P.I.Series • 1980
Quantum LeapSeries • 1989
L.A. LawSeries • 1986
Judging AmySeries • 1999
Family TiesSeries • 1982
MatlockSeries • 1986
Hart to HartSeries • 1979
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1985
Cagney & LaceySeries • 1982
Tales from the DarksideSeries • 1984
ITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967
Superman: The Animated SeriesSeries • 1996
Space: 1999Series • 1975
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969
Still StandingSeries • 2002
Red Shoe DiariesSeries • 1992