Carolyn Seymour
Carolyn Seymour is an English actress, best known for portraying the role of Abby Grant in the BBC series Survivors (1975), and Queen Myrrah in the Gears of War franchise.
Carolyn Seymour | |
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| Born | Carolyn von Benckendorf 1 October 1947 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
Career
Born Carolyn von Benckendorf in Buckinghamshire to a Russian father and an Irish mother. One of her early 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.[1][2] Her best-known movie role remains Grace Gurney in The Ruling Class (also 1972), opposite Peter O'Toole.[3][4]
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.[5][6] She appeared in the Space: 1999 episode "The Seance Spectre", and with Joan Collins in The Bitch (1979).[7][8] 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.[9][10]
She has 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 as well as narrated audiobooks.[11][12][13] Since 2014, she has played Abby Grant in Big Finish Productions' Survivors series, based on the book by Terry Nation and the television series.[14]
Since 2014, she has voiced Bierce in Dark Deception.[15]
Personal life
Seymour married director Peter Medak in 1973.[16] The couple had two children but divorced in 1984.[17]
Since 2011, she has lived in Chalais, France.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Unman, Wittering and Zigo | Silvia Ebony | |
| 1971 | Gumshoe | Alison | |
| 1972 | Steptoe and Son | Zita Steptoe | |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class | Grace Shelley | |
| 1973 | Yellow Dog | Della | |
| 1977 | The Assignment | Danica Rodriguez | |
| 1978 | The Odd Job | Angie | |
| 1979 | The Bitch | Polly Logan | |
| 1980 | Bad Timing | Lisa Dietrich | |
| 1981 | Zorro, The Gay Blade | Dolores | |
| 1983 | Mr. Mom | Eve | |
| 1990 | Midnight Cabaret | Orion | |
| 1995 | Congo | Eleanor Romy | |
| 1997 | Mortal Kombat Annihilation | Elder God #2 | |
| 2001 | Ablaze | Vivian Sims | |
| 2003 | I Witness | Lady Anne | |
| 2007 | Hard Four | Maxine De Winter | |
| 2008 | Dark Streets | Gloria | |
| 2008 | The Moon and He | Leila | Short |
| 2010 | The Favour of Your Company | Pamela Wilde | Short |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Take Three Girls | Jenny | Main role |
| 1971 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Connie Bell | "Who Killed Santa Claus" |
| 1972 | ITV Playhouse | Angela Harrison | "The Greeks and Their Gifts" |
| 1973 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Vicky | "A Question of Everything" |
| 1974 | Justice | Joy Mostyn | "Matrimonial Malice" |
| 1975 | The Prodigal Daughter | Christine Smith | TV film |
| 1975 | Edward the King | Lady Brooke / Lady Daisy Warwick | "Scandal", "The Years of Waiting" |
| 1975 | Survivors | Abby Grant | Main role (series 1) |
| 1977 | Space: 1999 | Eva | "The Séance Spectre" |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Lady Greer Stevens | "The Arrangement" |
| 1979 | Hazell | Caroline Bancroft | "Hazell Gets the Bird" |
| 1981 | Mistress of Paradise | Adele | TV film |
| 1982 | Hart to Hart | Celeste Dumont | "Vintage Harts" |
| 1982 | The Devlin Connection | Elspeth | "Love, Sin and Death at Point Dume" |
| 1982 | Modesty Blaise | Debbie DeFarge | TV film |
| 1983 | The Greatest American Hero | Kris Peterson | "Heaven Is in Your Genes" |
| 1983 | The Last Ninja | Lydia | TV film |
| 1983 | Family Ties | Lorraine Ferrar | "Sweet Lorraine" |
| 1983 | Girls of the White Orchid | Madame Mori | TV film; alternative title Death Ride to Osaka |
| 1983 | Cagney & Lacey | Renata Myers | "Date Rape" |
| 1984 | Cagney & Lacey | Marie-Chantal | "Baby Broker" |
| 1984 | Remington Steele | Shelby Haines | "Blood Is Thicker Than Steel" |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder | Helen | "The Island" |
| 1984 | Magnum, P.I. | Elizabeth, Lady Ashley | "Echoes of the Mind: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1985 | Magnum, P.I. | Leeann | "The Love-for-Sale Boat" |
| 1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Carla Dean | "Wake Me When I'm Dead" |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Megaera | "Ye Gods" |
| 1985 | Tales from the Darkside | Aisha Candisha (voice) | "The Trouble with Mary Jane" |
| 1986 | Tales from the Darkside | Andrea Caldwell | "Dream Girl" |
| 1986 | Matlock | Christina Harrison Ward | "The Affair" |
| 1986 | Adam's Apple | D.A. Trisha Hammond | TV film |
| 1987 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | Dorothy Difrasso | TV film |
| 1987 | Murder, She Wrote | Pauline Constable | "It Runs in the Family" |
| 1988 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Celia | "Old Money" |
| 1988 | Matlock | Dr. Vanessa Sedgwick | "The Genius" |
| 1989 | Matlock | Iris Vogel | "The Psychic" |
| 1989 | Living Dolls | Mrs. Tate | "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner" |
| 1989 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Subcommander Taris | "Contagion" |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Priscilla Stoltz | "A Portrait for Troian" |
| 1990 | Blue Bayou | Raleigh McMain | TV film |
| 1990 | Murder, She Wrote | Alice Montrose | "O'Malley's Luck" |
| 1990 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Nurse Eunice | "The Medical Mystery" |
| 1991 | The Flash | Jocelyn Weller | "Done with Mirrors" |
| 1991 | Over My Dead Body | Diane Beckett | "An Actor Prepares" |
| 1991 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Mirasta Yale | "First Contact" |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Bettina Peck-Naughton | "Tape Fear" |
| 1992 | Dark Justice | Michelle | "Needy Things" |
| 1992–93 | Quantum Leap | Zoey | "Deliver Us from Evil", "Return of the Evil Leaper", "Revenge of the Evil Leaper" |
| 1993 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Moira (voice) | "The Princess Aleta" |
| 1993 | Jack's Place | Maggie | "Forever and Ever" |
| 1993 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Commander Toreth | "Face of the Enemy" |
| 1993 | Class of '96 | Anna Horvath | "Parents Weekend" |
| 1994 | L.A. Law | Vivian Askoff | "How Am I Driving?", "Whistle Stop" |
| 1994 | Rebel Highway | Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull | "Reform School Girl" |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Nellie Ruddy | "Another Killing in Cork" |
| 1995 | Silk Stalkings | Sarah Rowan | "Friendly Persuasion" |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Mrs. Templeton | "Cathexis", "Persistence of Vision" |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Sarah (voice) | "The Spectre of the Pine Barrens" |
| 1997 | Babylon 5 | Sen. Crosby | "Endgame" |
| 1998 | Superman: The Animated Series | Kala In-Ze (voice) | "Little Girl Lost" |
| 2001 | ER | Dr. Skoft | "The Longer You Stay" |
| 2002 | Still Standing | Beverly Gerber | "Still Scalping" |
| 2004 | Judging Amy | Atty. Marla Rosen | "My Little Runaway" |
| 2005 | Malcolm in the Middle | Nina | "Mrs. Tri-County" |
| 2007 | The Replacements | Agent B (voice) | "London Calling" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Concerned Mother, Shmi Skywalker, TC-14 | [18] |
| 1999 | Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned | Estelle Stiles | [18] |
| 1999 | Revenant | Heather, Townswomen | [18] |
| 1999 | Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine | Babylonian Holy Woman | [18] |
| 2000 | Star Wars: Jar Jar's Journey Adventure Book | Shmi Skywalker, Jellyfish | [18] |
| 2003 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | Helena Shan, Mother of Bastila | |
| 2002 | Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast | Mon Mothma | [18] |
| 2005 | Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None | Emily Brent, Ethel Rogers | [18] |
| 2006 | Star Wars: Empire at War | Mon Mothma | [18] |
| 2006 | Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express | Princess Dragomiroff | [18] |
| 2006 | Gears of War | Queen Myrrah | |
| 2007 | Mass Effect | Dr. Karin Chakwas | |
| 2008 | Gears of War 2 | Queen Myrrah | [18] |
| 2010 | Mass Effect 2 | Dr. Karin Chakwas | |
| 2011 | Gears of War 3 | Queen Myrrah | [18] |
| 2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Dr. Karin Chakwas | |
| 2018 | Dark Deception | Helen Bierce | |
| 2019 | Gears 5 | Queen Myrrah | [18] |
References
- "Take Three Girls: The Company of Madmen". 21 April 1971. p. 39 – via BBC Genome.
- "Carolyn Seymour". BFI.
- "The Ruling Class (1973)". BFI.
- Elley, Derek (2 November 2001). "The Ruling Class".
- "BFI Screenonline: Survivors (1975-77)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- "Big Finish - Survivors - Cast - Series one - Carolyn Seymour - Abby Grant - Survivors: A World Away". www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk.
- "Space: 1999 | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
- "The Bitch (1979)". BFI.
- "Carolyn Seymour | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
- "Carolyn Seymour". aveleyman.com.
- "Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection". Alexander Street.
- "Jo Hole Associates (JHA)". www.joholeassociates.com.
- "WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë Read by Carolyn Seymour | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine.
- "Survivors 5 - A Critics' Cracker! - News - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com.
- "Dark Deception Dev Talks Pac-Man Inspirations, Release Date & More".
- Medak, Peter (30 October 2001). The Ruling Class (DVD commentary). Criterion Collection.
- Peter Medak profile, FilmReference.com; accessed 3 March 2015.
- "Carolyn Seymour – 25 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 5 February 2020. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
External links
- Carolyn Seymour at IMDb
- Carolyn Seymour at the Internet Broadway Database
- Interview with Seymour, survivorstvseries.com; accessed March 3, 2015.
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