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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.

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Carolyn Seymour
Born	Carolyn von Benckendorf (1947-10-01) 1 October 1947 (age 75)[citation needed] Aylesbury,[citation needed] Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1969–present
Spouse	Peter Medak ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1984)​
Children	2

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Carolyn Seymour, 1972

Career

Born Carolyn von Benckendorf in Buckinghamshire to an Estonian[1] father of Russian descent 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.[2][3] Her best-known movie role remains Grace Gurney in The Ruling Class (also 1972), opposite Peter O'Toole.^{[citation needed]}[4][5]

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.[6][7] She appeared in the Space: 1999 episode "The Seance Spectre", and with Joan Collins in The Bitch (1979).[8][9] 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.[10][11]

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.[12][13][14]

In 2014, she reprised the role of Abby Grant in Big Finish Productions' Survivors series, based on the book by Terry Nation and the television series.^{[citation needed]}[15] She has also gone on to play various other roles for the company and in April 2021, they released a career resprospecitve interview with her entitled Carolyn Seymour in Conversation.[16]

Since 2014, she has voiced Bierce in Dark Deception.[17]

Personal life

Seymour married director Peter Medak in 1973.[18] The couple had two children and divorced in 1984.[19]

Since 2011, she has lived in Chalais, France.^{[citation needed]}

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	Otherworld	Prime Manager	"Princess Metra"
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	[20]
1999	Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned	Estelle Stiles	[20]
1999	Revenant	Heather, Townswomen	[20]
1999	Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine	Babylonian Holy Woman	[20]
2000	Star Wars: Jar Jar's Journey Adventure Book	Shmi Skywalker, Jellyfish	[20]
2003	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Helena Shan
2002	Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast	Mon Mothma	[20]
2005	Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None	Emily Brent, Ethel Rogers	[20]
2006	Star Wars: Empire at War	Mon Mothma	[20]
2006	Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express	Princess Dragomiroff	[20]
2006	Gears of War	Queen Myrrah
2007	Mass Effect	Dr. Karin Chakwas
2008	Gears of War 2	Queen Myrrah	[20]
2010	Mass Effect 2	Dr. Karin Chakwas
2011	Gears of War 3	Queen Myrrah	[20]
2012	Mass Effect 3	Dr. Karin Chakwas
2018	Dark Deception	Helen Bierce
2019	Gears 5	Queen Myrrah	[20]

References

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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Carolyn Seymour (* 6. November 1947 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, als Carolyn von Benckendorf) ist eine englische Schauspielerin.

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