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 Th...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show
2024
as Old Emily / Light Bucca
Something is afoot in the lonely Cornish village of Merrymaid Bay. Rumours of dead men working in the tin mines have sent a chill through the communit...
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O'Toole that enc...
Hard Four
2007
as Maxine De Winter
When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal S...
I Witness
2003
as Lady Anne
After 27 bodies are discovered in a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, a man tries to unravel the mystery before becoming the next victim.
Ablaze
2002
as Vivian Sims
The owner of a gigantic oil refinery decides to burn the place down for insurance purposes, only to create a giant fireball that endangers the lives o...
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
1999
as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
To promote the release of his album Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks appeared as Chris Gaines in a television "mockumentary,"...
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
as Elder God #2
A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular ser...
Congo
1995
as Eleanor Romy
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone bers...
Reform School Girl
1994
as Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
Donna is sent to a reform school to take the fall for bad boy Vince. Inside, she makes friends and learns about herself.
Blue Bayou
1990
as Raleigh McMain
A Los Angeles lawyer has to go to New Orleans for a steamy case involving a troubled teen.
Midnight Cabaret
1990
as Orion
A Broadway producer puts on a play with a Devil character in it. Soon the actors begin having nightmares, and events that are mentioned in the play re...
Condor
1986
as Rachel Hawkins
In futuristic Los Angeles, a crime-fighting organization known as Condor goes up against the Black Widow, a female master criminal. The Black Widow st...
Girls of the White Orchid
1983
as Madame Mori
In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work ...
Mr. Mom
1983
as Eve
Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the hous...
The Last Ninja
1983
as Lydia
A successful art dealer is sought out by law enforcement after terrorists take some scientists hostage. Finding no possible solution, a law enforcemen...
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
1983
as The Actress
When THRUSH steals a nuclear weapon and demands a ransom delivered by Napoleon Solo, UNCLE recalls him and his partner to duty.
Modesty Blaise
1982
as Debbie DeFarge
Pilot for a never-made TV series based upon the popular comic strip character. Adventurer Modesty Blaise and knife thrower Willie Garvin - retired ex...
Mistress of Paradise
1981
as Adele
In the 19th century, a wealthy Northern woman marries a Louisiana plantation owner and then becomes suspicious about his first wife's death.
Zorro, The Gay Blade
1981
as Dolores
In 19th century Mexico, legendary swordsman Zorro has passed on his weapon and his sense of duty to his noble son, Diego, a dashing swashbuckler like ...
The Bitch
1979
as Polly Logan
The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
The Odd Job
1978
as Angie
Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and ...
The Assignment
1977
as Danica
A Swedish diplomat travels to a civil war in a Latin American country. His mission is to mediate between the two extremist groups.
The Prodigal Daughter
1975
as Christine Smith
An elderly priest recruits a young woman as housekeeper in the presbytery he shares with two young priests, but temptation and jealousy soon sew disco...
Yellow Dog
1973
as Della
A Japanese cop is sent to join the London police force on a secret investigation.
The Ruling Class
1972
as Grace Shelley
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; ...
The Greeks and Their Gifts
1972
as Angela Harrison
A man makes an unexpected appearance at his younger brother's house in the middle of the night. He needs somewhere to stay and convinces his brother a...
Steptoe & Son
1972
as Zita
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk ya...
Gumshoe
1971
as Alison Wyatt
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971
as Silvia
A new schoolteacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his students, and he fears the same fate will befall him.