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person_profile-Dawn Addams

Dawn Addams Died at age: 54

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Dawn Addams

Date of Birth:

Sep 21, 1930

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

May 07, 1985

Biography of

Dawn Addams

    Victoria Dawn Addams (21 September 1930 – 7 May 1985) was a British actress, particularly in Hollywood motion pictures of the 1950s and on British television in the 1960s and 1970s. She became a princess in 1954 (until 1971).

    Addams was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, the daughter of Ethel Mary (née Hickie) and Captain James Ramage Addams, of the Royal Air Force. Her mother died when she was young, and she spent her early life in Calcutta, India.

    Addams' face and physique attracted the attention of talent agents. In December 1950, she signed a seven-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Her film career began with a role in Night into Morning (1951), and her subsequent MGM films included Singin' in the Rain (1952), Plymouth Adventure (1952), Young Bess (1953) and the female lead opposite Peter Lawford in The Hour of 13 (1952). She played David Niven's daughter in The Moon Is Blue (1953), a film which helped loosen the system of censorship of Hollywood which had been in place since 1934. She also embarked on a USO tour the same year to help entertain troops in Korea. She worked steadily in films during the remainder of the 1950s, including a heavily publicised role as Richard Carlson's model girlfriend in the science fiction film Riders to the Stars (1954) and the female lead opposite actor-director-filmmaker legend Charlie Chaplin in his final comedy to star himself, A King in New York (1957). During the 1960s and 1970s, she appeared mainly in British TV shows and French films.

    She was a semi-regular on the instructional series En France (1962) and the leading lady in several episodes of The Saint (1962–69), which starred Roger Moore as Simon Templar. Among her last film credits were two British horror films, The Vampire Lovers (1970) and The Vault of Horror (1973), and she was also a regular in the British sitcom Father, Dear Father (1971–1973). One of her last television roles was in the science fiction serial Star Maidens (1977). Addams retired in the early 1980s, dividing her remaining years between Europe and the United States.

    She married Don Vittorio Emanuele Massimo, Prince of Roccasecca, in 1954; the wedding was the subject of a cover story in Life magazine. They separated four years later, though they did not formally divorce until 1971. Their son, Prince Stefano (b.1955), married Atalanta Foxwell, daughter of film producer Ivan Foxwell and Lady Edith (Lambart), granddaughter of the 9th Earl of Cavan.

    In 1974 she married retired businessman Jimmy White.

    Addams died in 1985 in a London hospital at age 54 from lung cancer.

    Source: Article "Dawn Addams" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Dawn Addams

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Filmography of

Dawn Addams

Found 40 Movies in total

Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse

Sabine Hirrlinger (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

The Vault of Horror

Inez (segment 3 "This Trick'll Kill You") ( Actor )

... 1973

Sappho

Marianne ( Actor )

... 1971

The Vampire Lovers

The Countess ( Actor )

... 1970

A Room in Town

Margo ( Actor )

... 1970

Zeta One

Zeta ( Actor )

... 1969

Where the Bullets Fly

Felicity 'Fiz' Moonlight ( Actor )

... 1966

Ballad in Blue

Gina Graham ( Actor )

... 1965

The Black Tulip

La marquise Catherine de Vigogne ( Actor )

... 1964

Come Fly with Me

Katie Rinard ( Actor )

... 1963

The £20,000 Kiss

Maxine Hagen ( Actor )

... 1962

Follow That Man

Janet Clark ( Actor )

... 1961

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

Kitty Jekyll ( Actor )

... 1960

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

Marion Menil ( Actor )

... 1960

Come Dance with Me!

Anita Florès ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1959

The Black Chapel

Tilla Turner ( Actor )

... 1959

The Treasure of San Teresa

Hedi von Hartmann ( Actor )

... 1959

Prisoner of the Volga

Irina Tatyana ( Actor )

... 1959

Pensione Edelweiss

Nadia Rakesy ( Actor )

... 1959

The Scarlet Baroness

Szaga de Bor ( Actor )

... 1959

The Silent Enemy

Third Officer Jill Masters, W.R.N.S ( Actor )

... 1958

A King in New York

Ann Kay - TV Specialist ( Actor )

... 1957

... 1956

Four of the Thundering Jet

Moglie di Rovi ( Actor )

... 1955

Rommel's Treasure

Sofia ( Actor )

... 1955

The Count of Bragelonne

Hélène de Winter ( Actor )

... 1954

Khyber Patrol

Diana Rivington ( Actor )

... 1954

Return to Treasure Island

Jamesina 'Jamie' Hawkins ( Actor )

... 1954

The Secrets of the Bed

Janet ( Actor )

... 1954

Riders to the Stars

Susan Manners ( Actor )

... 1954

The Girl on The Roof

Cynthia Slader ( Actor )

... 1953

The Robe

Junia ( Actor )

... 1953

The Moon Is Blue

Cynthia Slater ( Actor )

... 1953

Young Bess

Kate Howard ( Actor )

... 1953

Plymouth Adventure

Priscilla Mullins ( Actor )

... 1952

The Hour of 13

Jane Frensham ( Actor )

... 1952

Singin' in the Rain

Teresa - a Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

The Unknown Man

Ellie Fansworth ( Actor )

... 1951

Night Into Morning

Dottie Phelps ( Actor )

... 1951