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Dawn Addams

Dawn Addams

Known for ActingBorn 1930-09-21Died 1985-05-07Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, UK
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.Read more

Movies & web series

A Room in Town10.0
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A Room in Town

1970 · Movie

Four of the Thundering Jet10.0
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Four of the Thundering Jet

1955 · Movie

The £20,000 Kiss9.0
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The £20,000 Kiss

1962 · Movie

Singin' in the Rain8.1
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Singin' in the Rain

1952 · Movie

The Angry Young Men8.0
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The Angry Young Men

1960 · Movie

The Scarlet Baroness8.0
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The Scarlet Baroness

1959 · Movie

Discorama8.0
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Discorama

1959 · Series

The House of Intrigue8.0
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The House of Intrigue

1956 · Movie

Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse6.9
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Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse

2018 · Movie

The Saint7.4
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The Saint

1962 · Series

The Black Chapel7.3
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The Black Chapel

1959 · Movie

Khyber Patrol7.3
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Khyber Patrol

1954 · Movie

The Third Man7.2
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The Third Man

1959 · Series

Sherlock Holmes7.2
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Sherlock Holmes

1954 · Series

Elementary, My Dear Watson7.0
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Elementary, My Dear Watson

1973 · Movie

ITV Playhouse7.0
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ITV Playhouse

1967 · Series

Ballad in Blue7.0
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Ballad in Blue

1965 · Movie

Chaplin Today: A King in New York6.6
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Chaplin Today: A King in New York

2003 · Movie

Follow That Man7.0
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Follow That Man

1961 · Movie

Secret professionnel7.0
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Secret professionnel

1959 · Movie

The Woman Who Came from the Sea7.0
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The Woman Who Came from the Sea

1954 · Movie

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse6.8
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The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

1960 · Movie

The Robe6.9
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The Robe

1953 · Movie

A King in New York6.7
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A King in New York

1957 · Movie

Sappho6.5
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Sappho

1971 · Movie

Father, Dear Father6.5
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Father, Dear Father

1968 · Series

The Vault of Horror6.3
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The Vault of Horror

1973 · Movie

The Vampire Lovers6.4
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The Vampire Lovers

1970 · Movie

The Treasure of San Teresa6.4
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The Treasure of San Teresa

1959 · Movie

Racket Squad6.5
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Racket Squad

1951 · Series

The Black Tulip6.3
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The Black Tulip

1964 · Movie

The Adventurer6.2
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The Adventurer

1972 · Series

The Moon Is Blue6.3
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The Moon Is Blue

1953 · Movie

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll6.1
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

1960 · Movie

Come Dance with Me!6.1
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Come Dance with Me!

1959 · Movie

Triangle5.8
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Triangle

1981 · Series

The Hour of 136.1
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The Hour of 13

1952 · Movie

Armchair Theatre6.0
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Armchair Theatre

1956 · Series

The Count of Bragelonne6.0
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The Count of Bragelonne

1954 · Movie

The Silent Enemy5.9
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The Silent Enemy

1958 · Movie

Night Into Morning6.0
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Night Into Morning

1951 · Movie

Plymouth Adventure5.9
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Plymouth Adventure

1952 · Movie

Melodie und Rhythmus5.8
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Melodie und Rhythmus

1959 · Movie

Riders to the Stars5.9
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Riders to the Stars

1954 · Movie

Young Bess5.8
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Young Bess

1953 · Movie

Where the Bullets Fly5.7
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Where the Bullets Fly

1966 · Movie

Return to Treasure Island5.6
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Return to Treasure Island

1954 · Movie

House of Sin
5.5
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House of Sin

1961 · Movie