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Dawn Addams

Dawn Addams

English actress


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).

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Early years

Addams's mother died when she was young.[3]

Career

Dawn Addams and
Susan Cabot, 1953

Addams' face and physique attracted the attention of talent agents. In December 1950, she signed a seven-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios.[4] 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). 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).[5] One of her last television roles was in the science fiction serial Star Maidens (1977).[6] Addams retired in the early 1980s, dividing her remaining years between Europe and the United States.[citation needed]

Personal life

She married Don Vittorio Emanuele Massimo, Prince of Roccasecca, in 1954;[7] the wedding was the subject of a cover story in Life magazine.[8] Their son, Prince Stefano, married Atalanta Foxwell, daughter of film producer Ivan Foxwell and Lady Edith (Lambart), granddaughter of the 9th Earl of Cavan.[citation needed]

Death

Addams died in 1985 in a London hospital at age 54 from lung cancer.[7]

Filmography

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References

  1. Burgess, Patricia; Turner, Roland (1988). The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. p. 221. ISBN 9780912289823.
  2. "Dawn Addams". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  3. Cotter, Robert Michael “Bobb” (2013). The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography. McFarland. pp. 7–8. ISBN 9781476602011. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. "English Actress' Contract Okeyed [sic]". Arizona Daily Star. Arizona, Tucson. Associated Press. 8 December 1950. p. 30. Retrieved 11 May 2018 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. "Dawn Addams". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019.
  6. "Once upon a time ... a pretty girl met a prince". Life. 17 May 1954. pp. 131–134, 136. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

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