Dawn Addams

Dawn Addams

Addams with Alan Young in the television show Time to Smile, 1953.
Born Victoria Dawn Addams
21 September 1930
Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, U.K.
Died 7 May 1985 (aged 54)
London, England, U.K.
Resting place
 Cremation
Occupation Actress
Years active 1951–83
Spouse(s) Don Vittorio Emanuele Massimo, Prince of Roccasecca (m. 1954–71)
Jimmy White (September 1974 – ?)

Dawn Addams (21 September 1930 – 7 May 1985) was an English actress, particularly in Hollywood motion pictures of the 1950s and on British television in the 1960s and 1970s.

Life and career

She was born Victoria Dawn Addams in Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, the daughter of Ethel Mary (née Hickie) and Captain James Ramage Addams.[1] Her mother died when she was young, and she spent her early life in Calcutta, India. Her heart shaped face and beautiful physique soon attracted the attention of talent agents.

Her film career began in 1951, and a year later she co-starred with Peter Lawford in The Hour of 13. In 1953 she appeared in a small role in the ground-breaking film The Moon is Blue, the film which helped end the system of religious censorship of Hollywood films, which had been in place since 1934. She also embarked on a USO tour the same year to help entertain troops in Korea, followed by a small but heavily publicised role as Richard Carlson's model girlfriend in the science fiction film Riders to the Stars (1954). Another notable performance was as 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 campy sci-fi serial Star Maidens (1977), and she was the leading lady in several episodes of The Saint, which starred Roger Moore as Simon Templar (1962–69).

Among her last film credits were two British horror films, The Vampire Lovers and The Vault of Horror, and she was also a regular in the British sitcom Father Dear Father. Addams retired in the early 1980s, dividing her remaining years between Europe and the United States.

Addams died in 1985 at age 54, reportedly from cancer. She had been a heavy smoker.

Personal life

She was married to:

Selected filmography

Movies

Television

Star Maidens 1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Maidens)

References

  1. ↑ "Dawn Addams Biography (1930–1985)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2010-08-02.

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