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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 21, 1930
Died
May 7, 1985
Place of Birth
Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, UK
Also Known As
- Дон Аддамс
- Доун Аддамс
- Victoria Dawn Addams
Dawn Addams
1.3 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.9
Sabine Hirrlinger (archive footage)
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
2018
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
2003
5.2
Mrs. Landers
Triangle
1981
3.3
Clara
Star Maidens
1976
🎬
0.0
Rosie Butterfield
A Friend Indeed
1973
6.3
Inez (segment 3 "This Trick'll Kill You")
The Vault of Horror
1973
0.0
Self
Elementary, My Dear Watson
1973
5.5
Lady Anne Benson
The Adventurer
1972
🎬
0.0
Cynthia Fenton
The Bargain Hunters
1971
4.0
Marianne
Sappho
1971
Credits
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
as Sabine Hirrlinger (archive footage)
2018
6.9
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.0
Triangle
as Mrs. Landers
1981
5.2
Star Maidens
as Clara
1976
3.3
🎬
A Friend Indeed
as Rosie Butterfield
1973
0.0
The Vault of Horror
as Inez (segment 3 "This Trick'll Kill You")
1973
6.3
Elementary, My Dear Watson
as Self
1973
0.0
The Adventurer
as Lady Anne Benson
1972
5.5
🎬
The Bargain Hunters
as Cynthia Fenton
1971
0.0
Sappho
as Marianne
1971
4.0
The Vampire Lovers
as The Countess
1970
6.3
A Room in Town
as Margo
1970
0.0
Zeta One
as Zeta
1969
3.8
Department S
as Dianne Lynne
1969
5.0
Father, Dear Father
as Georgie Thompson
1968
5.0
Where the Bullets Fly
as Felicity 'Fiz' Moonlight
1966
4.5
Ballad in Blue
as Gina Graham
1965
6.9
The Black Tulip
as La marquise Catherine de Vigogne
1964
6.3
Come Fly with Me
as Katie Rinard
1963
4.1
The £20,000 Kiss
as Maxine Hagen
1962
0.0
The Saint
as Queen Adana
1962
7.4
The Saint
as Magda Vamoff
1962
7.4
The Saint
as Countess Audrey Morova
1962
7.4
Sentimental Education
as Catherine Dambreuse
1962
5.2
🎬
House of Sin
as Norma O'Brien
1961
4.0
Follow That Man
as Janet Clark
1961
0.0
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Kitty Jekyll
1960
6.1
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
as Marion Menil
1960
6.8
The Angry Young Men
as Irene
1960
6.0
Come Dance with Me!
as Anita Florès
1959
5.7
Secret professionnel
as Dr. Catherine Langeac
1959
0.0
The Black Chapel
as Tilla Turner
1959
7.5
The Third Man
as Eva
1959
7.1
The Treasure of San Teresa
as Hedi von Hartmann
1959
6.2
Prisoner of the Volga
as Irina Tatyana
1959
4.3
Pensione Edelweiss
as Nadia Rakesy
1959
5.1
Temptation
as Victoria
1959
3.7
The Scarlet Baroness
as Szaga de Bor
1959
0.0
Discorama
as Self
1959
0.0
The Silent Enemy
as Third Officer Jill Masters, W.R.N.S
1958
5.7
A King in New York
as Ann Kay - TV Specialist
1957
6.8
The House of Intrigue
as Mary
1956
7.7
Four of the Thundering Jet
as Moglie di Rovi
1955
0.0
Rommel's Treasure
as Sofia
1955
4.0
The Count of Bragelonne
as Hélène de Winter
1954
5.2
Sherlock Holmes
as Doreen Meredith
1954
7.1
Khyber Patrol
as Diana Rivington
1954
7.0
Return to Treasure Island
as Jamesina 'Jamie' Hawkins
1954
4.8
The Secrets of the Bed
as Janet (segment "Divorce, Le")
1954
1.0
The Woman Who Came from the Sea
as Mizar
1954
0.0
Riders to the Stars
as Susan Manners
1954
5.5
The Girl on The Roof
as Cynthia Slader
1953
4.4
The Robe
as Junia
1953
6.8
The Moon Is Blue
as Cynthia Slater
1953
6.2
Young Bess
as Kate Howard
1953
5.7
Plymouth Adventure
as Priscilla Mullins
1952
5.7
The Hour of 13
as Jane Frensham
1952
5.7
Singin' in the Rain
as Teresa - a Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
1952
8.1
The Unknown Man
as Ellie Fansworth
1951
4.8
Night Into Morning
as Dottie Phelps
1951
5.6
Racket Squad
as Betty Grant
1951
6.0