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 sevenyear contract with MetroGoldwynMayer 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 Nivens 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 Carlsons model girlfriend in the science fiction film Riders to the Stars 1954 and the female lead opposite actordirectorfilmmaker 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 semiregular on the instructional series En France 1962 and the leading lady in several episodes of The Saint 196269 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 19711973 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 b1955 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 CCBYSA 30
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