1930-09-21 ( 94 years old ) in Felixstowe, 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.
Movies
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
2018-08-30
Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'
2003-03-01
A Friend Indeed
1973-04-17
The Vault of Horror
1973-03-16
Elementary, My Dear Watson
1973-01-18
The Bargain Hunters
1971-08-10
Sappho
1971-03-24
The Vampire Lovers
1970-10-04
A Room in Town
1970-09-15
Zeta One
1969-12-01
Where the Bullets Fly
1966-09-06
Ballad in Blue
1965-02-18
The Black Tulip
1964-02-28
Come Fly with Me
1963-03-27
The £20,000 Kiss
1962-12-31
Sentimental Education
1962-05-02
House of Sin
1961-10-25
Follow That Man
1961-01-01
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960-10-24
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960-09-13
The Angry Young Men
1960-04-27
Come Dance with Me!
1959-12-18
Secret professionnel
1959-10-21
The Black Chapel
1959-10-15
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959-07-21
Prisoner of the Volga
1959-03-26
Pensione Edelweiss
1959-03-10
Temptation
1959-03-04
The Scarlet Baroness
1959-02-20
The Silent Enemy
1958-03-04
A King in New York
1957-09-12
The House of Intrigue
1956-11-30
Four of the Thundering Jet
1955-12-30
Rommel's Treasure
1955-12-22
The Count of Bragelonne
1954-12-09
Khyber Patrol
1954-09-04
Return to Treasure Island
1954-06-30
The Secrets of the Bed
1954-05-19
The Woman Who Came from the Sea
1954-01-22
Riders to the Stars
1954-01-14
The Girl on The Roof
1953-12-16
The Robe
1953-09-16
The Moon Is Blue
1953-07-08
Young Bess
1953-05-29
Plymouth Adventure
1952-11-28
The Hour of 13
1952-11-21
Singin' in the Rain
1952-04-09
The Unknown Man
1951-11-09
Night Into Morning
1951-06-08
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