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 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 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.
Kitty Jekyll
Film 1960
The Countess
Film 1970
Third Officer Jill Masters, W.R.N.S
Film 1958
La marquise Catherine de Vigogne
Film 1964
Self (archive footage)
Film 2003
Ann Kay - TV Specialist
Film 1957
Junia
Film 1953
Teresa - a Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Film 1952
Anita Florès
Film 1959
Marion Menil
Film 1960
Cynthia Slater
Film 1953
Gina Graham
Film 1965
Susan Manners
Film 1954
Nadia Rakesy
Film 1959
Katie Rinard
Film 1963
Jamesina 'Jamie' Hawkins
Film 1954
Zeta
Film 1969
Janet
Film 1954
Diana Rivington
Film 1954
Catherine Dambreuse
Film 1962
Felicity 'Fiz' Moonlight
Film 1966
Hedi von Hartmann
Film 1959
Mary
Film 1956
Jane Frensham
Film 1952
Szaga de Bor
Film 1959
Irene
Film 1960
Irina Tatyana
Film 1959
Cynthia Slader
Film 1953
Maxine Hagen
Film 1962
Sofia
Film 1955
Film 1959
Rosie Butterfield
Film 1973
Tilla Turner
Film 1959
Cynthia Fenton
Film 1971
Norma O'Brien
Film 1961
Self
Film 1973
Moglie di Rovi
Film 1955
Victoria
Film 1959
Mizar
Film 1954
Marianne
Film 1971
Hélène de Winter
Film 1954
Margo
Film 1970
Janet Clark
Film 1961
Kate Howard
Film 1953
Sabine Hirrlinger (archive footage)
Film 2018
Dianne Lynne
Tv 1969
Mrs. Landers
Tv 1981
Clara
Tv 1976
Queen Adana
Tv 1962
Doreen Meredith
Tv 1954
Georgie Thompson
Tv 1968
Betty Grant
Tv 1951
Eva
Tv 1959
Lady Anne Benson
Tv 1972
Magda Vamoff
Tv 1962
Countess Audrey Morova
Tv 1962
Self
Tv 1959