Dawn Addams

Dawn Addams was a pretty leading lady of several romantic films of the 1950s, very much in the Audrey Hepburn-Shirley MacLaine gamine vein of that era (as opposed to the Marilyn Monroe-Jane Russell-Jayne Mansfield school). Educated in several countries, she moved to Hollywood in 1950, played several supporting role in films toplining the likes of Spencer Tracy and Gene Tierney ("Plymouth Adventure" 1952) and David Niven and William Holden ("The Moon Is Blue" 1953) before attaining leading lady status. Probably her best known lead was opposite Charlie Chaplin in his satire "A King in New York" (1957), but she also acted in Fritz Lang's "The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse" (1960), in which the director revisited the character he had immortalized on film four decades earlier. Addams also decorated a number of comedies and adventures made in France and Italy (e.g. "Secrets d'Alcove" 1954), but by the early 60s slipped to occasional supporting roles and later did British TV work.

• Born:
  September 21, 1930 in Felixstowe, England, United Kingdom
• Died:
  May 7, 1985.
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Education

• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England

Milestones

• 1950 First came to Hollywood
• 1951 Made feature film debut in Night into Morning
• 1952 Can be spotted in a bit part in the classic musical, Singin in the Rain
• 1953 First leading roles in film included her work in the Italian-made Mizar
• 1954 First female lead in an American film, Return to Treasure Island
• 1962 Began playing supporting roles around the time of Come Fly with Me
• 1977 Played Clara, Head of the Supreme Council of Medusa, on the syndicated sci-fi series, Star Maidens
• 1977 Replaced Sally Bazley in the role of Georgie Thompson, the protagonist s agent, in the syndicated British sitcom, Father, Dear Father
• Educated in England, India and the USA
• Last feature credits include The Vault of Horror (1973)
• Was a regular for a time on the CBS variety program, The Alan Young Show in the early 1950s