Dawn Addams
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Biography
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.
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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
Replaced Sally Bazley in the role of Georgie Thompson, the protagonist's agent, in the syndicated British sitcom, "Father, Dear Father"
1977
Played Clara, Head of the Supreme Council of Medusa, on the syndicated sci-fi series, "Star Maidens"
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