Dawn Addams

Dawn Addams

Born: September 21, 1930
Died: May 7, 1985
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.

Source: Article "Dawn Addams" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
Title: Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
Character: Sabine Hirrlinger (archive footage)
Released: August 30, 2018
Type: Movie
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Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 1, 2003
Type: Movie
An examination of Charles Chaplin's final starring film.
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Title: Triangle
Character: Mrs. Landers
Released: January 5, 1981
Type: TV
Triangle was a BBC Television soap opera in the early 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry which sailed from Felixstowe to Gothenburg and Gothenburg to Amsterdam. A third imaginary leg existed between Amsterdam and Felixstowe to justify the programme title, but this was not operated by the ferry company. The show ran for three series before being cancelled, but is still generally remembered as "some of the most mockable British television ever produced". The scripts involved clichéd relationships and stilted dialogue, making the show the butt of several jokes - particularly on Terry Wogan's morning Radio 2 programme - which caused some embarrassment to the BBC. In 1992, the BBC screened TV Hell, an evening of programming devoted to the worst television had to offer, and the first episode of Triangle was broadcast as part of the line-up. The ferry used in the first series was the Tor Line's MS Tor Scandinavia. In the second and third series this was replaced by the DFDS vessel Dana Anglia probably because she had a less intensive schedule and the longer time she spent in port made on-board filming easier.
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Title: Star Maidens
Character: Clara
Released: September 8, 1976
Type: TV
Star Maidens is a British-German science-fiction television series made by Portman Productions for the ITV network. Produced in 1975, and first broadcast in 1976, it was filmed at Bray Studios and on location in Windsor and Bracknell, Berkshire, and Black Park, Buckinghamshire. The series was partly financed by a German company, Werbung im Rundfunk.
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A Friend Indeed
Title: A Friend Indeed
Character: Rosie Butterfield
Released: April 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Sir Lionel Hibury is visiting an old friend in Rome, accompanied by his wife and daughter. Sir Lionel is not pleased when daughter, Sheila, become romantically involved with a wealthy young man staying in the flat above them.
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The Vault of Horror
Title: The Vault of Horror
Character: Inez (segment 3 "This Trick'll Kill You")
Released: March 16, 1973
Type: Movie
The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about their recurring nightmares. Their stories include vampires, bodily dismemberment, east Indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths.
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Title: The Adventurer
Character: Lady Anne Benson
Released: September 29, 1972
Type: TV
The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.
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The Bargain Hunters
Title: The Bargain Hunters
Character: Cynthia Fenton
Released: August 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Tom and Cynthia buy a £20 painting and suddenly believe it to be valuable.
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Sappho
Title: Sappho
Character: Marianne
Released: March 24, 1971
Type: Movie
Françoise Legrand, better known as "Sappho", attractive young woman of the Parisian bourgeoisie, flits from man to man with the consent of Maurice Duran-Vior, his rich protector, a renowned financier. At a social gathering, she meets Lionel de Lancey, younger than she, a cool diplomat, and, as usual, she spends the night with him.
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The Vampire Lovers
Title: The Vampire Lovers
Character: The Countess
Released: October 4, 1970
Type: Movie
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
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A Room in Town
Title: A Room in Town
Character: Margo
Released: September 15, 1970
Type: Movie
A woman discovers that her husband has rented a flat in London for his mistress, and sets out to catch him in the act
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Zeta One
Title: Zeta One
Character: Zeta
Released: December 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Women around the globe begin disappearing when a renegade race of top-heavy aliens from the planet Angvia begin snatching them off the streets.
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Title: Department S
Character: Dianne Lynne
Released: September 9, 1969
Type: TV
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.
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Title: Father, Dear Father
Character: Georgie Thompson
Released: May 5, 1968
Type: TV
Patrick Glover is a divorced thriller novelist attempting to raise and keep the peace between his two teenage daughters.
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Where the Bullets Fly
Title: Where the Bullets Fly
Character: Felicity 'Fiz' Moonlight
Released: September 6, 1966
Type: Movie
In a spoof of the spy genre a secret agent chases a missing formula that can drain nuclear energy from an element named Spurium,
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Ballad in Blue
Title: Ballad in Blue
Character: Gina Graham
Released: February 18, 1965
Type: Movie
Ray Charles plays himself in this film where he helps blind boy David in his struggle to regain his sight. David’s over-protective mother Peggy is afraid of the risks connected with restoring his sight. Ray tries to help the whole family, offering the heavy-drinking Peggy’s heavy-drinking partner Steve an opportunity to work with his band.
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The Black Tulip
Title: The Black Tulip
Character: La marquise Catherine de Vigogne
Released: February 28, 1964
Type: Movie
Aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux leads a double life as a masked bandit known as the Black Tulip. The Black Tulip only robs rich aristocrats, so the local peasants regard him as a hero. Baron La Mouche is convinced Guillaume is the Tulip. During a robbery, he scars the Tulip's face, and hopes to use this to expose Guillaume, but Guillaume is one step ahead.
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Come Fly with Me
Title: Come Fly with Me
Character: Katie Rinard
Released: March 27, 1963
Type: Movie
Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry.
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The £20,000 Kiss
Title: The £20,000 Kiss
Character: Maxine Hagen
Released: December 31, 1962
Type: Movie
An up and coming politician is caught in a compromising photograph taken by a maid, who turns out to be part of a sophisticated blackmail ring. When the girl is found murdered, he holds an incriminating old dueling pistol.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Countess Audrey Morova
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Queen Adana
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Magda Vamoff
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Sentimental Education
Title: Sentimental Education
Character: Catherine Dambreuse
Released: May 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Frédéric, a shy small-town man, falls in love with Anne, a middle class woman married to Didier, who cheats on her with top model Barbara. Catherine, a very determined woman, is secretly in love with Frédéric and in order to keep him away from Anne, pushes him into Barbara's arms.
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House of Sin
Title: House of Sin
Character: Norma O'Brien
Released: October 25, 1961
Type: Movie
In this mystery, a nouveau-riche Frenchman returns to his Parisian home after finding a fortune in Africa. He is looking for a wife and begins advertising in the newspaper. Instead he finds himself victimized by con-artists.
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Follow That Man
Title: Follow That Man
Character: Janet Clark
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A farcical comedy about a con-man and a girl reporter who find romance while the former is planning a coup at a Swedish dowager's expense.
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Title: The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Character: Kitty Jekyll
Released: October 24, 1960
Type: Movie
After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jekyll succeeds in freeing his own alter ego, Edward Hyde, a sadistic, evil creature whose pleasure is murder.
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The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Title: The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Character: Marion Menil
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: Movie
A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preventing him from seeing the man behind the crime...
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The Angry Young Men
Title: The Angry Young Men
Character: Irene
Released: April 27, 1960
Type: Movie
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Come Dance with Me!
Title: Come Dance with Me!
Character: Anita Florès
Released: December 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Herve argues with his wife, after which he meets an appealing woman at a nightclub. A subsequent one-night stand with her turns into a tragedy when the woman is killed.
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Secret professionnel
Title: Secret professionnel
Released: October 21, 1959
Type: Movie
Catherine Langeac and André Foucaud are a medical couple, she a general practitioner and he a gynecologist. Their attentiveness and understanding enable them to solve many of their patients' problems.
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The Black Chapel
Title: The Black Chapel
Character: Tilla Turner
Released: October 15, 1959
Type: Movie
1933 in Germany. The rise of Nazism fears war and some officers, concerned the fate that hostilities would reserve to their country, organize an anti-Nazi group. They send a reporter, Golder, to communicate the plan of the German offensive allies.
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Title: The Third Man
Character: Eva
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
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The Treasure of San Teresa
Title: The Treasure of San Teresa
Character: Hedi von Hartmann
Released: July 21, 1959
Type: Movie
After World War II, an ex-spy returns to Germany to search for a cache of jewels he hid in a Czechoslovakian convent.
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Prisoner of the Volga
Title: Prisoner of the Volga
Character: Irina Tatyana
Released: March 26, 1959
Type: Movie
A vicious play of intrigue, about love, desire and betrayal, in the dress of the military at the Cossacks around 1890.
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Pensione Edelweiss
Title: Pensione Edelweiss
Character: Nadia Rakesy
Released: March 10, 1959
Type: Movie
A man who was injured in an accident has a visitor in his hospital. The visitor suggests a strange deal.
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Temptation
Title: Temptation
Character: Victoria
Released: March 4, 1959
Type: Movie
When a ship bringing a contingent of international wounded from Korea is torpedoed, three women (two nurses and a secretary) and a male journalist survive and reach a lonely island in a boat. Soon desire erupts among them, but jealousy, lust and madness lead the events to tragedy.
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The Scarlet Baroness
Title: The Scarlet Baroness
Character: Szaga de Bor
Released: February 20, 1959
Type: Movie
During the final days of the Second World War, British intelligence sends an agent to Berlin to try to discover the secrets of Nazi Germany's nuclear weapons program.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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The Silent Enemy
Title: The Silent Enemy
Character: Third Officer Jill Masters, W.R.N.S
Released: March 4, 1958
Type: Movie
The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.
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A King in New York
Title: A King in New York
Character: Ann Kay - TV Specialist
Released: September 12, 1957
Type: Movie
A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
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The House of Intrigue
Title: The House of Intrigue
Character: Mary
Released: November 30, 1956
Type: Movie
A radio operator for the British Army is captured in a Nazi-occupied Dutch city.
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Four of the Thundering Jet
Title: Four of the Thundering Jet
Character: Moglie di Rovi
Released: December 30, 1955
Type: Movie
In post-war Italy, some pilots of the Air Force, despite the difficulties in which they are forced to operate, manage to form an acrobatic squadron. From the dedication of these men will be born the "Frecce Tricolori", the Italian Air Force's acrobatic squadron.
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Rommel's Treasure
Title: Rommel's Treasure
Character: Sofia
Released: December 22, 1955
Type: Movie
The underworld of Cairo is alerted to certain moves of various people in the search for Rommel's treasure. Some are intent on the valuables, while others seek only the documents. The searchers, each working for individual reasons, are: von Brunner, an ex-officer of Rommel's staff who seeks the treasure to aid families of the fallen; Wells, a famous American news photographer out for a scoop; Mrs. Fischer, owner of a luxury riverboat nightclub, who seeks the documents for a foreign power, and Krikorian, pretending to be helping Mrs. Fischer but is really interested in making what he can for himself. Sofia, a cabaret star for Mrs. Fischer, is in love with von Brmmer and unwittingly endangers her life when Mrs. Fischer discovers she is helping von Brunner in his quest.
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Count of Bragelonne
Title: Count of Bragelonne
Character: Hélène de Winter
Released: December 9, 1954
Type: Movie
Raoul De Bragelonne must uphold his musketeer father's legacy in the face of court intrigues from Cardinal Mazarin.
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Title: Sherlock Holmes
Character: Doreen Meredith
Released: October 18, 1954
Type: TV
The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France by Guild Films, starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Archie Duncan appeared in many episodes as Inspector Lestrade. Richard Larke, billed as Kenneth Richards, played Sgt. Wilkins in about fifteen episodes. The series' associate producer, Nicole Milinaire, was one of the first women to attain a senior production role in a television series.
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Khyber Patrol
Title: Khyber Patrol
Character: Diana Rivington
Released: September 4, 1954
Type: Movie
British officers of India is jeopardized when warlords Ahmed Shir and Prince Ishak Khan battle at the Khyber Pass. Enter Capt. Kyle Cameron of the British Lancers, whose renegade style may either save the day or doom the region to chaos. When Cameron learns that greater forces are pulling the strings, he attempts to destroy Shir's rebel faction from within.
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Return to Treasure Island
Title: Return to Treasure Island
Character: Jamesina 'Jamie' Hawkins
Released: June 30, 1954
Type: Movie
There's something to be said for finishing what you've started. That's why the gentile Captain Long John Silver is heading back to Treasure Island to see if he can unearth the cache of riches buried there by his colleague, Captain Flint. At the same time, he also hopes to bring to safety the governor's daughter and a young boy abducted by El Toro.
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The Secrets of the Bed
Title: The Secrets of the Bed
Character: Janet
Released: May 19, 1954
Type: Movie
Four-episode Franco-Italian omnibus film. Four men from different national and cultural background take refuge in a cabin after being sidetracked by bad weather on their way to conference.
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The Woman Who Came from the Sea
Title: The Woman Who Came from the Sea
Character: Mizar
Released: January 22, 1954
Type: Movie
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Riders to the Stars
Title: Riders to the Stars
Character: Susan Manners
Released: January 14, 1954
Type: Movie
Three men gamble their lives in space to change the history of the world
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The Girl on The Roof
Title: The Girl on The Roof
Character: Cynthia Slader
Released: December 16, 1953
Type: Movie
A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his apartment. There she meets Donald's upstairs neighbors, his ex-fiancée Cynthia and her father, roguish David Slader. Both men are determined to bed the young woman, but they quickly discover Patty is more interested in engaging in spirited discussions about the pressing moral and sexual issues of the day than surrendering her virginity to either one of them. After resisting their amorous advances throughout the night, Patty leaves and returns to the Empire State Building, where Donald finds her and proposes marriage.
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The Robe
Title: The Robe
Character: Junia
Released: September 16, 1953
Type: Movie
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
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The Moon Is Blue
Title: The Moon Is Blue
Character: Cynthia Slater
Released: July 8, 1953
Type: Movie
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
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Young Bess
Title: Young Bess
Character: Kate Howard
Released: May 29, 1953
Type: Movie
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.
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Plymouth Adventure
Title: Plymouth Adventure
Character: Priscilla Mullins
Released: November 28, 1952
Type: Movie
During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with William Bradford's wife Dorothy.
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The Hour of 13
Title: The Hour of 13
Character: Jane Frensham
Released: November 21, 1952
Type: Movie
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief suspect, he must use his guile and wits to prove he’s not the killer; whilst also not getting caught for a jewel robbery he has just committed.
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Singin' in the Rain
Title: Singin' in the Rain
Character: Teresa - a Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1952
Type: Movie
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
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The Unknown Man
Title: The Unknown Man
Character: Ellie Fansworth
Released: November 9, 1951
Type: Movie
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
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Night Into Morning
Title: Night Into Morning
Character: Dottie Phelps
Released: June 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.
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Title: Racket Squad
Character: Betty Grant
Released: June 7, 1951
Type: TV
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".