Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the carefree Cynthia Slater in "The Moon Is Blue" (1953). Born Victoria Dawn Addams, she was raised within a prominent family, the daughter of Royal Air Force naval captain James Addams and socialite Ethel Hickie, after attaining her formal education at private schools in Calcutta, India, she began her career as a leading lady on the stage in the United Kingdom. Upon being discovered by a talent scout she was brought out to California and began underdoing several screen and vocal tests. After being reviewed by director Fletcher Markle, he was so impressed by her reddish good looks, hourglass figure, and distinctive voice, he took notice of her potential and arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing under his supervision per a major role in "Night into Morning" (1951). From there, she would go on to flourish as a recognizable character actress between two continents; often typecast as wives, mothers, old maids, relatives, gold diggers, femme fatales, gangster molls, love interests, torch singers, chorines, playgirls, debutantes, nobility, historical or literary figures, white-collared workers, secretaries, educators, doctors, busybodies, snobs, glamour dolls, aristocrats, landlords, neighbors, eccentrics, curmudgeons, dowagers, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "The Unknown Man" (1951), "Plymouth Adventure" (1952), "Young Bess" (1953), "Return to Treasure Island" (1954), "Rommel's Treasure" (1955), "The House of Intrigue" (1956), "A King in New York" (1957), "The Silent Enemy" (1958), "Prisoner of the Volga" (1959), "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll" (1960), "Follow That Man" (1961), "Sentimental Education" (1962), "Come Fly with Me" (1963), "The Black Tulip" (1964), "Ballad in Blue" (1965), "Where the Bullets Fly" (1966), "Zeta One" (1969), "The Vampire Lovers" (1970), and "The Vault of Horror" (1973). On television, she appeared in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Racket Squad," "The Alan Young Show," "Sherlock Holmes," "Sunday Night Theatre," "The Saint," "Danger Man," "Emergency Ward 10," "Armchair Theatre," "Department S," "Father, Dear Father," "Crime of Passion," "The Troubleshooters," "Ryan International," "Dial M for Murder," "Star Maidens," "Crossroads," and "Triangle". During her career, she held dual citizenship between the United States and the United Kingdom, had been a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, had presided on her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Girl Scouts, was accoladed as a 1956 Deb Star, had been romantically linked to actors Ray Milland and Tab Hunter, sat on the board of directors for the women's fashion division of Macy's, was the celebrity spokesperson for Revlon Lipstick and Red Rose Tea, had been cited by gossip columnist Louella Parsons as being "England's Most Exciting Export", was a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, had been one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, and she was married to Don Vittorio Emanuele Massimo, the Prince of Roccasecca, from 1954 to 1971 and to businessman Jimmy White from 1974 until her death (her first union ended in divorce and produced three sons). Upon her 1983 retirement, she spent the remainder of her life dividing time between her homes in London, England, and Palm Beach, Florida, was a regular attendee at autograph conventions, and had been involved in charitable and religious ventures until her death.