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Dawn Addams

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Dec 162009

Dawn Addams starred in dozens of films in a career that spanned 20 years, from 1952 to 1973. Her horror film credits include the 1960 films The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (by Fritz Lang) and Terrence Fisher’s The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll with Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed. In 1969, she appeared in the sci-fi exploitation flick Zeta One with fellow Hammer Hotties Valerie Leon and Yutte Stensgaard. Toward the end of her film carreer, she appeared in two films for Hammer Studios: The Vampire Lovers (1970) with Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt, Kate O’Mara, Kirsten Lindholm, Madeline Smith, Pippa Steel and Janet Key, and The Vault of Horror (1973).

Dawn Addams

Birthdate: September 21, 1930
Birthplace: Felixstowe, England
Height: ?

Details of Death:
Dawn Addams died from cancer on May 7, 1985 at the age of 54.

Notes:
In 1957, Addams co-starred with legendary performer Charlie Chaplin in his final comedic film role, A King in New York.

Playboy Appearances:
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Yvonne Monlaur

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Dec 162009

Yvonne Monlaur has made only a few films in the English language, her most famous role being Marianne Danielle in the 1960 Hammer Studios horror film Brides of Dracula with Peter Cushing. She also starred in the 1961 Hammer film The Terror Of The Tongs with Christopher Lee.

Birthdate: December 15, 1939
Birthplace: Pau, France
Height: ?

Notes:
Yvonne Monlaur retired from acting in the late 1960′s to devote herself to her family. Today, she writes poetry and appears occasionally at horror conventions.

Playboy Appearances:
Nope.

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Joanna Lumley

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Sep 252009

After bit parts in films such as On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) and The House That Dripped Blood (1970), Joanna Lumley landed a starring role in the Hammer Studios production The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974) as Jessica Van Helsing, appearing with both Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. She appeared in both Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), as well as providing character voices for such films as James and The Giant Peach (1996) and Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride (2006). Since 1992, she has been enjoying renewed popularity as “Patsy Stone”, one of the main characters in the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.

Joanna Lumley

Birthdate: May 1, 1946
Birthplace: Srinagar, India
Height: ?

Notes:
Still a busy actress, Joanna Lumley is also an ardent campaigner for animal rights.

Playboy Appearances:
Nope.

Official Website: Nope.

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Stephanie Beacham

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Sep 252009

Stephanie Beacham starred with both Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in the 1972 Hammer Studios horror film Dracula A.D. 1972 in the role of Jessica Van Helsing. Both she and fellow Hammer Girl Janet Key also starred with Cushing the following year in the horror film And Now The Screaming Starts. She went on to appear in such films as House of Mortal Sin (1976), Schizo (1976), and Inseminoid (1981), before getting her best-remembered role as Sable Colby on the prime time television soap Dynasty. She currently plays a recurring character on the show Bad Girls, and recently starred in the horror film The Witches Hammer (2006).

Stephanie Beacham

Birthdate: February 28, 1947
Birthplace: Casablanca, Morocco
Height: 5’7″

Notes:
In an interview with Graham Norton, Beacham allegedly claimed that her only regret regarding her 1972 Playboy shoot (pictured at right) was the wig that she wore.

Playboy Appearances:
Nov 1972

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Yvonne Romain

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Sep 252009

Yvonne Romain starred opposite Oliver Reed in two Hammer Studios productions, as the “jailer’s daughter” in The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961) and in a larger role in Captain Clegg (1962), which also starred Peter Cushing. Other genre appearances include Circus of Horrors (1960), Corridors of Blood (1958) with Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee, and Devil Doll (1964).

Yvonne Romain

Birthdate: February 17, 1938
Birthplace: London, England
Height: ?

Notes:
Her birth name was Yvonne Warren.

She was introduced to a new generation of fans (s0rt of) when Mystery Science Theatre 3000 ripped up Devil Doll in 1997.

Playboy Appearances:
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Madeline Smith

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Sep 252009

Easily our choice for “Best Eyes” of the Hammer Girls, Madeline Smith launched her screen career with a small part in the 1970 sex romp Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You, appearing with fellow Hammer Girl Veronica Carlson. The following year, she appeared in two films for Hammer Studios: as “Dolly” in Taste The Blood of Dracula (opposite Christopher Lee), and as “Emma Morton” in The Vampire Lovers (opposite Peter Cushing). In 1973, she appeared with Vincent Price in Theatre of Blood, and joined the ranks of the Bond Girls as “Miss Caruso” in Live and Let Die, with Roger Moore as James Bond. A year later, she returned to Hammer, starring with David Prowse and reunited with Peter Cushing in Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell.

Madeline Smith

Birthdate: August 2, 1949
Birthplace: Hartfield, England
Height: 5’5″

Notes:
Madeline Smith retired from acting in 1984, but makes periodic convention appearances for her fans.

Playboy Appearances:
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Official Website: Nope.

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Judy Geeson

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Sep 252009

Judy Geeson headlined the 1972 Hammer Studios film Fear In The Night, co-starring with Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, and Peter Cushing. She had previously starred in such films as Prudence and the Pill (1968) and To Sir, With Love (1967), alongside Sidney Poitier. She has gone on to a strong career in television, appearing in such shows as The A-Team, MacGyver, Star Trek: Voyager, NewsRadio, Mad About You, and The Gilmore Girls.

Judy Geeson

Birthdate: September 10, 1948
Birthplace: Arundel, Sussex, England
Height: ?

Notes:
Her sister, Sally Geeson, is also an actress, best remembered from Bless This House. In October, 1999, Judy opened an antique shop in Los Angeles, California, called “Blanche & Co.”

Playboy Appearances:
Nope.

Official Website: Nope.

Marsha Hunt

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Sep 252009

Marsha Hunt

The lovely Marsha A. Hunt got her start appearing nude in Lichfield photos and onstage in the London cast of “Hair”, where she met Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones and conceived his love-child, Karis Jagger. She appeared in only one Hammer film, Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), starring opposite Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. She also appeared in Howling II: Werewolf Bitch (1985) and a handful of other roles before retiring from acting in the late 1980′s. Since then, she has been pursuing her writing interests, and has published several books, including two autobiographies: Real Life: The Story of a Survivor (1986) and Undefeated (2006).

Birthdate: October 15, 1946
Birthplace: London, England
Height: ?

Notes:
Although she was born in England, Marsha Hunt was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and then studied at U.C. Berkeley before returning to England in the 1960′s. Hunt was diagnosed with breast cancer in November, 2005, and lost her right breast and lymph nodes to the disease. She discusses her ordeal in her new autobiography, Undefeated. She currently resides in Ireland, but also maintains a home in France, and is working on a biography of Jimi Hendrix.
The Rolling Stones song “Brown Sugar” is about her.

Playboy Appearances:
Nope.

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Caroline Munro

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Sep 242009

British actress Caroline Munro has shared the screen with nearly all of the giants of 60′s-70′s horror cinema. She appeared with Vincent Price in the 1971 film The Abominable Dr. Phibes. The following year she appeared with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in Dracula A.D. 1972. She also appeared in the Hammer productions Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974) and The Devil Within Her (1975), and then reunited with Peter Cushing for the film At The Earth’s Core (1976). A year later, she starred opposite Roger Moore as Bond Girl Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), and finally got a starring role two years later as “Stella Star” in the film Starcrash (aka The Adventures of Stella Star). She semi-retired from acting in the late 80′s to concentrate on her family, but has recently returned to the work she loves, appearing in Flesh For The Beast (2003), The Absence of Light (2004), and Domestic Strangers (2005).

Caroline Munro

Birthdate: January 16, 1950
Birthplace: Windsor, England
Height: 5’7″

Notes:
Caroline Munro has appeared in two music videos: Adam Ant’s “Goody Two Shoes”, and Meatloaf’s “If I Really Want To”.

Playboy Appearances:
None.

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Veronica Carlson

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Sep 242009

In a three year period, Veronica Carlson was terrorized onscreen by three of Hammer Studios’ most famous male villains: Christopher Lee as Dracula in the 1968 film Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, Peter Cushing as Dr. Frankenstein in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), and David Prowse (best known for playing Darth Vader) as the Frankenstein monster in, of course, The Horror of Frankenstein (1970). In 1974, she ran up against her second vampire count (David Niven) in Old Dracula. A year later she reunited with Peter Cushing onscreen in The Ghoul (1975). In 1995, she co-starred with Gunnar Hansen, who played Leatherface in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in the straight-to-video flick Freakshow.

Veronica Carlson

Birthdate: September 18, 1944
Birthplace: Yorkshire, England
Height: ?

Notes:
Her birth name was Veronica Mary Glazer. Although she still acts on occasion, she now lives in Florida and spends much of her time painting.

Playboy Appearances: Nope.

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