Valerie Leon

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.

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Yutte Stensgaard

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Sep 252009

Danish beauty Yutte Stensgaard appeared in only one film for Hammer Studios, and it remains her most well-remembered role: that of Carmilla in Lust For A Vampire (1971). Two years earlier, she had starred with fellow Hammer Girls Valerie Leon and Dawn Addams in the goofy British sexploitation flick Zeta One (1969).

Yutte Stensgaard

Birthdate: May 14, 1946
Birthplace: Thisted, Denmark
Height: ?

Notes:
When she retired from acting in the 1970′s, she moved to Oregon and got a job selling airtime for a Christian radio station. She makes periodic appearances at horror conventions.

Playboy Appearances:
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Sep 242009

Valerie Leon was known mostly for small roles in the British “Carry On” series of films, appearing in seven of them. Leon only ended up doing one film for Hammer Studios: 1971′s Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb. Unfortunately, the film was doomed from the start. Original director Seth Holt died from a heart attack, and Peter Cushing, the original star of the film, had to leave due to the serious illness of his wife. However, Leon’s gorgeous dual-role in the film makes it a worthwhile entry in Hammer’s series of mummy-themed films.

Valerie Leon

Birthdate: November 12, 1945
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5’11″

Notes:
Leon appeared in the Roger Moore James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977 (with fellow Hammer Girl Caroline Munro), and later also went on to a small role in Sean Connery’s 1983 Bond reprisal Never Say Never Again. She currently runs her own production company, but still does some acting on the side. A pictorial biography was released in 1995, called Everything But The Nipple.

Playboy Appearances:
Leon prides herself on having never appeared nude, in either films or photographs. She maintains that a body double was used for the nude scene in Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb, according to an interview with Tim Greaves in the film magazine Little Shoppe of Horrors (issue 12).

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