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Lisa Loring (born Lisa Ann DeCinces; February 16, 1958 – January 28, 2023) was an American actress. She was best known for her work as a child actress from age six playing Wednesday Addams on the 1964–1966 sitcom The Addams Family. [1] [2]
When the characters were adapted for the 1964 television series, Charles Addams named Wednesday based on the Monday's Child nursery rhyme line: "Wednesday's child is full of woe". Actress and poet Joan Blake, an acquaintance of Charles Addams, offered the idea for the name. [1] Wednesday is the only daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams and the ...
Lisa Loring, the child actress who played the original Wednesday Addams on The Addams Family from 1964 to 1966, has died. She was 64. Loring was just six years old when she took on the role of ...
Loring originated the role of Wednesday at age 6 in The Addams Family, which aired from 1964 to 1966. She later reprised the role in the 1977 TV movie Halloween With the New Addams Family .
Lisa Loring was just six years old when she took on the role of Wednesday Addams, the long-braided youngest daughter of Morticia and Gomez. And while her on-screen persona was certainly unorthodox ...
The character originated in the Charles Addams cartoons for The New Yorker magazine in the 1930s. In the cartoons, none of the family members had names. When the characters were adapted to the 1964 television series, Charles Addams's selection of her name was inspired by "mortician". Morticia's maiden name is "Frump" and she has an older sister ...
A young Lisa Loring portrayed Wednesday Addams in the 1960s TV series 'The Addams Family.' She also appeared in 'As the World Turns.' Lisa Loring, original Wednesday Addams, dies at 64
In the Canadian-American television series The New Addams Family, which ran from 1998 to 1999, Astin appeared as Grandpapa Addams, with the role of Gomez played by Glenn Taranto. With the death of Lisa Loring, who played Wednesday, in January 2023, Astin is the last surviving cast member of The Addams Family. [7] [8] [9]