Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, dies at age 64
Feb 2, 2023 2:45:48 GMT
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Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, dies at age 64
Loring was just five when she starred in the 1964 TV adaptation of Charles Addams’ macabre cartoons – a performance that has set the character’s tone for decades
‘An icon for goth girls everywhere’ – thank you, Lisa Loring, for making Wednesday Addams great
Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams with John Astin as Gomez Addams on The Addams Family TV series. Photograph: ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images
Michael Sun
Mon 30 Jan 2023 06.18 GMT
Lisa Loring, the actor who played Wednesday Addams in the first screen adaptation of The Addams Family, has died at the age of 64 from a stroke.
Loring died on Saturday night in hospital surrounded by family, her daughter told Variety.
“She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands,” she said.
Loring’s personal friend, the author Laurie Jacobson, wrote on Facebook that Loring had “suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure” and had been on life support for three days before her family decided to remove it on the weekend.
Jacobson paid tribute to Loring’s “legacy in the world of entertainment”, writing: “She is embedded in the tapestry that is pop culture and in our hearts always as Wednesday Addams.”
Loring played Wednesday Addams from 1964 to 1966 in the first adaptation of Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons, taking on the role when she was just five years old.
Her performance as the macabre Addams daughter, with her gothic streak and classic pigtails, has reverberated through film and TV, greatly influencing following depictions of the character.
A recent Netflix adaptation starring Jenna Ortega spawned a viral dance inspired by Loring’s angular moves from the original series. Ortega thanked Loring when the dance gained traction online.
Loring was born Lisa Ann DeCinces in the Marshall Islands in 1958, later moving to Hawaii and then Los Angeles with her mother. She began modelling when she was three and landed her first role on television soon after, in the medical drama Dr. Kildare.
After breaking out as Wednesday Addams, she took roles in the sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton and spy drama The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., before being cast in a recurring role on As the World Turns, a long-running daytime soap.
Lisa Loring at an expo in 2015 in New Jersey. Photograph: Bobby Bank/Getty Images
She also appeared in a number of slashers in the late 80s, including Blood Frenzy, Iced, and Savage Harbor.
In the same period, she worked as a makeup artist on the set of adult film Traci’s Big Trick – where she met her third husband, adult film actor Jerry Butler, on set.
Her marriage to Butler was the source of much media interest, and the couple had several public spats over Loring’s dissatisfaction with Butler’s continued involvement in the adult film industry. They eventually divorced in 1992.
Loring is survived by her daughters, Marianne and Vanessa, as well as her grandchildren, Emiliana and Charles.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/30/lisa-loring-the-original-wednesday-addams-dies-at-age-64
awww this made me sad. and nothing beats the original wednesday dance
Loring was just five when she starred in the 1964 TV adaptation of Charles Addams’ macabre cartoons – a performance that has set the character’s tone for decades
‘An icon for goth girls everywhere’ – thank you, Lisa Loring, for making Wednesday Addams great
Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams with John Astin as Gomez Addams on The Addams Family TV series. Photograph: ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images
Michael Sun
Mon 30 Jan 2023 06.18 GMT
Lisa Loring, the actor who played Wednesday Addams in the first screen adaptation of The Addams Family, has died at the age of 64 from a stroke.
Loring died on Saturday night in hospital surrounded by family, her daughter told Variety.
“She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands,” she said.
Loring’s personal friend, the author Laurie Jacobson, wrote on Facebook that Loring had “suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure” and had been on life support for three days before her family decided to remove it on the weekend.
Jacobson paid tribute to Loring’s “legacy in the world of entertainment”, writing: “She is embedded in the tapestry that is pop culture and in our hearts always as Wednesday Addams.”
Loring played Wednesday Addams from 1964 to 1966 in the first adaptation of Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons, taking on the role when she was just five years old.
Her performance as the macabre Addams daughter, with her gothic streak and classic pigtails, has reverberated through film and TV, greatly influencing following depictions of the character.
A recent Netflix adaptation starring Jenna Ortega spawned a viral dance inspired by Loring’s angular moves from the original series. Ortega thanked Loring when the dance gained traction online.
Loring was born Lisa Ann DeCinces in the Marshall Islands in 1958, later moving to Hawaii and then Los Angeles with her mother. She began modelling when she was three and landed her first role on television soon after, in the medical drama Dr. Kildare.
After breaking out as Wednesday Addams, she took roles in the sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton and spy drama The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., before being cast in a recurring role on As the World Turns, a long-running daytime soap.
Lisa Loring at an expo in 2015 in New Jersey. Photograph: Bobby Bank/Getty Images
She also appeared in a number of slashers in the late 80s, including Blood Frenzy, Iced, and Savage Harbor.
In the same period, she worked as a makeup artist on the set of adult film Traci’s Big Trick – where she met her third husband, adult film actor Jerry Butler, on set.
Her marriage to Butler was the source of much media interest, and the couple had several public spats over Loring’s dissatisfaction with Butler’s continued involvement in the adult film industry. They eventually divorced in 1992.
Loring is survived by her daughters, Marianne and Vanessa, as well as her grandchildren, Emiliana and Charles.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/30/lisa-loring-the-original-wednesday-addams-dies-at-age-64
awww this made me sad. and nothing beats the original wednesday dance
