Lisa Loring, the first actress to play Wednesday Addams in the first screen adaptation of ‘The Addams Family’ series has died at the age of 64.
Loring died on January 28 from a stroke after being taken off life support. She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands.
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.
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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 the following depictions of the character.
Her performance as Wednesday, with her gothic look and classic pigtails, has greatly influenced later depictions of the character.
