Lisa Loring

Lisa Loring, who played the original Wednesday Addams in 'The Addams Family', has passed away aged 64 due to a stroke.

And the legacy for her family and friends – a wealth of humour, affection and love will long play in our memories. [ Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-story-behind-the-addams-family/) that same year. The actor was born in 1958, beginning her career as a child model aged three.

Lisa Loring, best known as the first actress to play Wednesday Addams in the original "The Addams Family" sitcom, has died at the age of 64.

“I paid homage to Lisa Loring, the first Wednesday Addams. She took on the role when she was six years old and played the death-obsessed character until the show ended two years later. Yesterday, her family made the difficult decision to remove it and she passed last night,” Jacobson wrote. “She brought to life one of the most iconic characters in Hollywood history that is still celebrated today,” Carbaugh said. In 1977, she appeared as Wednesday Sr. Following her stint as Wednesday in “The Addams Family,” Loring joined Phyllis Diller’s sitcom “The Pruitts of Southampton.” She later landed a recurring role in “As the World Turns,” playing Cricket Montgomery.

In a statement, Vanessa Foumberg, one of Loring's daughters, said: “She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands". | ITV National News.

After her breakout role as Wednesday Addams, she took roles in American sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton and spy fiction drama The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., before playing Cricket Montgomery on CBS soap opera As the World Turns. "She suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure," the post read. Lisa Loring, the actress who played Wednesday Addams in the first screen adaptation of The Addams Family, has died at the age of 64 after suffering a stroke, her family have confirmed.

Lisa Loring, the actress best known as the young Wednesday Addams in the first TV adaptation of The Addams Family, has died at the age of 64.

Yesterday, her family made the difficult decision to remove it and she passed last night." She played the part for two years from 1964 and 1966 and set the framework for the character which would go on to inspire later versions of The Addams Family, including Netflix hit series 4 days ago she suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure."

The actress who played Wednesday Addams in the original The Addams Family show has died at the age of 64.

She continued: "Beautiful, kind, a loving mother, Lisa’s legacy in the world of entertainment is huge. Fans on Twitter responded to her death with much sadness: "So sad to hear the news about #LisaLoring this morning, such an amazing life… "Yesterday, her family made the difficult decision to remove it and she passed last night."

Lisa Loring was best known for playing the original Wednesday Addams in the first TV adaptation of The Addams Family in the 1960s.

And the legacy for her family and friends — a wealth of humor, affection and love will long play in our memories.” “I knew there were certain things I wanted to do. Beautiful, kind, a loving mother, Lisa’s legacy in the world of entertainment is huge.

She was five when she starred in the first TV adaptation of The Addams Family in the 1960s.

The show is one of Netflix's most watched shows of all time. In December, Ms Ortega told Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight show she "payed homage to Lisa Loring, the first Wednesday Addams", doing "a little bit of her shuffle that she does". Lisa Loring, best known for her character Wednesday Addams in the first TV adaptation of The Addams Family in the 1960s , has died at the age of 64.

A five-year-old Loring played the original pigtailed oddball and she's been adored ever since by horror nerds, comedy fans and generations of women who felt ...

Now, after her death at the age of 64, the only living member of that Addams family is John Astin, who played her father, Gomez Addams. The dance, in which Ortega cuts a series of unexpected shapes on the dancefloor, went viral. Now a teenager, but still in the same pigtails and black dress, she brought a surly new monotone to Wednesday, while still making her innately lovable. While no longer in the limelight, she raised two daughters who were by her bedside this week after a stroke that proved fatal. At 11 and 13 in the films, Ricci’s Wednesday was a little older than Loring’s but had the same precocious demeanour and steely deadpan delivery. The original show was shot in black and white and only ran for two seasons, but it came to be regarded as a classic TV sitcom that balanced zany slapstick with political satire.

Former child star Lisa Loring, who is remembered as Wednesday Addams in the mid-1960s sitcom The Addams Family, died Saturday following a stroke.

Following The Addams Family, Loring appeared in episodes of The Phyllis Diller Show, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Fantasy Island and the detective drama Barnaby Jones, among other TV series. Her last acting credit was in the 2015 film Doctor Spine. As the original Wednesday, Loring was the blueprint for the pale, pigtail-wearing Wednesday for other actresses who inherited the role (including, at present, I was in her company just a few weeks ago. I know she was very weak. That led to her role on The Addams Family, which ran for two seasons, from 1964 to 1966.

She was five when she starred in the first TV adaptation of The Addams Family in the 1960s.

The show is one of Netflix's most watched shows of all time. In December, Ms Ortega told Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight show she "payed homage to Lisa Loring, the first Wednesday Addams", doing "a little bit of her shuffle that she does". Lisa Loring, best known for her character Wednesday Addams in the first TV adaptation of The Addams Family in the 1960s, has died at the age of 64.

Lisa Loring will be remembered as a Hollywood icon for playing the gloomy Wednesday Addams at age 6. She went on to fill roles on As the World Turns and the ...

According to her IMBD page, Loring was born in the Marshall Islands to Navy personnel. While the show wasn't an immediate hit (it only lasted two seasons), decades of re-runs turned the eccentric family into a beloved American treasure. Loring semi-retired from acting in the mid-1990s following a friend's suicide and her own drug addictions, according to IMBD. She solidified her place in the cultural canon while starring as the 6-year-old Wednesday in the original Addams Family series, which aired in 1964. "The legacy for her family and friends – a wealth of humor, affection and love – will long play in our memories," Jacobson wrote. Lisa Loring, best known for her role as Wednesday on the first run of The Addams Family, died on Saturday, her agent confirmed to NPR.