‘Wednesday Addams’ actress Lisa Loring dies

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Loring is best known as the morbid “Wednesday” on the ABC black comedy “The Addams Family,” a role she took on in 1964

Actress Lisa Loring, who played the young Wednesday Addams on the TV series Addams Family from 1964 to 1966, has died aged 64.

Loring died Saturday night at Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center. Joseph in Burbank and her death was due to a stroke, according to her family.

“She passed away peacefully with her two daughters [Βανέσα και Μαριάν] to hold her hands,” her daughter Vanessa Fuberg told The Hollywood Reporter.

Loring is best known as the sickly “Wednesday” on the ABC black comedy “The Addams Family,” a role she took on in 1964. She only played the character for two years, but she became a role model for actresses who later played the character. . In fact, it was also an inspiration for the performance of Jenna Ortega in the successful Netflix series “Wednesday”.

Born on February 16, 1958, in the Marshall Islands, Loring’s parents divorced when she was very young. She came to live in Los Angeles with her mother. She started modeling at just 3 years old. Her first television appearance was in 1964 in an episode of the NBC medical drama Dr. Kildare.

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