Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams in the mid-sixties.
Lisa Loring, the first actress to play Wednesday Addams, died of a heart attack on Saturday at the age of 64. This was confirmed to the American press by one of his two daughters, Vanessa Foumberg. The Addams Family character has regained popularity in recent months, played by Jenna Ortega in the hit version Tim Burton created for Netflix. It was also the stepping stone for Christina Ricci in the 1990s film of the same name.
Loring’s relatives and colleagues fired the American on social media. “It is with great sadness that I announce the death of our friend Lisa Loring. Four days ago he suffered a massive stroke caused by smoking and high blood pressure. She had been on life support for three days. His family made the difficult decision to remove it. She’s part of pop culture and always in our hearts like Wednesday Addams. Beautiful, kind, a loving mother, Lisa’s legacy in the entertainment world is tremendous. And the legacy for his family and friends: a lot of humor, affection and love will remain in our memories for a long time. RIP, Lisa. Damn girl… you were so much fun,” her friend Laurie Jacobson posted on Facebook.
Lisa Loring with other cast members from the television series The Addams Family, 2006. IDA MAE ASTUTE (AP)
He also remembered actress Butch Patrick, who played Eddie Munster on television. “I am so sorry to hear of the passing of my dear friend Lisa Loring. We were very close and often worked together. I know I was very weak. I was at your company just a few weeks ago. Good luck my friend, ”she commented on the same social network.
Born in the Marshall Islands and raised in Hawaii, the daughter of soldiers before moving to California, she began working as a child model at the age of three and as an actress shortly before taking on the role of Wednesday Addams, which she played between 1964 and 1966 In the years that followed, he returned to the character in several made-for-TV movies, appearing on series such as The Girl from UNCLE and Barnaby Jones before landing a regular role on the soap opera As the World Turns in the 1980s. The rest of his career was close to fantasy and horror films.
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