Lisa Loring

Recently, Jenna Ortega's portrayal in the popular Netflix series "Wednesday" was credited as drawing influence from Lisa Loring.

When [Ortega](/topic/ortega)danced her own rendition of Wednesday's dance, she made reference to her performance, "The Drew," in the most recent season. [Wednesday Addams](/topic/wednesday-addams)in 1964 was portrayed by actress [Lisa Loring](/topic/lisa-loring), who passed away at the age of 64 at the St. After appearing in "The Addams Family," Loring also acted in the sitcom "The Pruitts of Southampton" and the espionage thriller "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." before landing a recurrent part on the venerable daytime drama "As the World Turns." Loring's "legacy in the world of entertainment" was honoured by her friend Laurie Jacobson. Lisa Loring was born Lisa Ann DeCinces in the Marshall Islands in 1958, according to the publication.

Loring played the princess of all things morbid from 1964 to 1966 in The Addams Family, the first adaptation of Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons.

She started modeling at the age of three and then was cast in an episode of Dr. She lived in the Marshall Islands and Hawaii before coming to Los Angeles. I know she was very weak.

American actress Lisa Loring, who starred as the original Wednesday Addams in the sitcom “The Addams Family”, has passed away on Jan. 28.

The black comedy “The Addams Family” ran for two seasons from September 1964 to April 1966. And the legacy for her family and friends… “Beautiful, kind, a loving mother, Lisa’s legacy in the world of entertainment is huge. a wealth of humor, affection and love will long play in our memories. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, in the U.S., according to the report. She had been on life support for [three] days.

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.

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.

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Jenna Ortega's name. (NEXSTAR) – Lisa Loring, the actress best known for portraying ...

Lisa Loring - who was the first to play Wednesday Addams - died peacefully with her two daughters Vanessa and Marianne by her side after finding fame in the ...

Jenna Ortega, the latest Wednesday, recently thanked Loring for inspiring her viral dance.

When Ortega’s performance inspired a viral dance similar to moves Loring had once displayed, the younger actor [thanked](https://twitter.com/jennaortega/status/1596230597780770816?s=20&t=JQHbOa2t6oxJCIljMbpZ6g) Loring for her creative influence. [the onscreen role of Wednesday Addams](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/11/full-of-woe-wednesday-addams-through-the-ages) on TV’s The Addams Family, has died at the age of 64. [Coming to (and Leaving) Netflix](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/01/new-on-netflix-the-best-movies-and-tv-shows-coming-and-leaving-in-february-2023?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-011823)in February She later earned a recurring role as Cricket Montgomery on the soap opera As the World Turns from 1980 to 1983. I know she was very weak. After 64 episodes on The Addams Family, nearly all of the original cast (including Loring) would reunite in 1977 for the NBC TV movie Halloween With the New Addams Family. She is survived by her two daughters and grandchildren Emiliana and Charles. Her daughter Vanessa Foumberg told [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/lisa-loring-wednesday-actress-addams-family-dead-at-64-1235312488/) that Loring passed away Saturday night at Providence St. I was in her company just a few weeks ago. After The Addams Family, Loring secured roles on series such as Phyllis Diller’s sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Fantasy Island, and Barnaby Jones. Loring is best remembered for her delightfully macabre turn as Wednesday on ABC’s adaptation of Charles Addams’s beloved comic strip. [Netflix’s Wednesday](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/01/wednesday-netflix-season-2).

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.

The “Addams Family” and “As the World Turns” star died Saturday after a stroke, her daughter Vanessa Foumberg confirmed to Variety. “She went peacefully with ...

In the 1980s, Loring appeared in the long-running soap opera “As the World Turns” as Cricket Montgomery. Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday in the 1991 “Addams Family” movie and its sequels, also appears in the Netflix spinoff and reacted to news of Loring’s death by posting a broken-heart emoji [on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/stories/riccigrams/3027277495799361662/). Loring made her TV debut in a 1964 episode of the medical drama “Dr. And the legacy for her family and friends — a wealth of humor, affection and love will long play in our memories. Kildare” before delivering her breakout performance as Wednesday. “Beautiful, kind, a loving mother, Lisa’s legacy in the world of entertainment is huge.

She was best known for her role as the sweet but eccentric daughter in the 1960s show 'The Addams Family'

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