Lisa Loring – the actress finest recognized for taking part in Wednesday Addams within the authentic iteration of The Addams Family – has died on the age of 64.
As reported by Variety, Loring’s passing was confirmed by her daughter, Vanessa Foumberg, who stated she died final Saturday (January 28) from a stroke. “She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands,” Foumberg stated.
In a Facebook submit from her shut good friend Laurie Jacobson, it was defined that Loring’s stroke had been “brought on by smoking and high blood pressure”. She was stated to have been on life help for 3 days earlier than “her family made the difficult decision to remove it”.
“She is embedded in the tapestry that is pop culture and in our hearts always as Wednesday Addams,” Jacobson wrote. “Beautiful, kind, a loving mother, Lisa’s legacy in the world of entertainment is huge. And the legacy for her family and friends – a wealth of humor, affection and love will long play in our memories. RIP, Lisa. Damn, girl… you were a ton of fun.”
Loring was born on February 16, 1958, and began her profession in modelling on the age of three. Her transition to performing got here simply three years later, when in 1964, she starred in an episode of the NBC medical drama Dr. Kildare.
It was the identical 12 months that Loring debuted as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, which ran for 64 episodes (break up between two seasons) on ABC. Upon its cancellation, she picked up a job in The Pruitts Of Southhampton, which shared a handful of the identical artistic staff (and broadcaster) as The Addams Family.
Loring saved busy into the Eighties, starring as Cricket Montgomery within the CBS cleaning soap opera As The World Turns – her tenure operating from 1980 till 1983 – earlier than shifting focus to slasher movies with roles in Blood Frenzy (1987), Savage Harbour (1987) and Iced (1988).
Other notable roles of Loring’s embody her bit elements in episodes of Fantasy Island, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. and Barnaby Jones. She additionally labored as a make-up artist on porn shoots, for which she was credited underneath with the pseudonym Maxine Factor.
Have a take a look at some tributes to Loring beneath:
Rest in Peace Lisa Loring, the unique Wednesday Addams.
The authentic Wednesday dance with Ted Cassidy from the 1964 episode, Lurch Learns to Dance. pic.twitter.com/ri3wTorYUo
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) January 30, 2023
Rip expensive Lisa Loring. Delightful within the function of the youngest member of The Addams Family, your iconic presence as the unique Wednesday will without end be remembered. You have been an necessary a part of our cultural historical past. I used to be so completely happy I met you. I hope you knew how a lot we liked you pic.twitter.com/Srf9XtFmTm
— Barbara Crampton (@barbaracrampton) January 30, 2023
SAD FAREWELL
Lisa Loring just lately suffered a large stroke and died final evening. She would have turned 65 subsequent month. I like that Christina Ricci and Jenna Ortega at all times paid respectful tribute to the OG Wednesday. For these of us in our 60s that is like shedding an previous good friend. pic.twitter.com/PUdoou8vy7— James L. Neibaur (@JimLNeibaur) January 30, 2023