(CNN) — Lisa Loring, finest recognized for her function as Wednesday Addams within the unique “The Addams Family” sitcom, has died on the age of 64.
Loring “passed away on Saturday surrounded by her family,” longtime agent Chris Carbaugh informed CNN in a press release on Monday.
“She brought to life one of the most iconic characters in Hollywood history that is still celebrated today,” Carbaugh stated. “Lisa loved sharing her memories and meeting all her fans across the world.”
The former baby star was a mom and grandmother, her agent added.
Laurie Jacobson, Loring’s good friend, additionally reported her demise on Facebook, saying she had “suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure.”
“She had been on life support for three days. Yesterday, her family made the difficult decision to remove it and she passed last night,” Jacobson wrote. “She is embedded in the tapestry that is pop culture and in our hearts always as Wednesday Addams.”
Loring was the blueprint for the pale, pigtailed Wednesday after being solid within the sitcom “The Addams Family” in 1964. She took on the function when she was 6 years previous and performed the death-obsessed character till the present ended two years later.
In 1977, she appeared as Wednesday Sr. within the tv movie “Halloween with the New Addams Family.”
Loring’s deadpan supply of the character, primarily based on the New Yorker cartoons by Charles Addams, paved the best way for different actresses, together with Christina Ricci, who starred as Wednesday within the 1991 hit film “The Addams Family” and its sequel, “Addams Family Values.”
Jenna Ortega, who performs the character within the Netflix sequence “Wednesday,” stated her model of the pop-culture icon was additionally impressed by Loring. The promenade dance sequence that went viral on TikTok incorporates “a little bit of her shuffle” from an episode during which Wednesday teaches the hulking butler Lurch to bounce, Ortega stated on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in December.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Loring was born Lisa Ann DeCinces within the Marshall Islands and was given her stage identify when she began modeling at age 3.
Following her stint as Wednesday in “The Addams Family,” Loring joined Phyllis Diller’s sitcom “The Pruitts of Southampton.” She later landed a recurring function in “As the World Turns,” enjoying Cricket Montgomery.
Her performing credit additionally embrace exhibits “The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.,” “Fantasy Island” and “Barnaby Jones.”
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