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Farewell to Lisa Loring, the first Wednesday Addams: she was 64 years old

On January 28, 2023, Lisa Loring, the first actress to play Wednesday Addams on television, died prematurely. Wednesday returned famous in recent weeks thanks to the series Netflix with the beautiful Jenna Ortega.

Loring died from complications of a stroke, due to smoking and high blood pressure. She played the terrible Wednesday between 1964 and 1966, for a total of 64 episodes.

To replace Lisa Loring, in the next series of the Addams Family, was Christina Ricci, perhaps the most famous Wednesday to date, who also returned with a role in the Ortega series.

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Lisa Loring in The Addams Family (1964-1966)
 Lisa Loring  died on January 28, as reported by The Guardian, due to a stroke caused by smoking and hypertension. She was 64 years old.
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Lisa Loring was the first Wednesday Addams
Between 1964 and 1966 Lisa Loring was the first Wednesday Addams on television, taking part in 64 episodes. The series was also supposed to have a third season, but was never made.
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An acting career that never blossomed
The notoriety due to the role did not allow her to enter the artistic world forcefully, also because of very hard and tragic family events.
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The second Wednesday Addams - Christina Ricci
Christina Ricci managed to make Wednesday a unique and very distinctive character, with two great performances in the films The Addams Family (1991) and The Addams Family 2 (1993). Ricci also took part in the new Netflix series on Wednesday (we don't tell you who she was, so we avoid spoilers).
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The last Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega)
The last great original series saw Netflix return to the limelight on Wednesday thanks to the interpretation of Jenna Ortega, now a world star thanks to this performace. It seems that the ball in which she performs, now iconic, is also inspired by a ballet performed by Lisa Loring in one of the first episodes of the series of the 60s.
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