Lisa Loring, original Wednesday actress dies at 64

Lisa Loring, the actress who played Wednesday Addams on the classic TV adaptation of The Addams Family, died on Saturday night. She was 64 at the time of death.

According to Hollywood Reporter Loring died at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank of complications from a stroke caused by high blood pressure. Her daughter Vanessa Foumberg confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter.

“She went peacefully with both her daughters [Vanessa and Marianne] holding her hands,” she said.

Loring is best known for her turn as the morbid, pig-tailed Wednesday on ABC’s black comedy The Addams Family, a role she took on in 1964. She played the character for only two years but set the template for live-action portrayals of Wednesday and was recently praised as an inspiration for Jenna Ortega’s interpretation on the hit Netflix series Wednesday.