Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, dies at age 64, Loring was just five when she starred in the 1964 TV adaptation of Charles Addams ’ lurid cartoons – a performance that has set the character’s tone for decades

Lisa Loring the actor who played Wednesday Addams in the first screen adaptation of The Addams Family has failed at the age of 64 from a stroke.

Loring failed on Saturday night in sanatorium girdled by family her son told Variety.

“ She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands ” she said.

Loring’s particular friend the author Laurie Jacobson wrote on Facebook that Loring had “ suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure ” and had been on life support for 3 days before her family decided to remove it on the weekend.

Jacobson paid homage to Loring’s “ heritage in the world of entertainment ” writing “ She’s bedded in the shade that is voguish culture and in our hearts always as Wednesday Addams. ”

Loring played Wednesday Addams from 1964 to 1966 in the first adaptation of Charles Addams ’ New Yorker cartoons taking on the part when she was just five times old.

Her performance as the lurid Addams son with her gothic band and classic lacings has resounded through film and TV greatly impacting following delineations of the character.

A recent Netflix adaptation starring Jenna Ortega spawned a viral dance inspired by Loring’s angular moves from the original series. Ortega thanked Loring when the dance gained traction online.

Loring was born Lisa Ann Decencies in the Marshall islands in 1958, subsequently moving to Hawaii and also Los Angeles with her ma. She began modelling when she was three and landed her first part on television soon after in the medical drama Dr. Kildare.

After breaking out as Wednesday Addams she took places in the sitcom The Pruitt’s of Southampton and asset drama The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. before being cast in a recreating part on As the World Turns a long- running day cleanser.

She also appeared in a number of rips in the late 80s including Blood distraction, Iced, and Savage Harbor.

In the same period she worked as a makeup artist on the set of adult film Traci’s Big Trick – where she met her third husband adult film actor Jerry Butler, on set.

Her marriage to Butler was the source of important media interest and the couple had several public spats over Loring’s dissatisfaction with Butler’s continued involvement in the adult film sedulity. They eventually severed in 1992.

Loring is survived by her daughters Marianne and Vanessa as well as her grandchildren Emiliana and Charles.