Lisa Loring, actress who gave life to “merlin“ (Wednesday) in the first version of the popular television series “The Addams Family” He has died at the age of 64, The Hollywood Reporter reported Monday.
Loring died Saturday night at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, of complications frome a stroke caused by high blood pressure, said his daughter Vanessa Foumberg to the specialized magazine.
Famous as the first Merlina Addams in the original version of the television series, she also played Wednesday Addams in the 1977 made-for-TV movie titled “Halloween with the New Addams Family” and had a role in the soap opera “As the World Turns”depending on the medium.
“She left in peace with her two daughters (Vanessa and Marianne) holding hands,” her daughter said after her death.
As explained by the Hollywood Reporter, Loring became popular for her portrayal of the quirky Merlina in the ABC black comedy “The Addams Family,” a role he assumed in 1964.
Although she played the character for only two years, it set the tone for subsequent versions of the role, which has become popular again thanks to the hit television series currently airing on Netflix and where the role is played by Jenna Ortega, who recreates a famous dance of Loring.
Source-listindiario.com