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There have been several live-action interpretations of The Addams Family, and in this day and age, some characters have begun to stand out among the rest. For decades, each member of the family has entertained fans with their unique brand of macabre magic, worming their way into American pop culture like a maggot through a corpse. Still, as the times change and adaptations like Netflix's Wednesday bring the kooky family members to the modern age, the characters that most appeal to audiences change along with them.

The Addams Family got its start with Charles Addams' comic strips in 1938, and the First Family of Fright has been immortalized with a television series, several cartoons, a few live-action films, and Netflix's Wednesday. Through each franchise adaptation, each character in the Addams Family mythos is distinct, with a perfect amalgamation of humor and horror. However, there are specific characters in The Addams Family...

The Addams Family have been a fixture on screen since the 1960s with several actors who played Wednesday Addams helping the character become an icon. The classic characters are originally based on the 1938 single-panel New Yorker cartoons by Charles Addams, but it wasnt until the 1964 sitcom that The Addams Family would become pop culture staples. Since the sitcom, The Addams Family has been adapted on numerous occasions for movies and television. However, the most recently entry into the franchise, Tim Burton's Wednesday, suggests the family's eccentric daughter is the real star.

Wednesday Addams is the daughter of Gomez and Morticia and has inherited her parents fascination with homicide and torture, which she often practices on her younger brother Pugsley. With her deadpan tone and dark wit particularly in Christina Riccis version of the character Wednesday is often a highlight of The Addams Family movies and TV shows. Since The Addams Family...

Ah, "The Addams Family." They're creepy and they're kooky. Mysterious and spooky. They're all together ooky. And so on. The ghoulish Addamses were created by cartoonist Charles Addams in the pages of The New Yorker before Hollywood came calling, adapting Addams' comics into a TV series in 1964. The series followed a family of weirdos who live every day like it's Halloween, much to the confusion of the normal folks all around them. The original "The Addams Family" series lasted only two seasons, running between 1964 and 1966, but its impact and influence continued for decades. 

Sadly, the majority of the original cast of "The Addams Family" are no longer with us. But there's one main player who is still around. 

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John Astin (Gomez Addams)

John Astin played Gomez Addams on the show. A former lawyer and frequent cigar smoker, Gomez...

Lisa Loring, best known for being the first person to play Wednesday Addams on the original "The Addams Family" sitcom, has died. She was 64. Loring began her career as a child, first starting out as a child model at age three before appearing on an episode of the 1960s TV series "Dr. Kildare." When Loring was six she landed the role of the gloomy child Wednesday Addams on "The Addams Family," which ran from 1964 through 1966. Loring would also return to the role for reunion specials, including "Halloween with the New Addams Family" in 1977.

"I learned to memorize before I could read," she said in regard to learning her lines. She went on to say:

"I didn't know how to read yet, I hadn't been to first grade, so [producer David Levy] wasn't prepared to see children that young, that he didn't know. But I had my hair down to here [indicates her waist], my mother put...

Original Wednesday Addams actress Lisa Loring has passed away at age 64.

Loring, who starred on “The Addams Family” from 1964-1966 for 64 episodes, died on Saturday after suffering a stroke.

Her daughter, Vanessa Foumberg, said: “She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands,” Variety reported.

“The Addams Family” cast in costume. Standing (L-r): Jackie Coogan (1914 – 1984), John Astin, Blossom Rock, and Ted Cassidy. Sitting (L-r): Lisa Loring, Carolyn Jones, and Ken Weatherwax. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Loring’s friend Laurie Jacobson also shared on Facebook: “It is with great sadness that I report the death of our friend, Lisa Loring. 4 days ago she suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure. She had been on life support for 3 days.

“Yesterday, her family made the difficult decision to remove it and she passed last night. She is embedded in the tapestry that is...

Hollywood takes a hard look at the mundane horrors of mental asylums, and Olivia de Havilland scores another career high with her portrayal of a housewife experiencing a nervous breakdown. Some people found the show scary and a few felt it was tasteless, but Ms. de Havilland’s performance is riveting, 71 years later. Anatole Litvak’s intense direction makes good use of expressionistic visual devices, without veering into dippy Salvador Dalí psycho-surrealism.

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Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan, Helen Craig, Leif Erickson, Beulah Bondi, Lee Patrick, Natalie Schafer, Ruth Donnelly, Katherine Locke, Minna Gombell, Ann Doran, Jacqueline deWit, Betsy Blair, Queenie Smith, Virginia Brissac, Marie Blake, Isabel Jewell, Celia Lovsky, Mae Marsh, Doro Merande, Mary Newton, Inez Palange, Mary Treen, Minerva Urecal.

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Norma Shearer films Note: This article is being revised and expanded. Please check back later. Turner Classic Movies' Norma Shearer month comes to a close this evening, Nov. 24, '15, with the presentation of the last six films of Shearer's two-decade-plus career. Two of these are remarkably good; one is schizophrenic, a confused mix of high comedy and low drama; while the other three aren't the greatest. Yet all six are worth a look even if only because of Norma Shearer herself – though, really, they all have more to offer than just their top star. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke, the no-expense-spared Marie Antoinette (1938) – $2.9 million, making it one of the most expensive movies ever made up to that time – stars the Canadian-born Queen of MGM as the Austrian-born Queen of France. This was Shearer's first film in two years (following Romeo and Juliet) and her first release following husband Irving G.

Norma Shearer films Note: This article is being revised and expanded. Please check back later. Turner Classic Movies' Norma Shearer month comes to a close this evening, Nov. 24, '15, with the presentation of the last six films of Shearer's two-decade-plus career. Two of these are remarkably good; one is schizophrenic, a confused mix of high comedy and low drama; while the other three aren't the greatest. Yet all six are worth a look even if only because of Norma Shearer herself – though, really, they all have more to offer than just their top star. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke, the no-expense-spared Marie Antoinette (1938) – $2.9 million, making it one of the most expensive movies ever made up to that time – stars the Canadian-born Queen of MGM as the Austrian-born Queen of France. This was Shearer's first film in two years (following Romeo and Juliet) and her first release following husband Irving G.

Joan Crawford Movie Star Joan Crawford movies on TCM: Underrated actress, top star in several of her greatest roles If there was ever a professional who was utterly, completely, wholeheartedly dedicated to her work, Joan Crawford was it. Ambitious, driven, talented, smart, obsessive, calculating, she had whatever it took – and more – to reach the top and stay there. Nearly four decades after her death, Crawford, the star to end all stars, remains one of the iconic performers of the 20th century. Deservedly so, once you choose to bypass the Mommie Dearest inanity and focus on her film work. From the get-go, she was a capable actress; look for the hard-to-find silents The Understanding Heart (1927) and The Taxi Dancer (1927), and check her out in the more easily accessible The Unknown (1927) and Our Dancing Daughters (1928). By the early '30s, Joan Crawford had become a first-rate film actress, far more naturalistic than...

Natalie Wood: Hot Hollywood star in the ’60s - TCM schedule on August 18, 2013 See previous post: “Natalie Wood Movies: From loving Warren Beatty to stripping like Gypsy Rose Lee.” 3:00 Am The Star (1952). Director: Stuart Heisler. Cast: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood, Warner Anderson, Minor Watson, June Travis, Paul Frees, Robert Warrick, Barbara Lawrence, Fay Baker, Herb Vigran, Marie Blake, Sam Harris, Marcia Mae Jones. Bw-90 mins. 4:30 Am A Cry In The Night (1956). Director: Frank Tuttle. Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood. Bw-75 mins. 6:00 Am West Side Story (1961). Director: Robert Wise. Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland, Ned Glass, William Bramley, Tucker Smith, Tony Mordente, David Winters, Eliot Feld, John Bert Michaels, David Bean, Robert Banas, Anthony ‘Scooter’ Teague, Harvey Evans aka Harvey Hohnecker, Tommy Abbott, Susan Oakes, Gina Trikonis, Carole D’Andrea, Jose De Vega, Jay Norman,...

An ooky childhood story:

One day while hanging out with my best friend looking for something interesting to film with my Super-8 camera, I’d decided it would be fun to take my Evel Knievel doll (excuse me, action figure) and record the results of setting him ablaze. Certain that just taking a match to him wouldn’t produce the desired conflagration, my friend and I conferred on just what sort of household ingredient we could add to make him more…well, combustible. We decided to tell my father about this project and we figured we were on safe ground if we asked to borrow a can of spray paint. Walking a little nervously down to the seclusion of his basement man cave, we made our request. At which point, he turned to us and deadpanned:

Why not just use kerosene?

Now, my father is a guy who flies his...

Being Halloween, lots of places are running themed lists including beleaguered AOL which attempts to list the Top 20 witches on television. While we don’t find any glaring omissions, we wonder about many of the placements.

20. Alex Russo, The Wizards of Waverly Place

19. Miss Cackle, The Worst Witch

18. Marge Simpson, Treehouse of Horror VIII

17. Amanda Tucker, Tucker's Witch

16. Ella, Hex

15. Witch Hazel, Looney Tunes

14. Endora, Passions

13. Paige Matthews (Rose McGowan), Charmed

12. Tabitha Stephens (Lisa Hartman), Tabitha

11. Mildred Hubble (Fairuza Balk), The Worst Witch

10. Prue Halliwell (Shannen Doherty), Charmed

9. Endora (Agnes Moorehead), Bewitched

8. Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes), H.R. Pufnstuf

7. Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano), Charmed

6. Tabitha (Juliet Mills), Passions

5. Sabrina Spellman (Melissa Joan Hart), Sabrina the Teenage Witch

4. Grandmama Addams (Blossom Rock), The Addams Family

3. Piper Halliwell (Holly Marie Combs), Charmed

2. Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan), Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1. Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montrgomery), Bewitched

We applaud Piper over her sisters given...