The character that would later be known as Wednesday Addams first appeared in the August 26th, 1944 issue of The New Yorker in an illustration captioned, 'Well, don't come whining to me. Wednesday has been portrayed by several actresses in various films and television series, including Lisa Loring in the television series The Addams Family (1964–1966) and in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) Christina Ricci in the feature films The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993) Nicole Fugere in the direct-to-video film Addams Family Reunion (1998) and in the television series The New Addams Family (1998–1999) and Jenna Ortega in the television series Wednesday (2022).Īddams Family members were unnamed in The New Yorker cartoons that first appeared in 1938. She is typically portrayed as a morbid and emotionally reserved child that is fascinated by the macabre, often identified by her pale skin and black pigtails. Wednesday Addams is a fictional character from the Addams Family multimedia franchise created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. (youngest brother, Halloween with the New Addams Family)įester Addams (great-great-uncle/great-grand-uncle) (in the 1964 series) (uncle from then on)ĭebbie Jellinsky Addams (aunt via marriage to Fester, Addams Family Values deceased)

(younger sister, Halloween with the New Addams Family) Pubert Addams (youngest brother, Addams Family Values) Lisa Loring as Wednesday in The Addams Family original TV series.

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