Lisa Loring, the Original Wednesday Addams, Dies Suddenly at 64

Lisa Loring was an American actress best known as the original Wednesday Addams from the classic 1960s television series The Addams Family.

Born in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, where her parents were stationed with the U.S. Navy, she was raised in Los Angeles. She stepped into the spotlight at just three years old as a child model.

The actress had a net worth of $500 thousand at the time of her death.

Personal life

Loring was married four times and had two children.

• She married Farrell Foumberg at age 15 in 1973, and they had a daughter before divorcing a year later.
• In 1981, she wed actor Doug Stevenson, known for Search for Tomorrow. They had a daughter and split in 1983.
• Her third marriage, in 1987, was to adult film actor Jerry Butler, whom she met while working behind the scenes on Traci’s Big Trick. As Butler continued working in porn against her wishes, their relationship deteriorated. Their marital struggles were publicly aired on Dateline NBC and The Sally Jessy Raphael Show. They divorced in 1992—the same year Butler left the industry and faded from public view.
• Loring’s fourth and final marriage was to Graham Rich in 2003; they separated in 2008 and divorced in 2014.

How did Lisa Loring die?

Loring had a stroke, possibly caused by smoking and hypertension, and died at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, on January 28, 2023, at age 64.