Lisa Loring, actress who played Wednesday in 'The Addams Family', dies

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Lisa Loring, the actress who played the young Wednesday Addams (or Merlina Addams, as she was known in Latin America) in the series

between 1964 and 1966, and who also appeared in

, died this Saturday after suffering a stroke, as confirmed by his daughter Vanessa Foumberg.

She was 64 years old.

“He left in peace with his two daughters holding his hand,” Foumberg said.

A friend, Laurie Jacobson, announced her death on the social network Facebook, stating that the actress "was always in our hearts as Wednesday Addams."

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Butch Patrick, who played Eddie Munster in

, also remembered her on Facebook, writing: "So sorry to hear of the passing of my dear friend Lisa Loring.

We were very close and often worked together.

I know she was very weak.

I was with her just a few weeks ago.

Good luck friend".

Loring was born in the Marshall Islands to parents who had served in the Navy and lived in Hawaii.

Later, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother.

She started modeling at the age of 3 and later participated in an episode of

.

- style dance

called

gained attention again when it was incorporated into the new Netflix series

, in which actress Jenna Ortega does her own rendition of the dance.

Wednesday Addams was sweet-natured but somber and had a penchant for collecting creepy pets, including a black widow spider named Homer and a lizard, Lucifer, as well as playing with a headless doll.

Lisa Loring attends the Chiller Theater Expo Fall 2019. Bobby Bank / Getty Images

After

finished its two seasons, Loring was cast in the Phyllis Diller comedy

.

He made guest appearances on shows like

,

, and

, then landed a role as Cricket Montgomery on

from 1980 to 1983.

Later in the 1980s, she was cast in genre films such as

and

and worked as a make-up artist on adult films under the name

.

He is survived by two daughters, Marianne and Vanessa.