The next major live-action version we get of Wednesday Addams is in the early ‘90s with Christina Ricci’s portrayal of the character. The Dark Wednesday Addams Rises (and Stumbles) It makes sense to have this little one be a general foil to everyone else, but we love where she goes next. That is, until they meet everyone and run from the house. In the show, she’s notably younger than her brother Pugsley and almost makes outsiders believe that the family is normal.
She’s quite odd in many ways with her love for spiders and headless dolls. MGM Televisionīut she’s very cute, quite the optimistic sweetie, and not nearly as “unconventional” as the rest of her family. Sure, she keeps the same general look with a black dress and two braided pigtails.
Blake took it from the nursery rhyme line “Wednesday’s child is full of woe.” Interestingly, the first live-action version of Wednesday Addams (portrayed by Lisa Loring) isn’t creepy or kooky at all. His friend Joan Blake, an author and poet, was behind the name. It’s not until the 1964 TV show, The Addams Family, where Charles Addams gave her the name Wednesday. In the panels, Wednesday seems to be the same size (and presumably age) as Pugsley. She appears to be quite young, between the ages of 6-8, and she’s simply a creepy looking kid with a dark streak. These comics were one panel and, in most cases, it was the adults who did the talking. Like her family members, Wednesday did not have a name. Wednesday made her debut in the aforementioned Charles Addams comic. Wednesday, the Child Full of Woe (or Not) So, let’s take a look at how Wednesday has changed over the many years, for better or worse, and where she’s at today. The Wednesday TV series is a major hit, giving us the delightfully dark teen we all love. Her age and elements of her personality change with various portrayals. Out of the entire family, Wednesday is the character who’s gone through the most evolutions. MGM Television/Paramount Pictures/Netflix The latest Addams family content is Wednesday, a Netflix series centering around Morticia and Gomez’s fascinating daughter. And, it seems that we cannot get enough of the Addams family decades after their 1938 newspaper comic debut in The New Yorker.
And, the first collective that comes to many generations of people’s minds is none other than the Addams family, specifically the core members Morticia, Gomez, Wednesday, and Pugsley.Įverything from their signature black attire to their creepy and kooky theme song (with necessary snapping) makes them continue to stand out from the TV and film fictional family crowd. A more macabre sense of humor, if you will. But, TV and film lovers also appreciate a family unit with a darker twist. The Bradys, the Tanners, and the Banks (plus Will) come to mind from a funny and wholesome perspective. The world of pop culture has countless iconic families.
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