Lisa Loring as Wednesday in The Addams Family television series.

Wednesday Friday Addams is a member of the fictional Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams for The New Yorker. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Lisa Loring (born Lisa Ann DeCinces on February 16, 1958 on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands) is an American actress. ... The Addams Family is an American television series based on the characters in Charles Addams New Yorker cartoons. ... A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting. ... For the TV series, see The Addams Family (TV series). ... Charles Samuel Addams (January 7, 1912 - September 28, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ...

In Charles Addams's cartoons, Wednesday and other members of the family had no names. When the cartoons were adapted to the television series The Addams Family (1964), he was asked to provide names for the characters, and came up with the name "Wednesday", based on the well-known nursery rhyme line, "Wednesday's child is full of woe". A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... See also: 1963 in television, other events of 1964, 1965 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1964-65 American network television schedule. ... Mondays Child is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. ...

Wednesday is originally a pale, dark-haired, grim-looking little girl with a fascination with death and the macabre. She is explicitly stated to be six years old in the series' pilot episode. In the 1960s Television series, she is significantly more sweet-natured, although her favorite hobby is raising spiders; She is also a ballerina. Wednesday's favorite toy is her Marie Antoinette doll, which she had guillotined herself and proudly shows to visitors. In one episode, she is shown to have several other headless dolls as well. She also paints pictures (including a picture of trees with human heads) and once writes a poem dedicated to her favorite pet spider, Homer. Wednesday is deceptively strong; she is able to bring her father down with a judo hold. A death head wearing the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, on the sarcophagus of Habsburg emperor Charles VI in the crypt of the Capuchin church in Vienna, Austria. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Families Suborder Mesothelae     Liphistiidae (primitive burrowing spiders) Suborder Mygalomorphae     Atypidae (atypical tarantula)     Antrodiaetidae (folding trapdoor spider)     Mecicobothriidae (dwarf tarantulas)     Hexathelidae (venomous funnel-web tarantula)     Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantula)     Cyrtaucheniidae (wafer trapdoor spider)     Ctenizidae (trapdoor spider)     Theraphosidae (tarantula) Suborder Araneomorphae     Hypochilidae (lampshade spider)     Filistatidae (crevice weaver)     Sicariidae (recluse spider)     Scytodidae (spitting... Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1943 to 1960 and prima ballerina assoluta from 1960 to 1990. ... Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria (born November 1755 – executed 16 October 1793) Daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria, wife of Louis XVI and mother of Louis XVII. She was guillotined at the height of the French Revolution. ... Historic replicas (1:6 scale) of the two main types of French guillotines: Model 1792, left, and Model 1872 (state as of 1907), right The guillotine is a device used for carrying out executions by decapitation. ... This article is about the martial art and sport. ...

Wednesday had a close kinship with the family's giant butler Lurch. In the TV series, it was revealed that her middle name is "Friday" . In the Spanish language version, her name is Merlina Addams. Lurch is the fictional manservant to The Addams Family created by cartoonist Charles Addams. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ...

Wednesday is played by Lisa Loring in the original TV series. In the second animated series from Hanna-Barbera, she is voiced by Debi Derryberry. Lisa Loring (born Lisa Ann DeCinces on February 16, 1958 on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands) is an American actress. ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... Debi Derryberry is an American voice actress. ...

Film versions

Christina Ricci as Wednesday in The Addams Family film (1991).

The Addams Family and its sequel Addams Family Values portray Wednesday as somewhat older (aproximately 12 years old) and is more malevolence than her television self. Wednesday's personality is severe, with a deadpan wit and a morbid interest in trying to inflict harm upon her brother, Pugsley. In both films, she is played by Christina Ricci. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American actress. ... The Addams Family is an Academy Award-nominated comedy film based on the popular characters, The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The Addams Family is an Academy Award-nominated comedy film based on the popular characters, The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams. ... Addams Family Values (1993) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated sequel to the 1991 comedy The Addams Family. ... Pugsley Addams is a member of the fictional Addams family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams. ... Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American actress. ...

In the movie Addams Family Values, Wednesday is sent to a summer camp called Camp Chippewa, where she takes a liking to Joel Glicker (played by David Krumholtz), a neurotic, allergy-ridden Jewish boy with an overbearing mother. Joel would much rather read books or collect serial killer trading cards than participate in outdoor activities. Wednesday and Joel are both sentenced to the "Harmony Hut" for their lack of enthusiasm. Both are forced to watch a barrage of family films as rehabilitation. Wednesday and Joel later stage an uprising during a Thanksgiving-themed play, with Wednesday dressed as Pocahontas. At the end of the film, it is suggested that Wednesday purposely tries to scare Joel to death after he brings up the subject of marriage. Addams Family Values (1993) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated sequel to the 1991 comedy The Addams Family. ... Summer camp is a supervised program for children and teenagers conducted during the summer months in some countries. ... David Krumholtz in NUMB3RS David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978 in Queens, New York) is an American actor who currently stars in the CBS television show NUMB3RS. David Krumholtz began his acting career at the age of 13 when he followed his friends to an open audition for the Broadway... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card which is intended for trading and collecting. ... The First Thanksgiving, painted by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930). ... For other uses, see Pocahontas (disambiguation). ...

In the 1977 TV movie, Lisa Loring plays a grown-up Wednesday, who mostly entertained their party guests with her flute, and could hear and understand coded help messages by bound-up members of the family, and dispatch help to free them. In the time interval between the original TV series and this movie her parents had had two more children who look just like the original Pugsley and Wednesday. Lisa Loring (born Lisa Ann DeCinces on February 16, 1958 on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands) is an American actress. ...

Wednesday was then portrayed by Nicole Fugere in the movie, Addams Family Reunion and The New Addams Family TV series, which were both produced in 1998. The Addams Family Reunion was the third movie of The Addams Family series, released in 1998. ... The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. ...