query: who played morticia addams in the addams family tv show

pos: Carolyn Jones Carolyn Jones Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film. Jones began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "The Bachelor Party" (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising actresses of 1959. Her film career continued for another 20 years. In 1964, she began playing the role of Morticia Addams (as well as her sister Ophelia and the feminine counterpart of Thing, Lady

neg: Morticia Addams but smoke instead emanates from below her. In 2009, she was included in Yahoo!'s Top 10 TV Moms from Six Decades of Television for the time period 1964–1966. AOL named her one of the 100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters. Morticia was portrayed by Carolyn Jones in the television series of the 1960s and by Anjelica Huston in "The Addams Family" (1991) and its sequel "Addams Family Values" (1993). Huston's portrayal of Morticia was always illuminated by a ghostly glow around the eyes, which became most noticeable when she was standing or lying in dim light. Daryl Hannah played Morticia

neg: The Addams Family (1973 TV series) The Addams Family (1973 TV series) The Addams Family is an animated sitcom adaptation of the Charles Addams cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1973. Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassidy who played Uncle Fester and Lurch respectively from the 1960s television series returned in voice-over roles. The Addams Family consists of husband and wife, Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children, Wednesday and Pugsley, as well as Grandmama, Uncle Fester, and their butler, Lurch. The Addamses are a close-knit extended family with decidedly macabre interests and supernatural abilities. No explanation for their powers is explicitly given in the series. This series

neg: Morticia Addams Morticia Addams Morticia Addams is a fictional character from "The Addams Family" television and film series. Created by cartoonist Charles Addams, she was based on his first wife Barbara. Morticia first appeared in Charles Addams' newspaper cartoons as the stern, aloof matriarch of the Family. She often appeared with the rest of the family, and was, along with Gomez and Grandmama, one of the few members to actually speak in the cartoons. Morticia is the wife of Gomez Addams and mother of Wednesday, Pugsley and Pubert Addams. The character originated in the Charles Addams cartoons for "The New Yorker" magazine

neg: The Addams Family were drawn to the specifications of the original Charles Addams cartoons. After the episode aired, fans wanted more animated adventures featuring the Addamses, and Hanna-Barbera obliged. In late 1972, ABC produced a pilot for a live-action musical variety show titled "The Addams Family Fun-House". The cast included Jack Riley and Liz Torres as Gomez and Morticia (the pair also co-wrote the special), Stubby Kaye as Uncle Fester, Pat McCormick as Lurch and Butch Patrick (who had played Eddie Munster in "The Munsters") as Pugsley. Felix Silla reprised his role of Cousin Itt, connecting it to the original TV series. The

neg: The Addams Family (1964 TV series) the series as Grandpapa Addams. John Astin and Lisa Loring are the only living cast members from the TV show. As of May 2009, the show can be purchased on iTunes, and can be streamed in the US on Netflix, IMDb, YouTube and Hulu, and minisodes are available on Crackle. MGM Home Entertainment has released "The Addams Family" on DVD in Region 1, 2 and 4 in three-volume sets. A successful film, "The Addams Family", was released by Paramount Pictures in 1991, starring Raúl Juliá as Gomez, Anjelica Huston as Morticia, Christopher Lloyd as an amnesiac Uncle Fester and Christina

neg: Morticia Addams in the 1998 film "Addams Family Reunion". Canadian actress Ellie Harvie played Morticia in the revival series, "The New Addams Family". In the first animated series made in 1973, Morticia was voiced by Janet Waldo. Jones also voiced this character in an episode of "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" that featured the family. In the 1992 animated series, she was voiced by Nancy Linari. In the 2010 Broadway musical, Morticia was portrayed by Bebe Neuwirth. Brooke Shields replaced her in the role of Morticia on June 28, 2011. Morticia was also one of the inspirations for the Walt Disney character Magica

neg: The Addams Family (1991 film) The Addams Family (1991 film) The Addams Family is a 1991 American supernatural black comedy film based on the characters from the cartoon created by cartoonist Charles Addams and the 1964 TV series produced by David Levy. Directed by former cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld in his screen directing debut, the film stars Anjelica Huston, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance as Morticia Addams, Raúl Juliá as Gomez Addams, Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams, and Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester. The film focuses on a bizarre, macabre, aristocratic family who reconnect with who they believe to be a

neg: Morticia Addams De Spell, first designed and drawn by Carl Barks. Natasha Fatale, a villain from the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, was also based on Morticia's design. Morticia Addams Morticia Addams is a fictional character from "The Addams Family" television and film series. Created by cartoonist Charles Addams, she was based on his first wife Barbara. Morticia first appeared in Charles Addams' newspaper cartoons as the stern, aloof matriarch of the Family. She often appeared with the rest of the family, and was, along with Gomez and Grandmama, one of the few members to actually speak in the cartoons. Morticia is the

neg: The Addams Family (1992 TV series) the Addams Family are only mentioned, just like in the classic TV series, some of them made appearances in the show: New artistic models of the characters were used for this series, though still having a passing resemblance to the original comics. Lurch, for instance, has blue skin in the animated series. "The Addams Family Theme", re-recorded with a basso profondo lead vocal, was reused as the theme for the series. Playmates Toys produced a series of nine action figures based on the "Addams Family" animated series. This includes Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Pugsley, and Granny among others. Each

neg: The Addams Family (1991 film) were owned by Charles Addams' widow. Another difficulty in getting the film produced was the obscurity of "The Addams Family" 1964 TV series, as the show had not achieved the syndicated popularity of the similarly-toned comedy "The Munsters". However, production finally moved forward when Addams' widow sold the remaining rights to Orion, who put the film in production with Rudin producing. Anjelica Huston said she based aspects of her performance on her friend Jerry Hall to give the character more warmth. Huston said she would have expected the role to go to Cher but was a longtime fan of Morticia.

neg: The New Addams Family the series. The series—shot in Vancouver—featured a new cast and was well received by viewers. Gomez Addams was played by Glenn Taranto, and Morticia by Ellie Harvie. The show reworked several storylines from the original series while incorporating modern elements, jokes, and references to episodes from the original series. John Astin, who played Gomez in the original series, appeared in a recurring role as Grandpapa Addams; Taranto patterned his performance after Astin's original version of Gomez. One of the notable differences between the original show and the new series was that Wednesday and Pugsley (Nicole Fugere and Brody Smith respectively

neg: Morticia Addams in the 1930s. In the cartoons, none of the family members had names. When the characters were adapted to the 1964 television series, Charles Addams' selection of her name was inspired by "mortician". Morticia's maiden name is "Frump" and she has an older sister named Ophelia (also played by Carolyn Jones). In the television series, her mother (Uncle Fester's sister) was named Hester Frump (played by Margaret Hamilton). Her mother-in-law is Grandmama Addams. In the 1990s Addams Family films, Grandmama is actually Morticia's mother, not Gomez's. Morticia is described as a witch; she is slim, with extremely pale skin and

neg: Addams Family Reunion as Gomez and Morticia Addams were Tim Curry and Daryl Hannah, with Pat Thomas as Fester and Nicole Figuere as Wednesday, a role she would later reprise for "The New Addams Family" TV series, the only member of the film's cast to do so. According to Payne, he and Curry both felt that Gomez should be played "weird", in contrast to the Latin lothario Raul Julia had created for the Paramount duology. Much of the film's cast, including Alice Ghostley, Ray Walston, Clint Howard, and Ed Begley Jr., had appeared in numerous direct-to-video movies. "Addams Family Reunion" was shot in

neg: The Addams Family (1991 film) into the Addams household on Halloween. With the family whole again, Morticia informs Gomez that she is pregnant. Scott Rudin, a development executive at 20th Century Fox, pitched to the studio an adaptation of Charles Addams' "The Addams Family" comic strips, and the studio enthusiastically agreed that the comics would make a good film, and set out to purchase the rights. However, Fox would ultimately not make the film, as Orion Pictures, who owned the film rights to "The Addams Family", would not sell the property, as they were planning on producing a rebooted TV series. Further crucial property rights

neg: Halloween with the New Addams Family Halloween with the New Addams Family Halloween with the New Addams Family is a 1977 American made-for-television comedy horror film based on the 1964–1966 sitcom "The Addams Family" which reunited original cast members John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Lisa Loring, Ken Weatherwax and Felix Silla. Gomez and Morticia have had two more children, Wednesday Jr. and Pugsley Jr., who strongly resemble their older siblings. Gomez's brother, Pancho, is staying with the family while Gomez attends a lodge meeting in Tombstone, Arizona. Gomez is jealous of his brother, who once courted Morticia. Halloween is near, and Pancho tells

neg: Gomez Addams Fester is Gomez's brother (in the television show, he was Morticia's uncle). "The Addams Family" notes that Gomez's parents were murdered by an angry mob, though in one scene in the sequel, when Gomez catches Fester with a pornographic magazine, they both look at the centerfold (unseen by the viewer) and fondly say "Mom". In "Addams Family Values", Gomez and Morticia have a third child named Pubert, a seemingly indestructible baby with a thin, black moustache like his father. Gomez Addams Gomez Addams is the patriarch of The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams for "The New Yorker" magazine

neg: Thing (The Addams Family) Mrs. Addams!"—and is then offered a handshake by Thing. "And thank "you"..." begins the visitor, before realizing who and what he has been confronted with, recoiling in inarticulate shock, and fleeing the premises. In one episode, Morticia gets goosed, and initially suspects Thing, who had been nearby moments earlier. However, Gomez immediately appears and admits responsibility, explaining: "Thing just likes to hold hands". On the 1960s TV series, two similar hands were introduced in the episode "Morticia Meets Royalty": In the episode "Thing Is Missing", Gomez and Morticia find a portrait of Thing's parents, a male hand and a female

neg: The Addams Family (musical) Norrköping, Sweden. directed by Mattias Carlsson and conducted by Johan Siberg. Starring: Petra Nielsen (Morticia), Christian Zell (Gomez), Jenny Holmgren (Wednesday), Fabian Nikolajeff/Kalle Jansson (Pugsley), Jesper Barkselius (Fester), Gunnel Samuelsson (Grandma), Jan Unestam (Lurch), Carina Söderman (Alice), Sven Angleflod (Mal) and Linus Henriksson (Lucas) The musical premiered at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, Australia, starting in March 2013. The cast includes John Waters as Gomez Addams, Chloe Dallimore as Morticia Addams, Russell Dykstra as Uncle Fester, Teagan Wouters as Wednesday Addams and Ben Hudson as Lurch. The show closed on June 9, 2013. It had been hoped to tour to

neg: The Addams Family (1964 TV series) originally produced by head writer Nat Perrin for Filmways, Inc. at General Service Studios in Hollywood, California. Successor company MGM Television (via The Program Exchange for broadcast syndication and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment for home video/DVD) now owns the rights to the show. The Addams are a close-knit extended family with decidedly macabre interests and supernatural abilities, though no explanation for their powers is explicitly given in the series. The wealthy, endlessly enthusiastic Gomez Addams (John Astin) is madly in love with his refined wife, Morticia (Carolyn Jones). Along with their daughter Wednesday (Lisa Loring), their son Pugsley (Ken

neg: Margaret Hamilton (actress) night CBS-TV program. She played Morticia Addams' mother, Hester Frump, in three episodes of "The Addams Family". (1965–66; Hamilton had been offered the role of Grandmama, but turned it down.) In 1962, Hamilton played Leora Scofield, a suffragette who arrives in Laramie, Wyoming, to bolster feminist causes in a territory where women had already obtained the right to vote, in the episode "Beyond Justice" of NBC's "Laramie". In the story line, she is depicted as a long-lost friend of series character Daisy Cooper, played by Spring Byington. Series lead character Slim Sherman (John Smith) is skeptical of the suffragettes, and

neg: The Addams Family identified as a "cult film", while "Addams Family Values" was listed one of The 50 Best family films by "The Guardian" and nominated for the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Laughs at the turn of the century. Ricci's portrayal of Wednesday in the film series was ranked one of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters by "Empire", and in 2011 AOL named Morticia one of The 100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters. Addams' original cartoons were one-panel gags. The characters were undeveloped and unnamed until the television series production. The family appears to be a single surviving branch of the Addams

neg: The Addams Family Edinburgh Festival Theatre on April 20, 2017 starring Samantha Womack, Les Dennis and Carrie Hope Fletcher. The Addams Family The Addams Family is a fictional household created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The Addams Family has traditionally included Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, close family members Uncle Fester and Grandmama, their butler Lurch, the disembodied hand Thing, and Gomez's Cousin Itt. The Addamses are a satirical inversion of the ideal 20th-century American family: an odd wealthy aristocratic clan who delight in the macabre and are seemingly unaware, or do not care, that other people find them

neg: The Addams Family The Addams Family The Addams Family is a fictional household created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The Addams Family has traditionally included Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, close family members Uncle Fester and Grandmama, their butler Lurch, the disembodied hand Thing, and Gomez's Cousin Itt. The Addamses are a satirical inversion of the ideal 20th-century American family: an odd wealthy aristocratic clan who delight in the macabre and are seemingly unaware, or do not care, that other people find them bizarre or frightening. They originally appeared as an unrelated group of 150 single-panel cartoons, about half

neg: Thing (The Addams Family) he opens the curtain. He is played by a member of the ensemble. In the tour version, Pugsley carries it on a pillow at Wednesday's and Lucas's wedding, while it holds the ring. When the television series was dubbed into German in Europe, Thing was referred to as "Gizmo", as in "Guten Tag, Gizmo". The character Cousin Itt was simply called "Ess" (based on the German word for "it" being "es"). Thing's many useful roles included fetching the mail, handing cigars to Gomez Addams and then lighting them, changing the channel on the Addams TV set, holding Morticia Addams's wool

neg: The Addams Family was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and ran for 65 episodes (one more than the original TV series) during the 1998–1999 season on the then-newly launched Fox Family Channel. Many storylines from the original series were reworked for this new series, incorporating more modern elements and jokes. John Astin returned to the franchise in some episodes of this series, albeit as "Grandpapa" Addams (Gomez's grandfather, a character introduced in "Addams Family Reunion"). The cast included Glenn Taranto as Gomez Addams, Ellie Harvie as Morticia, Michael Roberds as Fester, Brody Smith as Pugsley, Nicole Fugere (the only cast member from

neg: Addams Family Reunion Addams Family Reunion Addams Family Reunion is a 1998 American direct-to-video supernatural children's film based on the characters from the cartoon created by cartoonist Charles Addams. Directed by Dave Payne, the film was intended to serve both as a reboot of the franchise, and as a pilot for a new proposed television series produced by Saban. The film starred Daryl Hannah and Tim Curry as Morticia and Gomez Addams. The film's plot focused on the eccentric, macabre aristocratic Addams family mistakenly arriving at the wrong family reunion and encountering a man (Ed Begley Jr.) who seeks to commit murder in

neg: Grandmama (The Addams Family) Broadway musical "The Addams Family", Morticia refers to Grandmama as Gomez and Uncle Fester's mother (complaining that she was supposed to move in for two weeks, and it's been twelve years), to which he reacts with surprise and says that he thought she was Morticia's mother; Morticia later says that Grandmama "may not even be part of this family". The character was named "Grandmama" for the 1960s television series in order to avoid confusion with Granny from "The Beverly Hillbillies". She was played by Blossom Rock, who won the role over actresses such as Minerva Urecal and Marjorie Bennett, while

neg: The Addams Family (video game) Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. In all versions, players control Gomez Addams as he attempts to rescue other members of the Addams family. The Addams Family's lawyer, Tully Alford, has taken control of their Gothic mansion and imprisoned Morticia Addams, Pugsley Addams, Wednesday Addams, Granny and Uncle Fester. The player controls Gomez Addams as he explores the various rooms in the mansion, locating items and battling monsters, until he has located all of the lost family members. The game follows the Addams Family father and husband, Gomez Addams, as he attempts to save the members of his family

neg: The Addams Family (musical) as Morticia Addams, Nicolás Fantinato as Uncle Fester (Tío Lucas), Patricia Portocarrero and Fiorella Rojas as Grandma (Abuela), Gina Yangali as Wednesday (Merlina), Gustavo Mayer as Lurch (Largo), Luis Baca as Lucas Beineke (Walter Beineke), Trilce Cavero as Alice Beineke, Miguel Alvarez as Mal Beineke, Giuseppino Castellano and Brando Gallesi as Pugsley (Pericles) "The Addams Family" was staged at the Meralco Theater in Manila, the Philippines by Atlantis Productions, Inc. from November 15 to December 1, 2013. Cast members included Arnell Ignacio (Gomez), Eula Valdez (Morticia), K-La Rivera (Wednesday) and Ryan Gallagher (Lucas). "The Addams Family" debuted in German language

neg: Halloween with the New Addams Family treading on the tail of Kitty Kat the lion. The crooks employ a fake Gomez and Morticia to help in their plans, along with two strong-arm goons, Hercules and Atlas. Gomez returns home for the Halloween party and trimming of the scarecrow. Lafferty poses as Quincy Addams (from Boston) to gain entrance to the house during the party. He has his men tie up Gomez and Morticia and the doubles take their places, confusing Pancho, who is still in love with Morticia, and Ophelia, who is still in love with Gomez. Gomez and Morticia escape (thanks to the "Old Piccolo

neg: Pugsley Addams a reflection of his age) but it was rejected as it sounded too sexual, and the name Pugsley was chosen instead. (The name Pubert was later used when Gomez and Morticia have a third child in the film "Addams Family Values".) The Lurch Files' Addams Family Tree lists Pugsley's middle name as Pubert, probably as an homage to Charles Addams' original suggestion. In the American television series, Pugsley is played by child actor Ken Weatherwax. This incarnation of the character is more jovial and inventive; he displays outlandish engineering skills, including the invention of a disintegrator gun, an anti-gravity gun,

neg: The Addams Family (musical) in July 2014 in Merzig and closed in September 2014. In December it was staged in Bremen. The cast included a lot of famous musical and TV actors: Gomez (Uwe Kröger), Morticia (Edda Petri), Wednesday (Jana Stelley), Fester (Enrico DePieri), Grandma (Anne Welte), Pugsley (Noah Walczuch), Mal Beineke (Ethan Freeman), Alice Beineke (April Hailer) and Lucas Beineke (Dominik Hees). The German cast also produced an album, published in December 2014. "The Addams Family" premiered in Milan, Italy in October 2014. The cast included Elio and Geppi Cucciari as irreverent Gomez and sexy Morticia. Costumes are designed by stylist Antonio Marras.

neg: Bebe Neuwirth Bebe Neuwirth Beatrice "Bebe" Neuwirth (; born December 31, 1958) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. On television, she played Lilith Sternin, Frasier Crane's wife, on both the TV sitcom "Cheers" (in a starring role) and its spin-off "Frasier" (in a recurring guest role). The role won her two Emmy Awards. On stage she played the Tony Award-winning roles of Nickie in the revival of "Sweet Charity" (1986) and Velma Kelly in the revival of "Chicago" (1996). Other Broadway musical roles include Morticia Addams in "The Addams Family" (2010). From 2014 to 2017, she starred as Nadine Tolliver in

neg: Carolyn Jones Sheriff Jeb Rawlings' (George Peppard) wife. She appears with Peppard and Debbie Reynolds in the last speaking/singing scenes of the film. In 1964, using a long coal-black wig, the brunette Jones began playing Morticia Addams on the television series "The Addams Family", a role which brought her success as a comedian and a Golden Globe Award nomination. She guest-starred on the 1960s TV series "Batman", playing Marsha, the Queen of Diamonds, and in 1976 appeared as the title character's mother, Hippolyta, on the "Wonder Woman" TV series. In 1976, she played a madam running a rural whorehouse in Tobe Hooper's

neg: The New Addams Family The New Addams Family The New Addams Family was an American-Canadian sitcom that aired from October 1998 to August 1999 on YTV in Canada and Fox Family in the United States. It was produced by Shavick Entertainment and Saban Entertainment as a revival of the 1960s series "The Addams Family." The Addams Family consists of husband and wife, Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children, Wednesday and Pugsley, as well as Grandmama, Uncle Fester, and their butler, Lurch. The Addamses are a close-knit extended family with decidedly macabre interests and supernatural abilities. No explanation for their powers is explicitly given in

neg: The New Addams Family succession to match the beat. It was written by Barron Abramovitch, Jeremy Sweet, and Michael Whittaker. There were 65 episodes in the series; one more than the original series. The New Addams Family The New Addams Family was an American-Canadian sitcom that aired from October 1998 to August 1999 on YTV in Canada and Fox Family in the United States. It was produced by Shavick Entertainment and Saban Entertainment as a revival of the 1960s series "The Addams Family." The Addams Family consists of husband and wife, Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children, Wednesday and Pugsley, as well as Grandmama,

neg: The Addams Family (musical) Addams") in São Paulo and Buenos Aires. The cast will include Gabriel Goity as Homero (Gomez) Addams, Julieta Díaz as Morticia Addams, Santiago Ríos as Tío Lucas (Uncle Fester), Gabi Goldberg as Abuela (Grandma) Addams, Alejandro Viola as Mauricio Beineke (Mal Beineke), Dolores Ocampo as Alice Beineke, Laura Esquivel as Merlina (Wednesday) Addams, Marcelo Albamonte as Largo (Lurch), and Marco Di Mónaco as Lucas Beineke. Four kids will play Pericles (Pugsley) Addams: Kevin La Bella, Jorge Chamorro, Tadeo Galvé and Valentino Grizutti. The Finnish premiere of "The Addams Family" took place in Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, also known as the TTT-Theatre

neg: The Addams Family (musical) has "a new central plot conflict, new or revised or reordered songs to replace old ones, fresh orchestrations and dance where necessary." A second tour of North America, produced by Phoenix Entertainment, launched in 2013, starring Jennifer Fogarty as Wednesday Addams, KeLeen Snowgren as Morticia Addams, Jesse Sharp as Gomez Addams, Shaun Rice as Uncle Fester, and Sam Primack as Pugsley. After the second national tour, "The Addams Family" was due to tour Asia. Most, if not all, of the 2nd National Tour cast was set to perform in the Asian tour except Sam Primack as Pugsley, who was to

neg: Charles Addams years later, after Addams, who hated small children, refused to adopt one. She later married "New Yorker" colleague John Hersey, author of the book "Hiroshima". Addams married his second wife, Barbara Barb (Estelle B. Barb), in 1954. A practicing lawyer, she "combined Morticia-like looks with diabolical legal scheming," by which she wound up controlling "The Addams Family" television and film franchises and persuaded her husband to give away other legal rights. At one point, she got her husband to take out a US $100,000 insurance policy. Addams consulted a lawyer on the sly, who later humorously wrote: "I told him

neg: Pugsley Addams Pugsley Addams Pugsley Addams is a member of the fictional Addams family, created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. Pugsley is depicted as a devious young genius in Charles Addams's original cartoons. He is often shown releasing sailboats in the park with other children, except his boats were more macabre in nature. Pugsley is the oldest child of Morticia and Gomez Addams. He is a pre-teen boy (His age is given as eight years old in the pilot episode but is changed to ten years old in the second episode) who is almost always seen wearing a striped T-shirt and shorts.

neg: The Addams Family (musical) "Los Locos Addams", the name of the TV Series in Mexico, starring Susana Zabaleta as Morticia, Jesús Ochoa as Gomez (Homero), Gloria Aura as Wednesday (Merlina), Miguel Ángel Pérez and Sebastián Gallegos as Pugsley (Pericles), Gerardo González as Uncle Fester (El tío Lucas), Raquel Pankowsky as Grandma (La abuela) and José Roberto Pisano as Lurch; also including Luca Duhart as Lucas (Tomás) Beineke, Tomás Castellanos as Mal (Mauricio) Beineke and Marisol del Olmo as Alice (Alicia) Beineke. The Kankakee Valley Theatre Association will present The Addams Family in October 2017 as a part of their 2017-2018 season. In France, a

neg: Lurch (The Addams Family) In "The New Addams Family", a woman comments to Morticia about Lurch, "Where did you dig him up?", to which Morticia responds, "Funny, I can't remember which cemetery it was." Lurch is also referenced as having "two left feet". On October 30, 1965, a song and dance based on Lurch, entitled "The Lurch", were introduced on the ABC music program "Shindig!". This mirrored an earlier episode of the television series, entitled "Lurch, the Teenage Idol" (which was remade in 1999 for "The New Addams Family"). In it, Lurch records a song on his harpsichord and becomes a pop sensation. Lurch

neg: When You're an Addams When You're an Addams "When You're an Addams" is the opening number of "The Addams Family" musical. The music and lyrics are written by Andrew Lippa. The last lines are reprised in the curtain call. "When You're an Addams" takes place immediately after the overture, as the curtain rises on a graveyard where the Addams family has gathered. Gomez explains that they are there to honor the cycle of life and death, and also to celebrate what it means when you're an Addams. The music has started at this point, and Gomez is eventually joined by his wife Morticia, and

neg: Addams Family Reunion in negative reviews included poor CGI and cheap looking production design. However, Bloody Disgusting, Den of Geek and Nathan Rabin praised Tim Curry's performance as Gomez Addams. Addams Family Reunion Addams Family Reunion is a 1998 American direct-to-video supernatural children's film based on the characters from the cartoon created by cartoonist Charles Addams. Directed by Dave Payne, the film was intended to serve both as a reboot of the franchise, and as a pilot for a new proposed television series produced by Saban. The film starred Daryl Hannah and Tim Curry as Morticia and Gomez Addams. The film's plot focused

neg: The Addams Family (1991 film) family is forced to move into a motel and find jobs. Morticia tries her hand as a preschool teacher, Wednesday and Pugsley sell toxic lemonade, and Thing—the family's animate disembodied hand—becomes a courier. Gomez, despondent, sinks into depression and lethargy. Morticia returns to the Addams home to confront Fester and is captured by Abigail and Tully, who torture her in an attempt to learn how to access the vault. Thing observes this and informs Gomez using Morse code, who gathers the family and rushes to Morticia's rescue. Abigail threatens Morticia's life if Gomez does not surrender the family fortune. Fed

neg: The Addams Family (handheld video game) The Addams Family (handheld video game) The Addams Family is the title of a video game released for the original Game Boy, as well as differing versions for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Gear, Genesis, NES, SNES, and the ZX Spectrum. The games are a tie-in with the 1991 movie, The Addams Family. It was published and developed in 1992 by Ocean Software. It is a platform side-scrolling action game. Tully Alford, the Addams Family attorney, has evicted the clan from their home (based towards the end of the movie) and to make matters worse, Morticia

neg: Addams Family Values Compared to its predecessor, which retained something of the madcap approach of the 1960s sitcom, "Addams Family Values" is played more for macabre laughs. The film was well received by critics, receiving significantly better reviews than its predecessor, which had a mixed critical reception. It was also a commercial success, but did not perform as well at the box office as the first film. Gomez and Morticia Addams hire a nanny named Debbie to take care of their newborn son, Pubert, after older siblings Wednesday and Pugsley's failed attempts to murder him. Unbeknownst to them, Debbie is a serial killer

neg: The Addams Family A television reunion movie, "Halloween with the New Addams Family", aired on NBC on Sunday, October 30, 1977. It features most of the original cast, except Blossom Rock, who had played Grandmama. She was still alive but was very ill at the time; she was replaced by Jane Rose. Veteran character actors Parley Baer and Vito Scotti, who both had recurring roles in the original series, also appeared in the movie. The movie has a slightly different version of the theme song; the finger snaps are used but not the lyrics. Gomez and Morticia have had two more children, Wednesday,

neg: Rick Elice at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago in September 2008. Elice collaborated with Brickman once again, this time writing the book for the musical, "The Addams Family". After a successful run at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre in Chicago, "The Addams Family" opened on Broadway on April 8, 2010, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth as Gomez and Morticia Addams. He wrote "Peter and the Starcatcher", based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, which opened in California in 2009 and played off-Broadway in 2011. The

neg: Charles Addams drawing for "The New Yorker", a sketch of a window washer, ran on February 6, 1932, and his cartoons ran regularly in the magazine from 1938, when he drew the first in the series that came to be called "The Addams Family", until his death. He was a freelancer throughout that time. During World War II, Addams served at the Signal Corps Photographic Center in New York, where he made animated training films for the U.S. Army. In late 1942, he met his first wife, Barbara Jean Day, who purportedly resembled his cartoon character Morticia Addams. The marriage ended eight

neg: Wednesday Addams Joan Blake, an acquaintance of Addams. She is the sister of Pugsley Addams (and, in the movie "Addams Family Values", also the sister of Pubert Addams), and she is the only daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams. Wednesday's most notable features are her pale skin and long, dark twin braids. She seldom shows emotion and is generally bitter. Wednesday usually wears a black dress with a white collar, black stockings and black shoes. In the 1960s 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

neg: The Addams Family (musical) But Love" is cut but portions of the lyrics are used in Act I with Fester's song "Fester's Manifesto" and a reprise titled "But Love". Act I Act II † Not included on the original Addams Family playbill. Act I Act II † Not included on the original Broadway Cast Album. The principal original casts of the major productions of "The Addams Family". Notable Broadway cast replacements included Roger Rees as Gomez, Brooke Shields as Morticia, Brad Oscar as Fester, Rachel Potter as Wednesday, and Heidi Blickenstaff as Alice In addition to the original characters created by Addams, the musical

neg: House of Wax (1953 film) Tingler", "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Abominable Dr. Phibes". Supporting player Carolyn Jones, whose career had barely begun when she appeared in "House of Wax", found her widest and most lasting fame eleven years later as Morticia Addams in the TV comedy horror spoof "The Addams Family". The film's influence can be seen in many horror pictures that followed, the Hammer Films productions in particular. House of Wax (1953 film) House of Wax is a 1953 American color 3-D horror film, about a disfigured sculptor who repopulates his destroyed wax museum by murdering people and using their

neg: The Addams Family the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation. The book was published by Pomegranate Press in 2010. In 1994, the actors cast as the Addamses in the first two films (sans the recently deceased Raúl Juliá) were in several Japanese television spots for the Honda Odyssey. The Addamses are seen speaking Japanese – most prominently Gomez (for whom a voice actor was used to impersonate Juliá while footage from "Addams Family Values" was seen) and Morticia. In 2007 and 2008, the Addams Family appeared as M&M's in an advertising campaign for M&M's Dark Chocolate. A CD compilation of the music from "The

neg: The Addams Family (musical) at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre on April 20, 2017. It starred Carrie Hope Fletcher as Wednesday, Samantha Womack as Morticia and Les Dennis as Fester. The UK leg of the tour finished at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford on November 4, 2017, and then the production was transferred to Singapore, where it ran at the MES Theatre from November 15 to December 3, 2017. The ghoulish Addams family is visiting the graveyard for an annual gathering of all family members (living, dead, and undecided) to celebrate what it is to be an Addams ("When You're an Addams"). Uncle Fester stops

neg: Boho-chic to be a point when our children view us as the Addams Family". (In the 1960s incarnation of "The Addams Family" for ABC television, based on the characters created by Charles Addams for "The New Yorker" in 1938, Carolyn Jones had created a gothic icon with her portrayal of Morticia Addams.) Like Welch, Elson exuded pre-Raphaelite features, though a marked gothic strain was also apparent when, as a singer on stage in 2009, she wore a long salmon dress with black lace edging. Similarly, her lingerie portfolio that year for Agent Provocateur combined gothic and boho-rock features, there being, for

neg: Harold Hecht was hired again as director with Alex North composing the soundtrack. The film starred E. G. Marshall, Don Murray and Jack Warden with a notable featured part for actress Carolyn Jones who later portrayed Morticia Addams in the television series "The Addams Family". Carolyn Jones played the role of a beatnik at a party and made a considerable impact with viewers. "The Bachelor Party" won a National Board of Review Award and was nominated for the Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival, the BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source and the Academy Award for Best Actress

neg: The Addams Family (musical) be replaced by Connor Barth. "The Addams Family" returned to Chicago in a sit-down production at Mercury Theater Chicago opening February 5, 2015 after a week of previews, and closed April 15. The production, which featured a tighter post-National Tour script and a more Chicago improv-oriented cast, was directed by L. Walter Stearns, musical directed by Eugene Dizon, and choreographed by Brenda Didier; with scene design by Bob Knuth, lighting by Nick Belley, sound by Mike Ross, costumes by Frances Maggio, and magic by Neil Tobin. The cast featured Karl Hamilton (Gomez Addams), Rebecca Prescott (Morticia Addams), Harter Clingman (Uncle

neg: The Addams Family: An Evilution evolution throughout the television shows, movies, and other depictions of the family. The chapters are also headed by Addams's own character descriptions that were originally used for the TV show producers. The Addams Family: An Evilution The Addams Family: An Evilution is a book about the "evilution" of "The Addams Family" characters created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The book was made to celebrate "The Addams Family" musical that opened on Broadway in April 2010. "An Evilution" is the first book to trace "The Addams Family" history. It presents more than 200 cartoons created by Addams during his career, including

neg: The Addams Family (1992 TV series) The Addams Family (1992 TV series) The Addams Family is an American animated series based on the eponymous comic strip characters by Charles Addams and is the second cartoon show to feature the Addams (the first was the 1973 series). It ran from September 12, 1992 to November 6, 1993 on ABC and was produced by Hanna-Barbera (producers of the 1973 series). The series' development began in the wake of the 1991 "Addams Family" feature film. Two seasons were produced. Geared towards children, much of the family's macabre nature was toned down. Unlike in the live action series Uncle Fester

neg: Thing (The Addams Family) while she knits, turning grapes into wine in under a single minute, and turning over records on the phonograph (particularly when Gomez and Morticia dance the tango). It accompanies the family on drives by riding in the glove compartment, and in one episode, where Gomez appears in court, it emerged from Gomez's briefcase. Thing and Grandmama are fond of arm-wrestling. In a flashback episode on how Gomez and Morticia met, it is revealed that Thing has been with the Addams family since Gomez himself was a child, suggesting Thing is the son of an earlier generation of hand-servants (see below).

neg: The Addams Family (1992 TV series) figure includes multiple points of articulation, accessories, and a biography card on their cardback. No commercial was ever made for this. Books were also produced. The Addams Family (1992 TV series) The Addams Family is an American animated series based on the eponymous comic strip characters by Charles Addams and is the second cartoon show to feature the Addams (the first was the 1973 series). It ran from September 12, 1992 to November 6, 1993 on ABC and was produced by Hanna-Barbera (producers of the 1973 series). The series' development began in the wake of the 1991 "Addams Family" feature

neg: National Student Drama Festival | Sadie Fitch Kempner for Morticia in The Addams Family Acting | Becca Jones for Sylv in West Choreography | Will Emery for The Addams Family Composition | Matthew Malone for Departures Contribution to the Festival | Durham University Light Opera Group for Kiss Me Kate and The Addams Family Creative Collaboration | The Company for Daniel (Footprint Theatre) Design | James Bailey for Departures Directing and Casting | Josie Davies for Over There First Time Directing | Jenny Walser for Cock Judges' Commendations Acting | Shannon Smith for Mike in West Acting | Bryony Davies for Karl in Over

neg: Rachel York October 2, 2012. For this role, she won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Visiting Production. In February 2014, she played Young Belle in the Encores! concert of "Little Me". In May 2015, it was announced that York would appear in the musical "Grey Gardens" taking the role of Little Edie Bouvier Beale at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY. She played the role of Morticia Addams in "The Addams Family" with 3D Theatricals later that year in Los Angeles. She returned to Broadway in the musical "Disaster!", which played from February to May 2016

neg: The Addams Family (musical) a Broadway show, what kind of Broadway show would he do?" The partners described the result as "an off-beat take on 19th Century Gothic." Some changes were made after the Chicago tryout. The songs "Clandango", "Passionate and True", "At Seven", and "Second Banana" were replaced with "When You're an Addams", "Where Did We Go Wrong?", "Morticia", and "Just Around the Corner". The songs "One Normal Night", "Full Disclosure, Part 2", "Crazier Than You", "Move Toward the Darkness", and "Tango De Amor" were rewritten. The show began previews on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on March 8, 2010, with an official

neg: Addams Family Reunion the morbid but basically good Addams clan". The producers wanted to bridge the gap in continuity between the Paramount films and the new series, and reached out to Anjelica Huston and Christopher Lloyd to reprise their roles as Morticia Addams and Uncle Fester, but both declined. Director Dave Payne, however, denies that Huston and Lloyd were considered for the film's casting. Christina Ricci and Jimmy Workman were too old to reprise their roles as Wednesday and Pugsley Addams. The only actors to reprise their roles from the Paramount films were Carel Struycken as Lurch, and Christopher Hart as Thing. Recast

neg: The Addams Family did not, their parts being recast with Hanna-Barbera voice talents Lennie Weinrib as Gomez and Janet Waldo as Morticia, while a ten-year-old Jodie Foster provided the voice of Pugsley. Again, the characters were drawn to the specifications of the original Charles Addams cartoons. One season was produced, and the second season consisted of reruns. A complementary comic book series was produced in connection with the show, but it lasted only three issues. The show's theme music was completely different and had no lyrics and no finger snaps, although it retained a bit of the four-note score from the live-action show.

neg: Thing (The Addams Family) Morticia is always very appreciative of Thing's services, and her frequent ""Thank" you, Thing" is one of the best known lines of the series. Thing cannot talk, but it does sometimes snap its fingers to attract attention, and is also able to communicate by signaling in Morse code, writing, or with the help of the manual alphabet. This can be very disconcerting to visitors to the Addams' mansion; in a running gag in some episodes, a visitor to the Addams home, profusely grateful for some kindness of the Addamses', enthusiastically shakes hands with everyone present—"Thank you, Mr. Addams! Thank you,

neg: The Addams Family (musical) of Tampere on October 4, 2013. Directed by Tiina Puumalainen, visually designed by Teppo Järvinen and conducted by Pekka Siistonen, the production features a cast of Puntti Valtonen (Gomez), Eriikka Väliahde (Morticia), Laura Alajääski (Wednesday), Jukka Nylund (Pugsley), Matti Pussinen-Eloranta (Mumma / Grandma), Samuli Muje (Fester), Minna Hokkanen (Alice), Mika Honkanen (Mal), Juha-Matti Koskela (Lucas), Sami Eerola (Lurch). "Los Locos Addams" opened in October 31, 2013 at Teatro Marsano in Lima, Peru, directed by Domenico Poggi. It is produced by La Gran Manzana, the same producers of "RENT". The cast featured Diego Bertie as Gomez Addams (Homero Addams), Fiorella Rodriguez

neg: Gomez Addams John Astin. Gomez was played by Raúl Juliá in "The Addams Family" (1991) and "Addams Family Values" (1993). Tim Curry took up the role in the film "Addams Family Reunion" in 1998 and in 1999 Gomez was played by Glenn Taranto in the TV series "The New Addams Family", where he returned to the madcap attitude of his original 1960s incarnation with Astin guest starring as Gomez's father. In the Broadway musical, Gomez was played by Nathan Lane and was replaced by Roger Rees on March 22. The films differ from the television series in several ways, most significantly that

neg: Liz Torres the producer of Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show" who invited her to do a stand-up comedy skit on the show. She made her film debut in 1969 playing a prostitute in a low-budget movie titled "Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value". In 1973, Torres played Morticia in "The Addams Family Fun House", which was a musical version of the original series. From 1975 to 1976, she was regular cast member on the CBS sitcom, "Phyllis", Cloris Leachman's spin-off series from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", succeeding the late Barbara Colby in the role of Julie Erskine. In 1975, she recorded a

neg: Daryl Hannah in "The Tie That Binds". She also starred in the 1998 direct-to-video film "Addams Family Reunion" playing Morticia Addams. Of her recent roles, the most memorable may be that of the one-eyed assassin, Elle Driver, in "Kill Bill", directed by Quentin Tarantino. Her performance in this film and her appearances in "A Walk to Remember", "Speedway Junky", "Northfork", Michael Radford's "Dancing at the Blue Iguana", John Sayles' "Casa de los Babys" and "Silver City", have been described by some as a comeback. After "Kill Bill", she appeared in several TV films and miniseries, including the Syfy original film "Shark Swarm",

neg: Anjelica Huston performance, making her the first person in Academy Award history to win an Oscar when a parent and a grandparent had also won one. She also earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of a con artist in Stephen Frears' "The Grifters" (1990). She starred as the lead in her father's final directorial film, "The Dead" (1987), an adaptation of a James Joyce story. She was then cast as Morticia Addams in the hugely successful 1991 movie adaptation of "The Addams Family." In 1993, she reprised the role for the sequel "Addams Family Values". She also starred in

neg: The Addams Family (video game series) and weapons as well as clues for how to attack the alien mothership by fighting alien bosses. He can also get help from the various members of The Addams Family. Along the way, Fester encounters other members of the Addams Family: Thing, Wednesday, Gomez, Morticia, Grandmama, and Pugsley, all of whom help him by giving him different weapons and items. Use of one particular item, the Noose, will summon Lurch to destroy all enemies on the screen. The game uses "Blaster Master" overhead shooter engine. Fester must travel through the city sewers to reach areas that are otherwise inaccessible due

neg: Bebe Neuwirth Jenny" was also presented by Neuwirth in San Francisco in 2005. In 2009, Neuwirth toured a one-woman cabaret show with pianist Scott Cady. The cabaret included music by Kurt Weill, Stephen Sondheim, Tom Waits, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, John Kander and Fred Ebb amongst others. In 2010, she returned to Broadway to create the role of Morticia Addams in the original production of "The Addams Family" opposite Nathan Lane. Her film credits include "Green Card", "Bugsy", "Say Anything...", "Jumanji", "Summer of Sam", "Liberty Heights", "An Extremely Goofy Movie", "Tadpole", "The Associate", "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days", "Malice",

neg: The Addams Family (1964 TV series) The Addams Family (1964 TV series) The Addams Family is an American television series based on the characters from Charles Addams' "New Yorker" cartoons. The 30-minute series was created by David Levy and Donald Saltzman and shot in black-and-white, airing for two seasons on ABC from September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966, for a total of 64 episodes. It is often compared to its CBS rival, "The Munsters", which ran for the same two seasons and achieved somewhat higher Nielsen ratings. The show is also notable for its opening theme that was composed by Vic Mizzy. The show was

neg: Grandmama (The Addams Family) conform to Charles Addams' original concept of Grandmama as Wednesday's and Pugsley's maternal grandmother. In the first film, Morticia and Fester discuss how "Mother and Father Addams" were killed by an angry mob, removing any possibility that Grandmama could be Gomez and Fester's mother. In the third film, in which she is named Esmeralda, she is again implied to come from Morticia's family. The character is simply referred to as Granny in the two animated series. In the 1992 series, Grandmama is Morticia's mother and, in the second episode, introduces herself with the line, "the name's Granny Frump". In the

neg: The Addams Family (musical) A United States tour began in September 2011 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts in New Orleans. Tour stops include Atlanta, Miami, Boston, Hartford, Saint Paul, Philadelphia, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Orlando, Florida, and San Diego. Most of these cities include those that are members of Elephant Eye Theatricals and worked on producing "The Addams Family" on Broadway and tour. The musical was also performed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, during November 16–27, 2011. Douglas Sills and Sara Gettelfinger play Gomez and Morticia Addams, respectively. The touring version

neg: Grandmama (The Addams Family) Alice Pearce had been rejected after the producers deemed her too young for the part. However, due to illness, Rock was the one regular cast member from the show who did not return for the 1977 reunion film "Halloween with the New Addams Family", and she was replaced as Grandmama by Jane Rose. The character was played by Betty Phillips in the 1998-99 television series "The New Addams Family". Janet Waldo voiced Grandmama in the 1973 animated series, and Carol Channing provided the character's voice for the 1992 animated series. Three different actresses played Grandmama in the three "Addams Family"

neg: Feminism and media that women's portrayal on television was changing, in part due to the eventual release of “female sexual and political energy,” (Douglas, 1994). Before this time, women's sexuality could be considered a "taboo" topic, creating for a revolutionary change in the portrayal of women on television. Examples of these different female roles include but are not limited to: Morticia Addams (The Addams Family), Samantha Stevens (Bewitched), and Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore show). All of the aforementioned women were either magical in some way and/or a strong female character, which differed from the more stereotypical-housewife roles from the 1950s. In

neg: Maila Nurmi Hollywood's Sunset Strip. The idea for the Vampira character was born in 1953 when Nurmi attended choreographer Lester Horton's annual Bal Caribe Masquerade in a costume inspired by Morticia Addams in "The New Yorker" cartoons of Charles Addams. Her appearance with pale white skin and tight black dress caught the attention of television producer Hunt Stromberg, Jr., who wanted to hire her to host horror movies on the Los Angeles television station KABC-TV, but Stromberg had no idea how to contact her. He finally got her phone number from Rudi Gernreich, later the designer of the topless swimsuit. The name

neg: The Addams Family (1964 TV series) near copies of the original children, now known as Wednesday Sr. and Pugsley Sr., who were once again played respectively by Lisa Loring and Ken Weatherwax, the original Wednesday and Pugsley in the series. Vic Mizzy rewrote and conducted the series theme as an instrumental. Astin reprised his role as Gomez Addams for the 1992 animated adaptation of the series. No other members of the original cast were involved. In 1998, a standalone film, "Addams Family Reunion", aired on the Fox Family Channel, followed by the series "The New Addams Family" that ran from 1998 to 2000. Astin appeared in

neg: Magica De Spell released on October 10, 1952 — or Mad Madam Mim, she would not be in the image of the old hag usually associated with witches. He wanted to create a youthful and attractive enchantress, so he took inspiration for her look from Italian actresses Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren. He also wanted her to be seductive, amoral, and somewhat threatening. In a later interview, Barks identified a similar figure from the comic strips of Charles Addams as another source of inspiration for Magica, namely Morticia Addams of The Addams Family. All in all, Barks drew nine stories with Magica: "The

neg: Ken Weatherwax camera as a movie studio grip and set builder, while making occasional appearances at "Addams Family"-related events with former costar Lisa Loring, who had played Pugsley's younger sister Wednesday Addams on the show. Weatherwax died on December 7, 2014, of a heart attack at his home in West Hills, California, at the age of 59. He was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Ken Weatherwax Kenneth Patrick Weatherwax (September 29, 1955 – December 7, 2014) was an American child actor best known for having played Pugsley Addams on "The Addams Family". Weatherwax was born in Los Angeles, California, into a

neg: Lily Munster a scarf. Her necklace features a bat-shaped medallion. When away from the Munster house, she often wears a long silver cape with a hood, which in reality is a casket liner. In the episode "Munsters Masquerade", Lily demonstrates the ability to float in the air while dancing. Lily was not in the original pilot episode of "The Munsters". Instead, Herman is married to a much more Gothic-looking wife named Phoebe, played by Joan Marshall. The producers scrapped the Phoebe character after deciding she seemed almost an exact double of the Morticia Addams character on "The Addams Family". Lily appeared in

neg: The Pruitts of Southampton title to The Phyllis Diller Show. John Astin, who played Gomez Addams on "The Addams Family", joined the cast the same month, and the show began airing on Fridays. In addition, the series marked a reunion for Astin and Marty Ingels who had starred in the 1962-1963 ABC-TV sitcom, "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster". In the fall of 1968, NBC signed Diller to a weekly variety series hoping that the comedian would have the same kind of success that Carol Burnett had achieved for the rival network CBS. The program, entitled "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show", did poorly in ratings and

neg: The Addams Family training to be a witch doctor. The family's home has been bugged by a gang of crooks who intend to steal the family fortune. Lafferty, the boss, sends a gang member named Mikey into the house to investigate. Mikey panics and flees after treading on the tail of Kitty Kat the lion. The crooks employ a fake Gomez and Morticia to help in their plans, along with two strong-arm goons, Hercules and Atlas. Gomez returns home for the Halloween party and trimming of the scarecrow. Lafferty poses as Quincy Addams (from Boston) to gain entrance to the house during the

neg: Natasha Fatale child of Axis Sally and Count Dracula. A former Miss Transylvania, she was expelled from college for subversive activities at a local cemetery. She traveled from Transylvania to the United States at the age of 19, landing in New York, where she spent two years posing for cartoonist Charles Addams, and as the party girl who pops out of the big cake at embalmers' stag parties. Creator Bill Scott modeled Boris and Natasha after two of Addams' original characters from his cartoons, who were later named Gomez and Morticia Addams. She met Boris when they were arrested for throwing rocks

neg: The Addams Family party. He has his men tie up Gomez and Morticia, and his doubles take their places, confusing Pancho, who is still in love with Morticia, and Ophelia, who is still in love with Gomez. Gomez and Morticia escape (thanks to the "Old Piccolo Game"), and rejoin the party, only to have Lafferty use various methods to try to get rid of them. Lurch scares off the thugs and terrifies Lafferty's other assistant. Fester, trying to be nice, puts Lafferty on the rack. Lafferty tries to escape through the secret passage and steps on Kitty Kat's tail. When the police arrive,

neg: The Addams Family (musical) The Addams Family (musical) The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and the book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based upon "The Addams Family" characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. Although numerous film and television adaptations of Addams' cartoons exist, the musical is the first stage show based on the characters. "The Addams Family" is also the first show produced by Elephant Eye Theatricals. After a tryout in Chicago in 2009, the

neg: The Addams Family (musical) — pay a visit to the ideally intimate Mercury Theater Chicago." The Addams Family (musical) The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and the book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based upon "The Addams Family" characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. Although numerous film and television adaptations of Addams' cartoons exist, the musical is the first stage show based on the characters. "The Addams Family" is also the first show produced by

neg: John Astin with the New Addams Family" and voiced the role of Gomez in the animated series "The Addams Family" from 1992 to 1993. In the Canadian-American television series "The New Addams Family", which ran from 1998 to 1999, Astin appeared as Grandpapa Addams, with the role of Gomez played by Glenn Taranto. Astin joined the retooled "The Pruitts of Southampton" (re-titled "The Phyllis Diller Show") for the second half of the 1966–67 season, playing Diller's brother-in-law, Angus Pruitt. He also played the Riddler in the second season of "Batman" (Frank Gorshin returned for the third and final season.) He played submarine

neg: The Addams Family 4–8, 2008. Featured in the cast were Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia, Krysta Rodriguez as Wednesday, and Nathan Lane as Gomez. In addition, Kevin Chamberlin played Uncle Fester and Zachary James played Lurch. The musical opened in previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway on March 8, 2010, with an official opening on April 8, after an out-of-town tryout in Chicago at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts from November 13, 2009 to January 10, 2010. The cast includes Lane as Gomez, Neuwirth as Morticia, Terrence Mann as Mal Beineke, Carolee Carmello as Alice Beineke, Chamberlin as Uncle Fester, Jackie

neg: Ellie Harvie She also took over from Wendie Malick as Burdine Maxwell from the second TV season of "Bratz". She portrayed Candace/Mrs. Bubkes on the "YTV" teen comedy series, "Some Assembly Required (2014-2016 TV series)". On November 24, 2012 Harvie hosted the inaugural UBCP/ACTRA Awards, which aims to honour acting talent in British Columbia. Harvie has, also, starred as Lillian Tibbett on "Hallmark Movies & Mysteries" Channel Series An "Aurora Teagarden" Mystery Series (2015-2018). Ellie Harvie Ellie Anne Harvie (born April 7, 1965) is a Canadian actress who portrayed Morticia on "The New Addams Family". Later, she starred as Dr. Lindsey Novak

neg: Addams Family Reunion market. Because of the underwhelming commercial performance of "Addams Family Values", as well as the death of Raul Julia, who had played Gomez Addams, Paramount Pictures ultimately decided not to produce a third film, resulting in Saban deciding to reboot the series. "Addams Family Reunion" was coproduced by Saban with Warner Bros. The two studios planned to produce a new series called "The New Addams Family", and intended to produce a two hour pilot film for the series, which eventually became "Addams Family Reunion"; Saban planned to premiere the film on a cable network owned by the company before releasing

neg: Grandmama (The Addams Family) was played by Jackie Hoffman in the 2010 Broadway musical, in which her relation to the family in the storyline is ambiguous. Grandmama (The Addams Family) Grandmama is a fictional character in the "Addams Family" television and film series. First appearing in the works of cartoonist Charles Addams, she is a supporting character in series film, television and stage adaptations. Grandmama Addams is an aged witch who concocts potions and spells, and dabbles in fortune telling and knife throwing. She is the grandmother of the Addams children, Pugsley and Wednesday, although her relationship to the other family members is less

neg: The Addams Family Addams Family" TV Series was released in 1991 featuring the theme song from "The Addams Family" and each of the characters theme music as well as incidental music from the TV series. In May 2007, it was announced that a musical inspired by The Addams Family drawings by Charles Addams was being developed for the Broadway stage. Broadway veterans Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice wrote the book, and Andrew Lippa wrote the score. Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott (Improbable theatre founders) directed and designed the production, with choreography by Sergio Trujillo. A workshop and private industry presentation was held August

neg: The Addams Family (musical) musical opened on Broadway in April 2010. The original cast featured Nathan Lane as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia. The production closed on December 31, 2011. A revised national tour of North America began in September 2011. The production has won numerous awards including the Drama League Award and Drama Desk Award, as well as the Chicago production winning the Jeff Award, and has been nominated for several others. The UK premiere of The Addams Family was announced on 5 September 2016, and opened at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre in Edinburgh in April 2017 before embarking on a major

neg: The Addams Family (1991 film) Tattersall. Filming resumed, but within weeks Tattersall was rushed to the hospital, halting production while Sonnenfeld took over cinematography, while simultaneously directing the film. Further delays occurred when a blood vessel in actor Raul Julia's eye burst, leading the production to film around Julia until he recovered, and Sonnenfeld's wife became sick, halting production. In her 2014 memoir "Watch Me", Anjelica Huston described the filming of the "Addams Family" as "long and arduous." It was decided that the character of Morticia should have slanted eyes, which was achieved by gluing patches of fabric to Huston's temples and on either side

neg: The Addams Family (1973 TV series) 1972. John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy provided the voices for their respective "Addams Family" characters while voice actors were used to voice Grandmama, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Cousin Itt. The episode details the Addams Family in a mystery with the Scooby-Doo gang. The Addams Family characters were drawn to the specifications of the original Charles Addams comics. The first animated series ran on Saturday mornings from 1973–1975 on NBC. In a departure from the original series, this series took the Addams' on the road in a Victorian-style RV. This series followed the relationships of the original Addams