“If I wanted to kill my husband, I'd do it, and I wouldn't get caught.” — Wednesday Addams, Addams … 1977 Henderson voiced that same character in an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies. The idea for the name was supplied by the actress and poet Joan Blake, an acquaintance of Addams. In March 2011, Krysta Rodriguez was replaced with Rachel Potter as Wednesday in the Broadway cast. [1] She attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree, and solve a supernatural mystery from her parents' past.[2]. See more ideas about wednesday addams, cool girl, addams family. In earlier adaptations she is the younger sister of Pugsley, and in later adaptations she becomes the older one. In the Broadway production, she was the understudy for Wednesday and performed as the Dead Bride/Ancestor.[9]. In this film, Wednesday offers to help Pugsley prepare for his Mazurka, but she really just wants to bury him alive. [5] While this behavior gained attention from early fans, The Tee & Charles Addams Foundation, copyright owners of The Addams Family, flagged the series for copyright violation resulting in the series being pulled from YouTube.[6]. Over the years, Wednesday has been portrayed by a variety of actresses, on television, the movies, and stage: Wednesday is played by Lisa Loring in the original TV series, though far less malevolent than described by the cartoons. In the Broadway musical The Addams Family: A New Musical, she is 18 years old and has short hair rather than the long braids in her other appearances. In the TV series, her middle name is "Friday". They later go to the hospital when Morticia goes into labor, where Wednesday tells a little girl that her parents had sex and argues with Pugsley over the baby's gender. However, they are saved by Pubert. In the 1991 film, she is depicted closer to the original cartoons. She responds, "This is my costume. In the 1991 film, she is depicted in a darker fashion. Musical The new eight-episode comedy, titled Wednesday, would focus on the daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams.. Starting in September 2011, the production begins its First National Tour. Joel says Debbie was sad, to which she replies, "She was sloppy. She is of Italian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, and Scots-Irish descent. She, Joel and Pugsley sneak away to try and call the FBI, only to be caught and dragged back, since they missed their costume fitting. And I wouldn't get caught [...] I'd scare him to death." She is stated to be six years old in the television series' pilot episode. Krysta Rodriguez played Wednesday. Wednesday Addams Family Values. The character has also appeared in television, film, and in video games, in both the live-action and animated formats. Wednesday Friday Addams is one of the primary protagonists in the comic series, tv series, and movie adaptions titled The Addams Family. She is the sister of Pugsley Addams (and, in the movie Addams Family Values, also the sister o… She then spots the balloon coming down, along with the confetti from Margaux’s taping. In the 1993 sequel she was even darker: buried a cat alive, tried to kill her brother Pubert, destroyed Camp Chipewa and (presumably) scared her boyfriend Joel to death. An official release date for Wednesday has yet to be unveiled. The Addams Family TV series originally started in the ’60s. In the second animated series from Hanna-Barbera, she is voiced by Debi Derryberry. She is very polite to the new housekeepers, Mystery Inc., and gets the table to settle down after it rises. She dislikes school, especially the stories they read to them where they slay Dragons. Joel asks her if she would ever want to get married or have kids, to which she replies that she doesn't, and she would pity any man who would want to "be [her] devoted slave." They live with all of the trappings of the macabre (including a detached hand for a servant) and are quite wealthy. Tim Burton Will Direct Wednesday, About The Addams Family Daughter, for Netflix (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images) Tim Burton is making his directorial TV debut with a spin-off of The Addams Family.Wednesday will revolve around The Addams Family daughter, Wednesday Addams, the scene stealer played by Lisa Loring in the original 1964-65 series, … The nineties really did THAT. She shows sadistic tendencies and a dark personality, and is revealed to have a deep interest in the Bermuda Triangle and an admiration for an ancestor (Great Aunt Calpurnia Addams) who was burned as a witch in 1706. 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Looking back on her … Wednesday is suspicious of Fester and Dr. Pinder-Schloss, as they claim Fester was in the Bermuda Triangle, and, according to Wednesday, "Nobody gets out of the Bermuda Triangle." Back in November, we learned that a live-action TV series centered around the character of Wednesday Addams (a moody member of the eccentric Addams Family) was in the works from director Tim Burton. After she returns to camp, she receives a letter from Fester that says he never wants to see them again, to which she concludes that "he's a dead man.". With John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy. They look just like everyone else." Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Wednesday tells her mother that although the citizens of Assimilation are unusual, they are good people and they should not judge them for who they are. The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993)[7] portray Wednesday more comic-accurately, maybe even darker. She also paints pictures (including a picture of trees with human heads) and writes a poem dedicated to her favorite pet spider, Homer. Wednesday's favorite toy is her Marie Antoinette doll, which her brother guillotines (at her request). She, Pugsley, and Joel are locked in the "Harmony Hut" and forced to watch upbeat family films to curb their antisocial behavior. Wednesday Addams is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. [4] The web series gained media attention with the third episode of Season 2 in which Wednesday punished a pair of catcallers. Original Netflix has nabbed a Tim Burton-directed Addams Family spinoff series focused around Wednesday. Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977). Earlier today Netflix officially confirmed that they're developing a live-action Addams Family spin-off series titled Wednesday, focusing on the daughter the creepy/spooky clan. When Fester says he has to leave, the Addamses throw him a party with all their relatives. Wednesday eventually goes to Parker's house, where they both lament about how their mothers want them to be the way they are and not how they choose to define themselves. The misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family. Arguably the most widely-known depiction of Wednesday is in the 1990s films, … Wednesday has a close kinship with the family's giant butler Lurch. Henderson voiced that same character in an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies. "Child of woe is wan and delicate...sensitive and on the quiet side, she loves the picnics and outings to the underground caverns...loves the color black...a solemn child, prim in dress and, on the whole, pretty lost...secretive and imaginative, poetic, seems underprivileged and given to occasional tantrums...has six toes on one foot..." -Charles Addams, Wednesday Addams In the series Wednesday, Wednesday is a student at Nevermore Academy. It looks like Wednesday Addams is finally getting the spotlight all to herself. The rest of the cast even elected the then-10-year-old as their spokesperson in relation to a major script change that ultimately altered the course of the first film. Wednesday has been portrayed onscreen numerous times over the years, with Lisa Loring originally starring as the character in the 1960s “Addams Family” TV series. She is best known for her role as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family sitcom, 1964-1966. Wednesday has been portrayed onscreen numerous times over the years, with Lisa Loring originally starring as the character in the 1960s “Addams Family” TV series. Zoe Richardson appeared at the Birmingham Hippodrome as Wednesday Addams in a Musical adaptation of The Addams Family on Ice in November 2007. Director Tim Burton is making a new live-action Addams Family spinoff series for Netflix: a coming of age series focused on Wednesday Addams that will fittingly be called Wednesday.. 1964 The Camp Counselors, Becky and Gary, favor the popular campers and are very unfair to the outcast campers, of which Wednesday becomes the ringleader. In one episode, she is shown to have several other headless dolls as well. She refuses to participate in Gary Granger's play, a musical production of the first Thanksgiving. When the characters were adapted to the 1964 television series, Charles Addams gave her the name "Wednesday", based on the well-known nursery rhyme line, "Wednesday's child is full of woe." Wednesday appears in the crossover with Scooby-Doo, an episode titled "Wednesday Is Missing". In the original sitcom, Wednesday tends to be a lot happier than in the New Yorker Cartoons; she likes ballet and poems and is generally very polite and sweet. The idea for the name was supplied by the actress and poet Joan Blake, an acquaintance of Addams. In both films, she is played by Christina Ricci. She maintains her suspicions, talking about it with Pugsley as she attempts to electrocute him during their game "Is There a God?" Morticia and Wednesday share a hug for Wednesday returning to rescue the family. Wednesday Addams is a 7 Year old who is obsessed with death. Wednesday does most of her experiments on her brother Pugsley Addams for fun or for punishment. The Addams Family TV show was a close rival of a similar series of the era, The Munsters. The show, titled Wednesday… 1972 Musician Wednesday 13 derived his moniker from the character. 2019 "Wednesday Leaves Home" (20 November 1964) Season 1, Episode 10, at 06:30, "Altogether Ooky: The Addams Family Tree", "Morticia Addams: A Witch Icon Worthy Of All The Praise", "Here's how Wednesday Addams got her name", "A Christina Ricci Doppelganger Creates a Series About Wednesday Addams As an Adult", "How Wednesday Addams Would React To Catcalling", "Copyright claim yanks 'Adult Wednesday Addams' from YouTube", The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt, Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture, Addams Family Values: The Original Orchestral Score, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wednesday_Addams&oldid=1009305929, Pages using infobox character with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Cindy Henderson (1972–1974, animated television), Noelle Von Sonn (1973, live-action television pilot), Cortney Wolfson (2011, First National Broadway Tour), Melissa Hunter (2013-2015, Adult Wednesday Addams), Marjolein Teepen (2019-2019, Dutch musical), This page was last edited on 27 February 2021, at 21:53. Wednesday Friday Addams is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams in his comic strip The Addams Family. She later goes missing, and Mystery Inc. spends most of the episode trying to locate her. Addams Family Values expressed to the public. It appears to have worked, as Wednesday says she wants to be perky and even smiles. However, Pugsley blabs to his mom where his sister went anyway. 1991 Both Wednesday and Parker confessed to the other that they are bored with their lives until Parker mentions her school to Wednesday, who takes an interest in seeing this part of the town. Wednesday is deceptively strong; she is able to bring her father down with a judo hold. She speaks during the seance, calling for the ancestors to help them find Fester, who soon appears. In an interview with The Guardian, director Barry Sonnenfeld (who helmed both Addams Family movies) recounted how he knew Ricci was the perfect Wednesday from the outset. In Addams' cartoons, which first appeared in The New Yorker, Wednesday and other members of the family had no names. Wednesday's personality is severe, with a deadpan wit and a morbid interest in trying to inflict harm upon her brothers, first Pugsley and later Pubert. [8] During the play, she leads the other social outcasts—who have all been cast as Native Americans—in a revolt, capturing Gary, Becky, and Amanda and leaving the camp with Pugsley and Joel in chaos. While at camp, Wednesday finds out that Fester and Debbie are getting married, and her refusal to hug the other campers gets her and Pugsley sent to the Harmony Hut, after which she and Pugsley try to escape, aided by Joel, but are caught and subjected to the campers singing Kumbaya. Tim Burton will direct and executive produce a new live-action series, Wednesday, about the Addams Family’s death-obsessed daughter, Wednesday Addams. In the 1960s series, she is significantly more sweet-natured, although her favorite hobby is raising spiders; she is also a ballerina. She likes raising spiders and doing ballet. Wednesday has tried to kill Pugsley many times. When the characters were adapted to the 1964 television series, Charles Addams gave her the name "Wednesday", based on the well-known nursery rhyme line, "Wednesday's child is full of woe". Al Gough and Miles Millar will lead the 'supernaturally infused mystery' for eight episodes. At the end of the film, however, it is suggested that Wednesday, though she obviously likes Joel, purposely tries to scare him to death after he brings up the subject of marriages. Precocious, outspoken child-teen starlet of the 1990s, Christina Ricci was born in 1980 in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children of Sarah (Murdoch), a realtor, and Ralph Ricci, a lawyer and therapist. In the animated series and Canadian TV series The New Addams Family from the 1990s, Wednesday retains her appearance and her taste for darkness and torture; she is portrayed as having her parents' consent to tie Pugsley to a chair and torture him with a branding iron and ice pick. Wednesday's favorite toy is her Marie Antoinette doll, which her brother guillotines (at her request). She tells them that Fester is a fake, but they're too late, as Fester has locked them out of the house. In the 1977 television holiday-themed special, Halloween with the New Addams Family, Lisa Loring plays a grown-up Wednesday, who mostly entertains their party guests with her flute, and can hear and understand coded help messages by bound-up members of the family, and dispatch help to free them. With Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy. Following an argument with Morticia, Wednesday confides in Pugsley that she is running away. However, after the baby's birth, Wednesday informs Pugsley that once a new baby is born, one of the other children has to die, and she and Pugsley try to drop their new brother Pubert off the roof. In the 1992 series, she wore a blue dress with a white collar. Wednesday asks her parents if it is okay for her to go to school with Parker. But now, Tim Burton is trying his hand at a remake — and fans are ultra excited, as the storyline will reportedly center around Wednesday Addams. In April 2010, The Addams Family: A New Musical debuted on Broadway. Created by David Levy. After the house is rebuilt, Pugsley completes his Mazurka, which causes Wednesday to smile. Wednesday then discovers that she's been selected to play Pocahontas in the Camp Pageant, "A Turkey Named Brotherhood," to her horror. She is stated to be six years old in the television series' pilot episode. She keeps an eye on Fester when he tries to escape his room later that night. She breeds spiders and knows Judo. Comedian Melissa Hunter portrayed the character in her web series. She seldom shows her emotions and is generally bitter. The Misfit Campers (who are all playing Indians) then revolt, burning down the camp, putting Becky and Gary on a spit, and tying Amanda to a stake, before Wednesday approaches and lights a match, intent on burning her alive. In the 2019 animated version of the same title, Wednesday retains her emotionless nature and sadistic tendencies, trying to bury Pugsley and tormenting a bully at school. Tim Burton's new Addams Family reboot Wednesday is a big opportunity for a small star. Later, when Craven and Tully are thrown from the house, they land in graves dug by the Addams Children, who bury them. Netflix's Wednesday is an Addams Family spinoff directed by Tim Burton, which means it's sure to be an instant (and probably twisted) hit. After Margaux's show is cancelled and Uncle Fester decides to help Margaux to sell houses for extended Addams Family, the citizens of Assimilation want to help rebuild the Addams' home to make amends for their actions. The only question is, who has the acting chops to step into Wednesday… However, Wednesday grows suspicious that Debbie may not be what she seems, so Debbie convinces Gomez and Morticia to send the two children to Camp Chippewa. The rest of the cast even elected the then-10-year-old as their spokesperson in relation to a major script change that ultimately altered the course of the first film. Wednesday greets Tully and Margaret Alford at the door as they arrive for the seance, helping Margaret get the fingertrap off. Chloë Grace Moretz voices Wednesday in the 2019 animated movie. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Netflix is giving iconic Addams Family member Wednesday Addams her very own show with the live action series Wednesday, a new project from director and … Director Tim Burton is making a new live-action Addams Family spinoff series for Netflix: a coming of age series focused on Wednesday Addams that will fittingly be called Wednesday.. The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) In 1972, the Addams family made their first animated appearance in the third episode of Hanna-Barbera's The New Scooby-Doo Movies, a show which featured famous guest stars meeting the mystery-solving Scooby-Doo gang.In the episode, entitled "Wednesday is Missing," the Scooby gang's van breaks down near the Addams mansion, and they're taken in by the family. Parker thinks Wednesday is awesome for this, and the two become friends. The film opens with Wednesday, Pugsley and Grandmama burying a live cat outside. When she sees Parker being picked on by mean girl Bethany, who stuffs a moldy sandwich and some kid's soda in her backpack, Wednesday then manages to intimidate Bethany with a threat. Parker then dyes her hair black and adopts a goth look while Wednesday wears bright colors. Melissa Hunter as the adult version of Wednesday in her webseries. Wednesday instead builds a contraption that brings all the frog to life like zombies, and they proceed to attack Bethany and cause all the kids and teachers, except for Parker, Layla and Kayla, to run out. She flees from them and hides in the Mausoleum, where she falls asleep until Gomez finds her. In one episode, she is shown to have several other headless dolls as well. In the time interval between the original TV series and this television movie, her parents had two more children who look just like the original Pugsley and Wednesday. This leads to her befriending Parker Needler and the two taking on several of each other's traits, with Wednesday at one point wearing colorful clothes. 1998 When the characters were adapted to the 1964 television series, Charles Addams gave her the name \"Wednesday\", based on the well-known nursery rhyme line, \"Wednesday's child is full of woe.\" She is the sister of Pugsley, Pugsley Jr., Wednesday Jr., and Pubert, and is the oldest daughter of Gomez… On emerging from the hut, Wednesday feigns perkiness and agrees to play the role of Pocahontas, though her smile ends up scaring the campers, as well as her blonde nemesis. She, Joel and Pugsley hide under the bleachers during a Camp Announcement to look at Joel's Serial Killer Trading Cards, where he finds the Black Widow, which they suspect is Debbie. They go in anyway and discover a room with cameras, as Margaux has hidden cameras in all the homes in Assimilation. The family has to live in a motel, where Wednesday and Pugsley try to raise money by selling Lemonade, but Wednesday scares away a Girl Scout customer. In the second animated series from Hanna-Barbera, she is voiced by Debi Derryberry. Although Loring was absent from the recent premiere of the new "Addams Family" film, she hopefully found Chloe Grace Moretz to be a suitable person to bring Wednesday Addams … Becky and Gary then decide to brainwash the three by showing them happy movies, like "The Little Mermaid" and "The Brady Bunch". Menu. In the Broadway musical The Addams Family: A New Musical, she is 18 years old and has short hair rather than the long braids in her other appearances. Loring's Wednesday Addams character was later portrayed in films by Christina Ricci, and Wednesday's outfit, though it is not especially exotic, remains a favorite Halloween costume of Addams Family fans. Wednesday is deceptively strong; she is able to bring her father down with a judo hold. Her darkness and sociopathic traits have been toned down, and she is in love with (and revealed to be engaged to) Lucas Beineke. Wednesday first appears playing with a voodoo doll, and is upset when the pins prick her. Judging by her father Gomez's first name. In Addams' cartoons, Wednesday is originally a pale, dark-haired, grim-looking little girl who is fascinated with death and the macabre. Finally, Debbie Jellinsky is hired, since she seems to get along well with the Family. Their parents assure them that they won't be killed, but the two siblings continue to try and kill Pubert in several different ways. Director Tim Burton and streaming service Netflix have announced plans for a live-action series centered on Wednesday Addams, which was played by Christina Ricci in the The Addams Family movie franchise from the 90s. The Addams Family steps out of Charles Addams ' cartoons. She also paints pictures (including a picture of trees with human heads) and writes a poem dedicated to her favorite pet spider, Homer. She was unaware that she was being searched for, as she simply stayed in the tower where she was placed and played with her spider, Homer, who "makes a groovy yoyo". Officially a go at Netflix, Tim Burton's Wednesday will follow an older Wednesday Addams as a … Wednesday suggests it's in Margaux's crafting room, which Parker says they are not allowed in. Christina Ricci, Actress: Black Snake Moan. Storyline. A hand then shoots out of Debbie's grave and grabs Joel, as Wednesday smiles. She joined the cast of ABC sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton in 1966. However, she's also bored with her macabre and sheltered life, wanting to see the world despite Morticia's objections. In the TV series, her middle name is "Friday". Tim Burton's Addams Family Live-Action TV Reboot Wednesday Goes to Netflix. Tim Burton will direct and executive produce a new live-action series, Wednesday, about the Addams Family’s death-obsessed daughter, Wednesday Addams. When she gets there, she finds Parker with her only other friends, twins Layla and Kayla. Over the years, Wednesday has been portrayed by a variety of actresses, on television, the movies, and stage: Wednesday is played by Lisa Loring in the original TV series.

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