After the death of Lisa Loringwho played Merlina in the series Crazy AddamsLet’s see who the protagonists were.
If anything reminds us Crazy Addams it is, first of all, the song with its clicks: “The niece, the uncle and the grandmother, the noble father, the beautiful mother of a very normal family. If you plan to visit her, don’t expect a party, so they will see this family so normal. How beautiful! How sweet! What madness! If they want to have fun, which ultimately isn’t difficult for them, this is the home of this very normal family.”
Broadcast in black and white on ABC from 1964 to 1966, the series of Crazy Addams It was a great American comedy: it told the story of a family clan “with macabre interests and supernatural abilities”.
It lasted 64 chapters. It was based on cartoons that Charles Addams published in the magazine The New Yorker and were later adapted for television by producer David Levy.
The humor of the series, as the specialists explain, “comes from the culture clash between the Addamses and the rest of the world.”
But what happened to the life of members of such a family?
The father character, Homer Addams
It was on John Astin’s account.
Not only was Homer madly in love with his refined wife, Morticia, and kissed her arm when she spoke to him in French, but he also liked to torture himself: sometimes he bathed in acid.
At 92, Astin is still active: until before the pandemic, he taught acting at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
His latest acting job was in film Spaceship II: rendezvous with Ramsesof 2015, in which he played the character of Professor Peabody.
The mother, Morticia Addams
It was Carolyn Jones. Always dressed in black, she dedicated herself to taking care of the two children of the family and to her carnivorous plant, Cleopatra. One of her favorite walks of hers was to walk through the cemetery.
Jones died in 1983, aged 53, of colon cancer. After the success of Crazy Addamshis career had declined, although he had some special participation in other television series, such as Propertysince 1977, e Wonder Womansince 1975.
Daughter Merlin
Descendant of the rebel family, Lisa Loring, died on Saturday, January 28, 2023..
To Merlina, who wore black just like her motherHe didn’t like playing with other boys, even though he sometimes hurt his brother. He wore a couple of braids and always carried his headless doll called Marie Antoinette in his arms.
She was married to porn actor Jerry Butler. And her second husband was actor Doug Stevenson.
Since 2002 she has been in charge of public relations for a hotel chain in the United States.: She could be seen at conventions, signing autographs and meeting Addams fans. The pandemic, of course, brought her business to a halt for a while.
The son, Pericles
He was played by Ken Weatherwax.
pericles He wanted to follow in the footsteps of his elders.especially his uncle Lucas.
weather wax he died in 2014, aged 59, of a heart attack. Ken found it very difficult to get a job in Hollywood after his success Crazy Addams something quite common among those who distinguish themselves as actors when they are children.
At the age of 17 he joined the US Army. Then, from 1992 to 2002, he found work as a set designer and as a technician in recording studios.
uncle Luke
It was Jackie Kogan. It could be defined as the rarest of the whole family. One of his favorite pastimes was lighting a light bulb with his mouth and putting his head in a vice.
He died in 1984, aged 69, of heart problems. His acting career had been very prolific. As a child, in the film The child (1921), he had acted with Charles Chaplin in one of the most famous scenes in the history of cinema.
Butler Addams
Long was Ted Cassidy.
Very high, Largo was a reference to Frankenstein’s monster.. A great harpsichord player, he hardly spoke. And when he did, his voice was very deep. He was considered part of the family.
He died in 1979, at the age of 46, during a heart operation. He suffered from acromegaly, a disease caused by the excessive secretion of growth hormone, or GH, produced by the pituitary gland.
His most famous role outside of Crazy Addams He was the villain Harvey Logan in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), alongside Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
Grandma Addams .
As a true witch, with her hair standing on end, my grandmother loved preparing strange concoctions and casting spells that always ended very badly. The actress was Margaret Hamilton.
Hamilton died in 1985, aged 82, in his sleep. He also had a long career in cinema: in 1939, together with Judy Garland in the film The Wizard of Oz, she had already played the role of the “Wicked Witch of the West”.
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Source: Clarin
