Addams Family Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Bringing rich jerks down a peg or two is the opposite of creepy, but Wednesday's deadly predilections and clear ability (and eagerness) to follow through on them definitely earn her a high spot on this list. In the sequel, "Addams Family Values," she hands a skull to Fester's new wife, the seemingly sweet but sinister Debbie (Joan Cusack), and places a curse on her. Veteran character actors Parley Baer and Vito Scotti, who both had recurring roles in the original series, also appeared in the movie. Granny Frump Original 1964 1972 1977 1991 1992 1993 Portrayed by Margaret Hamilton The Addams Family (1964-1966) Janet Waldo The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) The Addams Family (1973-1975) Elvia Allman Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) Judith Malina The Addams Family (1991) Carol Channing The Addams Family (1992-1993) Carol Kane In the United Kingdom, it aired on ITV from 1965 to 1966, on Channel 4 on Friday evenings from 1984 to 1985,[12] and on Sky 1 from 1991 to 1992. Company Credits RANK. The film also included extended family members created specifically for this production, such as Gomez's brother Pancho (played by Henry Darrow) and two additional children, Wednesday Jr. and Pugsley Jr. However, Granny has a tendency to favor Ophelia over Morticia, and slightly neglects the latter or passively agrees to whatever she does despite the consequences. Grandma Frump (Margaret Hamilton) is visiting, and after tirelessly trying to help at the house, she has a conversation with Wednesday (Carolyn Jones), which. While his relations to the main characters often change between adaptations, Uncle Fester Addams is the brother of Gomez and paternal uncle of Wednesday and Pugsley in Tim Burtons Wednesday. The 30-minute television series was responsible for taking the unnamed characters in the single-panel gag cartoons and giving them names, back stories, and a household setting. They are not grotesque and hideous manifestations. She's alive in some adaptations and dead in others, which does increase her creep factor. The DVD releases contain alterations to the episodes "Halloween with the Addams Family" and "The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man". You can also find her work on Business Insider's Streaming Reviews. In 1991's "The Addams Family," Granny Frump tries to catch a cat or a dog for dinner, and she frequently serves unidentifiable meals that move around on the family's plates. That makes him far more "normal" than some of his relatives. She also appears as a magic-loving witch. The New Addams Family is an American-Canadian sitcom that aired from October 1998 to August 1999 on YTV in Canada and Fox Family in the United States and CITV in the United Kingdom on weekends. Still, she's an oddball among oddballs. "The New Addams Family" headed in a slightly different direction for Uncle Fester on the small screen by painting actor Michael Roberds gray, which gives Fester a stony look rather than his signature pale complexion. Her given name is Eudora or Esmeralda Contents Cartoons Character biography Relationship with other characters In the sitcom In other media References Cartoons Margaret Hamilton is a professional and occasionally very funny. Since Christina Ricci didn't come back for the direct-to-video movie, Nicole Fugure replaced the star in "Addams Family Reunion." She may not jump or twist or bend but a spider's a girl's best friend.". Grandmama was played by Betty Phillips in the 1998-99 television series The New Addams Family. Ophelia is doubly weird in that she stands out among so-called "normal" people, but she doesn't quite fit in with the Addamses either. Grandmama first appeared along with the then-unnamed Addams family in Charles Addams' original cartoons published in The New Yorker, in which she was regularly illustrated with shoulder-length frizzy hair and a fringed shawl. Astin appeared in the series as Grandpapa Addams. [citation needed] She was also a witch, and at some point attended the same school . Heres a breakdown of the confirmed members of the Addams family tree in Wednesday season 1. Imagine what he would have been like as an adult! Fester's ambiguity lands him very high on the creepy ranking. Its unclear how many generations separate Wednesday from Goody, but the two end up sharing a close psychic bond during Wednesday season 1. While she has yet to appear in the series, Grandmama is confirmed as a character in Wednesday season 1. When he's not showing an interest in normal activities, he usually goes along with the family's sinister plans unwittingly like playing games in which Wednesday repeatedly tries to kill him, all with a guileless smile on his face, making him more of a good-natured accomplice than a full-fledged creep. Margaret Hamilton, Granny Frump Originally up for the role of Grandmama Addams, but turned it down, Margaret Hamilton instead took on the role of Morticia and Ophelia's mother Hester Frump. She found her signature role on. Uncle Fester Frump . Other relatives who made recurring appearances included Cousin Itt, Morticia's older sister Ophelia, and Morticia's mother Grandma Frump. 2. While fratricide and cannibalism are undoubtedly creepy, they don't tip the scales enough with this family to earn Pugsley a higher spot on the list. It seems that Goody was the only member of her family to survive the fire set by Joseph Crackstone, which means the Addams family bloodline likely traces back to her. "The Princess Bride" and "Scrooged" star Carol Kane replaced Judith Malina for "Addams Family Values, in which she gives Gomez and Morticia the devastating news that their son, Pubert, has transformed into a normal boy because of his disrupted family life. The wealthy, endlessly enthusiastic Gomez Addams is madly in love with his refined wife, Morticia. [citation needed] She was also a witch, and at some point attended the same school, Swamptown High, as Grandmama did, where she was an awkward looking young girl with a head ribbon. She guides the family when there's trouble, such as when Pubert turned into a "normal" child. Originally played by Lisa Loring, Wednesday is most often described as an extremely intelligent young girl who has a particular affinity towards death and partakes in rather odd science experiments. Some visitors have bad intentions, which the family generally ignores, and suffer no harm. She loves to work and spin all day, and then at night she likes to play. When she tried to run away from home, did I stop her? Itt keeps his long tresses deep-conditioned and can rock a bowler hat with the best of them. One running gag labeled people who were not members of the family as "strange" or complained of their behavior. "[8] The tone was set by series producer Nat Perrin, who was a close friend of Groucho Marx's and writer of several Marx Brothers films. She is the mother of Morticia Addams and Ophelia Frump, mother-in-law to Gomez Addams and maternal grandmother of Pugsley Addams, Wednesday Addams and Pubert Addams. The Addams Family was a television sitcom based on recurring, but previously nameless, characters in the works of cartoonist Charles Addams that appeared in The New Yorker. The series focused on a ghoulish family and their unique view on life, and ran on ABC from 1964 until 1966. An insurance clerk who works for Arthur Henson, Eddie Quillan also played Clyde Arbogast, Arthur Henson's assistant in "Gomez, the People's Choice". It features the voices of Oscar Isaac as Gomez, Charlize Theron as Morticia, Snoop Dogg as Cousin It and Bette Midler as Grandmama. : It's no coincidence that Lurch resembles Frankenstein's monster: Both are gentle, well-meaning figures who are judged for their unconventional appearance and speech patterns rather than any malicious actions. Debbie Jelinsky, Fester's gold-digging wife from "Addams Family Values," is the only confirmed serial killer on this list, which automatically makes her the creepiest Addams despite the brevity of her tenure in the family. The mother of Morticia and Ophelia and the grandmother of Wednesday and Pugsley, she is a witch and an old friend of Grandmama Addams'. Eon praline - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. Though Debbie is a fan favorite thanks toJoan Cusack's committed and campy performance, she is also the creepiest member of the Addams Family by far. Netflix's "Wednesday" stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, who sends her daughter to the Nevermore Academy to hopefully give her the same experience that she and Gomez had as teenagers. In the 1992 series, Grandmama is of Morticia's family, when she introduces herself with the line "the name's Granny Frump".[3]. Bette Midler voiced the character in the 2019 computer-animated film. | There are a number of actors who've played the Addams family over the years. Like many other members of her family, including her father, she's been accused of murder but never convicted. Wednesday season 1 reveals that she used her powers and founded the Nightshades Society in Jericho as a way to protect outcasts from bigoted pilgrims like Joseph Crackstone. The oldest-known member of the Addams family tree is Goody Addams, who is a new character created for Wednesday. She was played by Margaret Hamilton, best known as Almira Gulch, the Wicked Witch of the West in 1939's The Wizard of Oz. In The Addams Family (1991), she looks more like the original series version of Grandmama, who is deceased. The series was 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. Likewise, "Granny" in the popular 1990s films The Addams Family and Addams Family Values is Hester Frump, Morticia's mother. Ted Cassidy punctuated the lyrics with the words "neat", "sweet", and "petite". When it came to "Addams Family Reunion," Jerry Messing was cast as Pugsley opposite Nicole Fugure's Wednesday. The story sees Wednesday and Pugsley torment their cousins before being placed in a psychiatric facility. their offspring Wednesday and Pugsley, Uncle Fester, Granny Frump, the butler Lurch, and a mysterious disembodied hand called Thing. : Vic Mizzy rewrote and conducted the series theme as an instrumental. Grandmama, also known as Grandmama Frump, Grandmama Addams or Mama or Granny is a fictional character within The Addams Family, created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The Addams Family: The Addams Family Goes to School, General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The song was revived for the 1992 animated series, as well as in 2007 for a series of Addams Family television commercials for M&M's chocolates. It took more effort than it . That mystery only increases when you take into account the fact that he got lost in the Bermuda Triangle for years, setting the events of the 1991 film into motion. The Hall of Languages building at Syracuse University served as creative inspiration for the Addams Family home. Grandmama is Gomez and Fester's mother and Pugsley and Wednesday's paternal. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other She showed quite a negligence towards Morticia and favored her older sister Ophelia. Her head is usually in the clouds, but her penchant for judo throwing her suitors makes her even less predictable than the rest of the Addams clan. Where did he learn to drive? Margaret Hamilton played Frump in the TV series, and watching her interact with Loring -- whose Wednesday idolizes wicked witches -- carries a poignance that might not have been apparent when the episode first aired. The Addams Family's eccentric Uncle Fester is played by Fred Armisen in Wednesday. Gomez is far from creepy. Lisa Loring was the first actor to play Wednesday Addams back in the 1964 TV series, and yes, Jenna Ortega was inspired by the young girl's dance in the series before going into "Wednesday. Astin, Jones, Coogan, and Cassidy all reprised their roles; 11-year-old Jodie Foster provided the voice of Pugsley. It's a precarious situation that earns Ophelia a great deal of empathy, but there's no way around it, Ophelia is an odd duck. In Halloween with the New Addams Family, her appearance was quite similar to her 1964 counterpart. Grandpa Frump is the husband of Granny Frump and the father of Morticia Addams and Ophelia Frump. When Vlad choked on the toothpick, she focused solely on Ophelia and Gomez's marriage. The Addams Family (1964-1966 Live-Action Series): Morticia is played by actress Carolyn Jones, where her most notable characteristics are defined. He is more than just a cartoonist. : They accept her as part of the family because nothing is more important to an Addams than family. Who is the actress who played Morticia Addams? When a pair of thieves visit his house on Halloween (including the legendary Don Rickles) on the '60s sitcom, Gomez happily gives them fistfuls of money because he thinks that's a polite thing to give trick-or-treaters. He is first seen. First appearing in the works of cartoonist Charles Addams, she is a supporting character in the series film, television, and stage adaptations. Perrin created story ideas, directed one episode, and rewrote every script. She's the genial older relative in the original sitcom, while in Barry Sonnenfeld's live-action films from the '90s, she is buried in a grave in the family cemetery, having been killed by an angry mob. A black widow extraordinaire, Debbie trawls the pages of "Lifestyles of the Rich & Freakish" to find her next victim, and she giddily watches true crime reports of the murders she's committed as she eats bonbons in bed. ). In The Addams Family, Fester was reunited with the other Addamses after 25 years apart, while The Addams Family Values focused on his relationship with Deborah "Debbie" Jellinsky. Related: Wednesday's Hereditary Powers Don't Make Sense. The 1964 TV series stars Blossom Rock as Grandmama Addams, Gomez's mother, and she had an interesting dynamic with Uncle Fester as they both tormented each other for fun. ANSWER. WARNING! Fester, I just know I'm right. In 1972, the third episode of the Saturday morning animated series The New Scooby-Doo Movies featured the Addams Family. Gomez Addams . However, as Wednesday explores her familys legacy at Nevermore Academy, more kooky members of the bunch are revealed. In "Addams Family Values,"she laments not being able to "seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade" more often, so she definitely has a strong creepy side. Pubert gains a cherubic, mustache-free face and golden curls, and he develops a taste for Dr. Seuss and cheery nursery decor rather than the dark and sinister room he had before he fell ill. Morticia seems less daffy than Gomez and more deliberately in tune with the sinister side of life. For both seasons, episodes aired Friday nights at 8:30pm. toadstools and hemlock; bats, the dungeon, the cemetery, and other "creepy" things; and Gomez's glee at losing money on the stock market. They became internationally famous denizens of the dark side in . John Astin. She was explicitly identified as Granny Frump, making it clear that she is once again Morticia's mother. As of April 2019, the series can be purchased on iTunes, and can be streamed in the United States via Amazon Video and IMDb. Academy Award winning actress Carolyn Jones (for 1957's "The Bachelor Party") had a fruitful film career, working with everyone from Hitchcock to Elvis to Sinatra. Here, theyre both given names with Grandmama being named Eudora Addams and Granny Frump named Griselda Frump. The young actor would later go on to appear in "Rat Race," "A Guy Thing," and "The Twilight Zone.". Played by actress Carol Kane. Morticia later says that Grandmama "may not even be part of this family". She sees through the lies and deception around which both of the Barry Sonnenfeld films' plots revolve, and she delivers an epic and eloquent rebuke to the rich white racists at the summer camp she's exiled to in "Addams Family Values." She loves to play tricks and guide the family with her knowledge and wisdom. Grandmama was played by Betty Phillips in the 1998-99 television series The New Addams Family. "David Levy; Producer Created 'Addams Family', The Addams Family Set as You've Never Seen it Before, "The Addams Family House, Where Every Night is Halloween", "Felix Silla, a.k.a. Fred Armisen only shows up in "Wednesday" as Uncle Fester for one episode, but he's instantly memorable. In October 2011, the series was picked up by Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang and ran from October of that year for Halloween alongside The Munsters until Halloween 2013. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Grandmama (The Addams Family). These versions of the characters were also used in the Halloween with the New Addams Family, TV movie. Mizzy's theme was released by RCA Victor as a 45-rpm single, although it failed to chart in the U.S. Astin, Jones, Coogan, and Cassidy all reprised their roles; 11-year-old Jodie Foster provided the voice of Pugsley. She lets in the Adams family to stay while the rain clears outside. 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Astin reprised his role as Gomez Addams for the 1992 animated adaptation of the series. What did Mother and Father Addams do to draw the ire of an angry mob? Pugsley takes a backseat in Netflix's "Wednesday," but he's briefly seen at the beginning of the series as he says goodbye to his sister at the Nevermore Academy. ". He donates expensive treasures and then bids exorbitant amounts for them at charity galas as in 1991's "The Addams Family." She was mentioned here as "Esmeralda Frump". In the Broadway musical The Addams Family, Morticia refers to Grandmama as Gomez and Uncle Fester's mother, to which Gomez reacts with surprise and says that he thought she was Morticia's mother. "The New Addams Family" also recast Pugsley for the small screen in the 1990s, with Brody Smith donning the black and white jumper to cause chaos alongside Wednesday. Messing later appeared in "Freaks and Geeks" as Gordon Crisp, but he's best known for becoming the "Fedora Guy" memeafter a photo of the actor wearing a hat and smiling at the camera surfaced online. Gomez immediately takes her in his arms and comforts her as he and Morticia resolve to have a word with the school faculty. Though Pubert may have met an untimely demise in Pugsley's stomach, he was already one of the least predictable and creepiest Addamses as an infant. Television shows and movies, both live-action and animated, have featured the family's morbid antics since 1964, with a new Netflix series debuting later this year. Thing emerged out of small boxes scattered throughout the Addamses' home to do things like fetch the mail, ring the dinner bell, or play the castanets so that Morticia and Gomez could dance. Accordingly, they view "conventional" tastes with generally tolerant suspicion. Like Goody Addams and Morticia Frump, Wednesday Addams is a supernaturally-gifted psychic, whose dark outlook on the world makes her a Raven.. Since the Addamses servants Lurch and Thing made frequent appearances at Nevermore in Wednesday season 1, Grandmama's absence from the story is a mystery. It aired on select local stations[13] and on Antenna TV until December 30, 2017. Original 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. Related: How Wednesdays Uncle Fester Compares To The Movie Character, The title character becomes entangled in a dangerous murder mystery at Nevermore Academy in Wednesday season 1, which leads her to research more about her family history. Granny Frump also appeared, once again as the mother of Morticia and Ophelia. A reunion TV film, Halloween with the New Addams Family, aired on NBC in October 1977 and starred all of the original cast, except for Blossom Rock, who was very ill at the time and was replaced as Grandmama by Phyllis actress Jane Rose. Find movie and film cast and crew information for The Addams Family : Happy Birthday, Grandma . Almost invariably, visitors to the Addamses want to leave and never come back. Thing also appears from a knothole in a tree in the front yard, and in "The Addams Family in Court", Thing reaches out of Gomez's briefcase to hand him a legal paper in court. Find movie and film cast and crew information for The Addams Family : Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump (1966) - Sidney Lanfield on AllMovie. A disembodied hand, it appears out of boxes and other conveniently placed containers. Addams was born there in 1912 and as a child he played in graveyards, imagining those who lay beneath, and resurrecting them in his sketchbook. When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Size: 2.05"H x 1.4"W x 1.25"L 100%. Uncle Fester first showed up in "The Addams Family" TV series in 1964 played by Jackie Coogan. Morticia often uses a sance to speak to Grandpa Frump and Granny Frump. She kills any way she can whether by arson, axe, or car and she does so over the slightest provocation. Explore more crossword clues and answers by clicking on the results or quizzes. Wednesday's portrait of Cousin Itt reveals that he was the Supreme Shade from 1825-1850 at Nevermore, having seemingly helped Faulkner study the Hyde species. 1993 She enjoys the mental hospital for a while, but leaves when they won't give her a permanent. QUIZ. This episode was the pilot for the 1973 animated series. She began her murderous career by offing her parents for getting her the wrong Barbie doll. The family is attended by their servants - towering butler Lurch, and Thing, a hand that appears from within wooden boxes and other places. She may even have goaded Pugsley into eating him, though that is entirely conjecture. An old folks home. Weatherwax and Loring, the only other original cast members still living at the time, did not participate. Wednesday reveals that The Addams Familys spooky witch character Grandmama exists, but doesnt confirm whether she is Gomez or Morticias mother. "The New Addams Family" continued to recast most of the main roles for the sitcom, with Canadian star Ellie Harvie playing Morticia for the small screen. [1] Addams described Grandmama in a 1963 character synopsis as "a disrespectful old hag" and "foolishly good-natured a weak character [who] is easily led."[1]. Hamilton is best known for her role as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. Fester thinks that's a good idea (sending her to a Home for the Aged), but reluctantly suggests that she should make herself too useful to be sent away. Jackie Coogan. . Nothing wrong with the light. Granny Frump (Addams Family) Ophelia Frump Morticia and Gomez Origin Combines details from multiple canons Fluff and Angst Morticia is a witch in this story Kind of Soulmate AU Wednesday tells a visitor in the 1998 sitcom reboot that "there were three of us, but Pugsley ate the little one." Its unclear if Grandmama is Morticias mother in Wednesday, but if shes not, then the character Granny Frump will likely be a character. It was also revisited in the dance scene in Addams Family Values. Well, you are the outdoor type. A talented witch who's often present on the periphery of the family, Grandmama (Gomez's mother) is eccentric but not creepy by Addams standards. . Goody is also where part of Wednesday Addams psychic powers come from, as the two are both Ravens who possess strong and potent visions of the future. The minisodes are available on Crackle and Vudu. Though the Addams Family repeatedly proves that appearances can be deceiving, Fester undeniably has one of the most demented looks in the family, with his sunken yet impossibly wide eyes and his unsettling grin. "Oh sure, but now it's in the inside." La famiglia Addams (The Addams Family) un film del 1991 diretto da Barry Sonnenfeld, al suo debutto come regista cinematografico.. Il film un adattamento delle vignette di Charles Addams con protagonisti i personaggi della famiglia Addams, rifacendosi direttamente principalmente a esse e in misura molto minore al telefilm degli anni sessanta.. Nel 1993 stato distribuito il sequel La . 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