Known from movies

The Addams family (1964-1966)
as Wednesday Addams

As the World Changes (1981)
as Cricket Montgomery

Blood Madness (1987)
as Dory

Death Feud (1987)
as Roxey



Who is Lisa Loring?

Lisa Ann DeCinces was born on February 16, 1958 in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, and is an actress, perhaps best known for her work in the 1960s sitcom “The Addams Family”, playing the character of Wednesday Addams. She played the role for two years and later worked on other television projects and also appeared in films.

Lisa Loring’s net worth

As of early 2020, Lisa Loring’s net worth is estimated to be over $500,000 earned through a successful career in the acting profession, in the entertainment industry from the 1950s to the 1980s. Since then she has led a mostly quiet life apart from the drama of her previous marriages.

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Early life and career beginnings

Lisa was born in the Marshall Islands, where her father served in the United States Navy. The islands are close collaborators of the US in the Pacific, although the islands themselves are independent of US administration. There is a military presence there due to its geographical location. Her parents’ relationship did not last long and soon she moved to Hawaii with her mother.

She grew up in Hawaii and then returned to the mainland when she settled in Los Angeles with her mother – her mother had many problems growing up, mainly due to an addiction to alcohol. Her career in the entertainment industry started as a child, when she started getting modeling opportunities.

This led to her first television appearance, a guest role on the show “Dr. Kildare’, based on the character Dr. James Kildare created by author Frederick Schiller Faust. The character was very popular in movies in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as subsequent TV series.

The Addams Family – Rise to Fame

Shortly after her appearance in “Dr. Kildare”, she was cast in the sitcom “The Addams Family” which ran from 1964 to 1966. The show is based on the cartoons created by Charles Addams, whose recurring characters were later associated with each other, creating the Addams family. the show only lasted two years, it became iconic, mainly because of the theme song which was written by composer Vic Mizzy.

Lisa’s fame grew thanks to the show, with many people associating her with her character, Wednesday Addams.

She was then cast in another sitcom, “The Pruitts of Southampton” which also aired on ABC for a year. The show is inspired by Patrick Dennis’s novel “House Party” and tells the story of the titular Pruitt family – the show was an attempt to make Phyllis Diller stand out like Lucille Ball’s success, but it ultimately failed and is considered as one of the worst TV shows of all time. After working there, Lisa took a long break from acting, continuing with school.

There was a possibility that she would end her career, especially after the events in her teens where she started a family.

Return to Acting

After raising a child and being away from the business for a few years, Lisa returned as a regular cast member of the soap opera “As the World Turns”, portraying the character Cricket Montgomery. At 54 years, the soap ranks as the third longest continuous run of a daytime soap opera, surpassed only by “General Hospital” and its sister show “Guiding Light”. Set in a fictional town, the show follows several families led by professionals in the medical and legal fields.

After her work there, which lasted about three years, Lisa had a series of horror films, her last projects. In 1987, she starred in “Blood Frenzy,” directed by Hal Freeman, and tells the story of a psychiatrist who embarks on a journey with patients as part of therapy when they are pursued by a serial killer. Her last film was the 1988 slasher “Iced”, which also starred Debra De Liso, Doug Stevenson and Elizabeth Gorcey, in the story of a group of friends who receive an invitation to a remote ski resort, where they are then targeted by a killer. . .

Later Career and Jerry Butler

Before you retire acting, Loring worked as a make-up artist to make ends meet. She also wrote a bit, but only found herself in the porn industry as part of the porn movie production crew. While working there, she met and began a relationship with pornographic actor Jerry Butler, whom she had first worked with on the set of “Traci’s Big Dick”. The two later married and she was initially fine with him continuing to work in the porn industry as he was no longer working as an actor.

Over the years, however, his involvement began to wear her down, and Butler began secretly performing in several porn shoots without her consent.

In the 1990s, she appeared on the show “Dateline NBC” with her husband, where he expressed that he was ashamed of his behavior and that he had become addicted to his life in porn. The two also appeared on the “Sally Jessy Raphael Show” where Loring threatened that their marriage would fall apart. The two eventually broke up and that was the final straw that led him to leave the porn industry for good.

Private life

Before meeting and marrying Butler, Lisa’s first notable relationship was with Farrell Foumberg, a childhood sweetheart with whom she had a daughter when she was only 15 years old.

The two married before the birth of their daughter, but only stayed together for a year. She met her next husband in the late 1970s, actor Doug Stevenson who was known for his work on the soap opera “Search for Tomorrow” – they also had a child, but their marriage lasted only two years. After her documented issues with Butler, they divorced in 1992 after five years of marriage. She was out of the spotlight for years, but in 2003 it was announced that she had married Graham Rich. They reportedly split in 2008, but didn’t file for divorce until sometime in 2014. It is unknown if they went through with the divorce, or what Lisa’s current situation is.

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia