Morticia Addams

Morticia Addams (née Frump) is a fictional character from The Addams

Family television and film series. The character was created by cartoonist Charles Morticia Addams
Addams in 1933. The Addams Family character

Contents
Cartoons
Background
In other media
Relationships
Family tree
See also
References
External links Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams
in the 1960s television series

Cartoons Created Charles Addams

by
Morticia first appeared in Charles Addams' newspaper cartoons[1] as the stern, Portrayed Carolyn Jones (1964
aloof matriarch of the family. She often appeared with the rest of the family, and by series)

was, along with Gomez and Grandmama, one of the few members to actually Anjelica Huston (1991 &
speak in the cartoons. 1993 films)

Daryl Hannah (Addams

Background Family Reunion)

Ellie Harvie (The New

Morticia is the wife of Gomez Addams and mother of Wednesday, Pugsley and Addams Family)

Pubert Addams. The character originated in the Charles Addams cartoons for The Bebe Neuwirth, Brooke
New Yorker magazine in the 1930s. In the cartoons, none of the family members Shields (2010 musical)

had names. When the characters were adapted to the 1964 television series, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Charles Addams' selection of her name was inspired by "mortician". Morticia's (Wednesday)
maiden name is "Frump" and she has an older sister named Ophelia (also played
by Carolyn Jones, in the original TV series). In the television series, her mother Voiced by Janet Waldo (1973
(Uncle Fester's sister) was named Hester Frump (played by Margaret Hamilton). animated series)

Her mother-in-law is Grandmama Addams. In the 1990s Addams Family films, Nancy Linari (1992
familial relationships are changed for the characters of Grandmama and Fester. animated series)

Grandmama is actually Morticia's mother, not Gomez's, while Fester is Gomez's Charlize Theron (2019
brother, not Morticia's uncle. and 2021 films)
In-universe information
The real head of the family  ... low-voiced, incisive and subtle, smiles Family Uncle Fester (brother-
are rare...ruined beauty ... contemptuous and original and with fierce
in-law or uncle,
family loyalty ... even in disposition, muted, witty, sometimes deadly ...
depending on the
given to low-keyed rhapsodies about her garden of deadly nightshade,
henbane and dwarf’s hair ...[2] version)

Grandmama Addams
— Charles Addams (mother or mother in
law, depending on the
Morticia is described as a witch; she is slim, with extremely pale skin and long version)

flowing straight black hair. In one episode she is seen wearing a black pointed hat. Ophelia Frump (sister)

She commonly wears black hobble dresses to match her hair, tightly form fitting, Cousin Itt (cousin-in-
with a fringe of octopus-like cloth "tentacles" at the lower hem. According to law)

Wednesday, Morticia applies baking powder to her face instead of actual makeup.
Debbie Addams (née
In each episode, she easily allures her husband Gomez by speaking French (or any
other foreign language for that matter). Morticia is musically inclined, and is often Jellinsky) (sister-in-law,
seen freely strumming a Japanese shamisen. She frequently enjoys cutting the Addams Family Values)
buds off of roses, which she discards (keeping only the stems), likes cutting out Spouse Gomez Addams
paper dolls with three heads and making sweaters with three arms, collecting the (husband)

mail from the hand-in-the-box Thing, and cooking unusual concoctions for her Rupert Styx (ex-fiancé)
husband, including eye of newt. Her personal pet is Cleopatra, a fictitious breed of
Children Wednesday Addams
carnivorous plant called an African Strangler, to which she feeds hamburgers and
other various meat. (daughter)

Pugsley Addams (son)

Morticia's family tree can be traced back to Salem, Massachusetts, and witchcraft Pubert Addams
is also implied at times in the television series.[3] For example, Morticia likes to (youngest son, Addams
"smoke," an activity that does not involve cigarettes or cigars (such as her Family Values)

husband frequently enjoys), but smoke instead emanates from below her.[4] Wednesday Jr.
(youngest daughter,
In 2009, she was included in Yahoo!'s Top 10 TV Moms from Six Decades of
Halloween with the New
Television for the time period 1964–1966.[5] AOL named her one of the 100 Most
Memorable Female TV Characters.[6] Addams Family)

Pugsley Jr. (youngest

son, Halloween with the
In other media New Addams Family)

Morticia was portrayed by Carolyn Jones in the TV series, and Halloween with
the New Addams Family TV movie, and by Anjelica Huston in The Addams
Family and its sequel Addams Family Values. 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 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 De
Spell, first designed and drawn by Carl Barks.[7] Natasha Fatale, a villain from the Anjelica Huston as Morticia in the
Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, was also based on Morticia's design.[8] 1991 film The Addams Family.

Morticia is voiced by Charlize Theron in The Addams Family (2019). Theron

reprised her role in the sequel, which was released on October 1, 2021.

Catherine Zeta-Jones will portray Morticia in upcoming Netflix series Wednesday.[9]

Relationships

Family tree
Addams family tree
Grandmama[i][n 1]

Debbie Jellinsky[n 2] Uncle Fester[i] Cousin Itt[i] Margaret Alford[n 2] Tully Alford

Morticia Addams
Rupert
Mal Beineke[n 3] Alice Beineke[n 3] Gomez Addams
(née Frump)[i][ii] Styx[n 4]

Wednesday Pubert
Lucas Beineke[iii] Pugsley Addams[i]
Addams[i][iv][v] Addams[vi][n 2]

Wednesday Addams Pugsley Addams

Jr.[n 5] Jr.[n 5]
Notes:
 i. "Altogether Ooky: The Addams Family Tree" (https://www.familytreemagazine.com/premium/addams-family-tree/). Family Tree
Magazine. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
ii. "Morticia Addams: A Witch Icon Worthy Of All The Praise" (https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/morticia-addams-a-witch-icon-worthy-of-
all-the-praise). SyFy Wire. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
iii. "Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Addams Family on Broadway" (https://www.playbill.com/article/celebrate-the-10th-annivers
ary-of-the-addams-family-on-broadway). Playbill. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
iv. "Here's how Wednesday Addams got her name" (https://news.avclub.com/here-s-how-wednesday-addams-got-her-name-1827970
234). The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
v. "The Many Shades of Wednesday Addams" (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/movies/wednesday-addams-family.html). The
New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
vi. "11 things you never knew about Addams Family Values" (https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a34446396/addams-family-values-tri
via/). Digital Spy. Retrieved November 3, 2020.

1. 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 had thought she was Morticia's mother. Morticia later says that

Grandmama "may not even be part of this family", referencing Grandmama's ever-changing relation to the family.
2. Established in the 1993 film Addams Family Values.
3. Established in the Broadway musical The Addams Family.
4. Established in the 1964 episode "Halloween with the Addams Family".
5. Established in the 1977 film Halloween with the New Addams Family.

See also
Vampira
Elvira
Lily Munster

References
1. "Charles Addams" (https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/addams_charles.htm). lambiek.net. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
2. "Tee & Charles Addams Foundation" (http://www.charlesaddams.com/). Tee & Charles Addams Foundation.
Retrieved 2021-03-29.
3. Season 1: Episode 5, "The Addams Family Tree"
4. Season 1: Episode 9, "The New Neighbors meet the Addams"
5. Adair, Aly (February 27, 2009). "Top 10 Favorite TV Moms" (https://web.archive.org/web/20121021092742/http://v
oices.yahoo.com/top-10-favorite-tv-moms-2778263.html?cat=25). Yahoo!. Archived from the original (http://voices.
yahoo.com/top-10-favorite-tv-moms-2778263.html?cat=25) on October 21, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
6. Potts, Kim (March 2, 2011). "100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters" (http://www.aoltv.com/2011/03/02/100-
most-memorable-female-tv-characters/). AOL TV. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
7. "Creating New DuckTales Art with Mondo | Disney Insider" (https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/2013/08/27/creating-n
ew-ducktales-art-with-mondo/). Oh My Disney. 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
8. "Alex Anderson interview" (https://web.archive.org/web/20101026035438/http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/interview
s/anderson/home.asp). Hogan's Alley. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original (http://cagle.msnbc.com/hoga
n/interviews/anderson/home.asp) on 26 October 2010.
9. Del Rosario, Alexandra (August 9, 2021). "Catherine Zeta-Jones Tapped To Play Morticia Addams For Netflix
'Wednesday' Series" (https://deadline.com/2021/08/catherine-zeta-jones-morticia-addams-netflix-wednesday-serie
s-1234811704/). Deadline Hollywood.

External links
Morticia Addams (https://web.archive.org/web/20150710125220/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0008925/) at
the Internet Movie Database (Archived)

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