fiction.wikisort.org - Character

Morticia Addams (née Frump) is a fictional character from The Addams Family television and film series. The character was created by the cartoonist Charles Addams in 1933.

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2008) This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. (January 2022)

Morticia Addams
The Addams Family character
Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams in the 1960s television series
Created by	Charles Addams
Portrayed by	Carolyn Jones (1964) Anjelica Huston (1991, 1993 films) Daryl Hannah (1998) Ellie Harvie (1998) Bebe Neuwirth, Brooke Shields (2010) Samantha Womack (2017) Catherine Zeta-Jones (2022)
Voiced by	Janet Waldo (1973) Nancy Linari (1992) Charlize Theron (2019, 2021)
In-universe information
Family	Uncle Fester (brother-in-law or uncle, depending on the version) Grandmama Addams (mother or mother in law, depending on the version) Ophelia Frump (sister) Cousin Itt (cousin-in-law) Debbie Addams (née Jellinsky) (sister-in-law, Addams Family Values)
Spouse	Gomez Addams (husband) Rupert Styx (ex-fiancé)
Children	Wednesday Addams (daughter) Pugsley Addams (son) Pubert Addams (youngest son, Addams Family Values) Wednesday Jr. (youngest daughter, Halloween with the New Addams Family) Pugsley Jr. (youngest son, Halloween with the New Addams Family)

Cartoons

Morticia first appeared in Charles Addams' newspaper cartoons[1] as the stern, aloof matriarch of the family. She often appeared with the rest of the family, and was, along with Gomez and Grandmama, one of the few members to actually speak in the cartoons.

Background

Morticia is the wife of Gomez Addams and mother of Wednesday, Pugsley and Pubert Addams. The character originated in the Charles Addams cartoons for The New Yorker magazine in the 1930s. In the cartoons, none of the family members had names. When the characters were adapted to the 1964 television series, Charles Addams' selection of her name was inspired by "mortician". Morticia's 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 (Uncle Fester's sister) was named Hester Frump (played by Margaret Hamilton). Her mother-in-law is Grandmama Addams. In the 1990s Addams Family films, familial relationships are changed for the characters of Grandmama and Fester. Grandmama is actually Morticia's mother, not Gomez's, while Fester is Gomez's brother, not Morticia's uncle.

The real head of the family ... low-voiced, incisive and subtle, smiles are rare...ruined beauty ... contemptuous and original and with fierce family loyalty ... even in disposition, muted, witty, sometimes deadly ... given to low-keyed rhapsodies about her garden of deadly nightshade, henbane and dwarf’s hair ...[2]

— Charles Addams

Morticia is described as a witch; she is slim, with extremely pale skin and long flowing straight black hair. In one episode she is seen wearing a black pointed hat. She commonly wears black hobble dresses to match her hair, tightly form fitting, with a fringe of octopus-like cloth "tentacles" at the lower hem. According to Wednesday, Morticia applies baking powder to her face instead of actual makeup. 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 seen freely strumming a Japanese shamisen. She frequently enjoys cutting the buds off of roses, which she discards (keeping only the stems), likes cutting out paper dolls with three heads and making sweaters with three arms, collecting the mail from the hand-in-the-box Thing, and cooking unusual concoctions for her husband, including eye of newt. Her personal pet is Cleopatra, a fictitious breed of carnivorous plant called an African Strangler, to which she feeds hamburgers and various other meats.

Morticia's family tree can be traced back to Salem, Massachusetts, and witchcraft is also implied at times in the television series.[3] For example, Morticia likes to "smoke," an activity that does not involve cigarettes or cigars (such as her husband frequently enjoys), but smoke instead emanates directly from her.[4]

In 2009, she was included in Yahoo!'s Top 10 TV Moms from Six Decades of Television for the time period 1964–1966.[5] AOL named her one of the 100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters.[6]

In other media

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 Disney character Magica De Spell, first designed and drawn by Carl Barks for the Donald Duck universe.[7] Natasha Fatale, a villain from the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, was also based on Morticia's design.[8]

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 portrays Morticia in the Netflix series Wednesday.[9]

Relationships

Family tree

Addams family tree
Grandmama[lower-roman 1][n 1] Debbie Jellinsky[n 2] Uncle Fester[lower-roman 1] Cousin Itt[lower-roman 1] Margaret Alford[n 2] Tully Alford Mal Beineke[n 3] Alice Beineke[n 3] Gomez Addams Morticia Addams (née Frump)[lower-roman 1][lower-roman 2] Rupert Styx[n 4] Lucas Beineke[lower-roman 3] Wednesday Addams[lower-roman 1][lower-roman 4][lower-roman 5] Pugsley Addams[lower-roman 1] Pubert Addams[lower-roman 6][n 2] Wednesday Addams Jr.[n 5] Pugsley Addams Jr.[n 5]
Notes: "Altogether Ooky: The Addams Family Tree". Family Tree Magazine. Retrieved November 3, 2020. "Morticia Addams: A Witch Icon Worthy Of All The Praise". SyFy Wire. Retrieved March 13, 2019. "Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Addams Family on Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved November 3, 2020. "Here's how Wednesday Addams got her name". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 13, 2018. "The Many Shades of Wednesday Addams". The New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2019. "11 things you never knew about Addams Family Values". Digital Spy. Retrieved November 3, 2020. 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. Established in the 1993 film Addams Family Values. Established in the Broadway musical The Addams Family. Established in the 1964 episode "Halloween with the Addams Family". Established in the 1977 film Halloween with the New Addams Family.

See also

• Vampira
• Elvira
• Lily Munster

References

External links

• Morticia Addams at the IMDb (Archived)

На других языках

---

- [en] Morticia Addams

---

[es] Morticia Addams

Morticia A. Addams es el personaje ficticio de The Addams Family creada por el dibujante Charles Addams. Es la esposa de Gomez Addams y madre de Pugsley Addams y Wednesday Addams.

---

[it] Morticia Addams

Morticia Addams, da nubile Morticia Frump, anche nota nei doppiaggi italiani come Mortisia Addams o Mortiria Addams[2], è un personaggio immaginario creato da Charles Addams il 6 agosto 1938[1] per le vignette sul quotidiano The New Yorker.[1] Morticia fa parte del gruppo dei personaggi della famiglia Addams, è la moglie di Gomez, madre di Mercoledì e Pugsley e nuora o figlia della Nonna, a seconda delle versioni. Morticia è la matriarca e vero capo della famiglia Addams ed è uno dei primissimi personaggi che la compongono a essere stato creato da Addams.[1]

---

---