Background
She grew up in Hawaii and later moved to Los Angeles with her mother. Her mother died of alcoholism in 1974.
She grew up in Hawaii and later moved to Los Angeles with her mother. Her mother died of alcoholism in 1974.
She is best known for having played Wednesday Addams on the 1964-1966 sitcom The Addams Family. She began modeling at age three and appeared in an episode of Doctor Kildare which aired in 1964. She joined the cast of American Broadcasting Company sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton in 1966.
After her childhood career, she also was a cast member of the Columbia Broadcasting System soap opera As the World Turns from 1981 to 1983, where she created the role of Cricket Montgomery.
