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Wednesday (given Name)
Wednesday is a usually feminine given name, taken from the day of the week. It came into greater use after Charles Addams chose the name for Wednesday Addams on the 1964 television sitcom The Addams Family, which was based on the cartoons he originally published in ''The New Yorker'' magazine beginning in 1938. Addams based the name of the character on the line "Wednesday's child is full of woe" from the nursery rhyme ''Monday's Child''. Fifteen newborn American girls were given the name Wednesday in 1965, the year after the show first aired, and at least five American girls have been given the name in each of the years since 1965. Usage of the name has increased in the United States since 2006, prompted by revivals of the Wednesday Addams character, most recently in the 2022 Netflix streaming series ''Wednesday''. Actors Rupert Grint and Georgia Groome were inspired by Wednesday Addams when they named their daughter in 2020, a choice which drew media attention. In an interview, Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Loring
Lisa Loring (born Lisa Ann DeCinces; February 16, 1958 – January 28, 2023) was an American actress. She was best known for her work as a child actress from age six playing Wednesday Addams on the 1964–1966 sitcom ''The Addams Family (1964 TV series), The Addams Family''. Early life and career Loring was born on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, a Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, United Nations Trust Territory at the time, which had been administered by the United States. Her parents, Judith Ann (Callies) and James P. DeCinces, both served in the United States Navy, and divorced shortly after her birth. She grew up in Hawaii and later moved to Los Angeles with her mother. She began modeling at age three and appeared in an episode of ''Dr. Kildare (TV series), Dr. Kildare'', which aired in 1964. Her mother died of alcoholism in 1974 at age 34. Loring was best known for her role portraying Wednesday Addams in the sitcom ''The Addams Family'' (1964–1966). She was one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wednesday Addams
Wednesday Friday Addams is a character from the Addams Family multimedia franchise created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. She is typically portrayed as a morbid and emotionally reserved child that is fascinated by the macabre, often identified by her pale skin and black pigtails. Wednesday has been portrayed by several actresses in various films and television series, including Lisa Loring in the television series ''The Addams Family'' (1964–1966) and in the television film '' Halloween with the New Addams Family'' (1977); Christina Ricci in the feature films ''The Addams Family'' (1991) and '' Addams Family Values'' (1993); Nicole Fugere in the direct-to-video film '' Addams Family Reunion'' (1998) and in the television series '' The New Addams Family'' (1998–1999); and Jenna Ortega in the streaming television series ''Wednesday'' (2022). Origin Addams Family members were unnamed in ''The New Yorker'' cartoons that first appeared in 1938. The character that wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Addams Family
The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. They originally appeared in a series of 150 standalone single-panel comics, about half of which were originally published in ''The New Yorker'' between 1938 and their creator's death in 1988. They have since appeared in other media, such as television, film, video games, comic books, a musical, and merchandise. The Addams are an eccentric old-money clan who delight in the macabre and the grotesque and they are seemingly unaware or unconcerned that other people find them bizarre or frightening. The family members were unnamed until the 1960s. Matriarch Morticia and daughter Wednesday received their names when a licensed doll collection was released in 1962; patriarch Gomez and son Pugsley were named when the 1964 television series debuted. The Addams Family consists of Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children, Wednesday and Pugsley, and close family members Uncle Fester and Grandma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wednesday
Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the third day of the week. In English, the name is derived from Old English and Middle English , 'day of Woden', reflecting the religion practised by the Anglo-Saxons, the English equivalent to the Norse god Odin. In many Romance languages, such as the French , Spanish or Italian , the day's name is a calque of Latin 'day of Mercury'. Wednesday is in the middle of the common Western five-day workweek that starts on Monday and finishes on Friday. Etymology The name Wednesday continues Middle English . Old English still had , which would be continued as ''*Wodnesday'' (but Old Frisian has an attested ). By the early 13th century, the ''i''-mutated form was introduced unetymologically. The name is a calque of the Latin 'day of Mercury', reflecting the fact that the Germanic god Woden (Wodanaz or Odin) during the Roman era was interpreted as "Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Addams
Charles Samuel Addams (January 7, 1912 – September 29, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. Some of his recurring characters became known as the Addams Family, and were subsequently popularized through various adaptations. Early life Addams was born in Westfield, New Jersey. He was the son of Grace M. (née Spear; 1879–1943) and Charles Huey Addams (1873–1932), a piano company executive who had studied to be an architect. Known as "something of a rascal around the neighborhood," as childhood friends recalled, Addams was distantly related to U.S. presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, despite the different spellings of their last names, and was a first cousin twice removed to noted social reformer Jane Addams. Addams would enjoy the Presbyterian Cemetery on Mountain Avenue in Westfield as a child, where – according to author and Addams expert Ron MacCloskey – he would wonder what it was like to be dead. In the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Yorker
''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York Times''. Together with entrepreneur Raoul H. Fleischmann, they established the F-R Publishing Company and set up the magazine's first office in Manhattan. Ross remained the editor until his death in 1951, shaping the magazine's editorial tone and standards. ''The New Yorker''s fact-checking operation is widely recognized among journalists as one of its strengths. Although its reviews and events listings often focused on the Culture of New York City, cultural life of New York City, ''The New Yorker'' gained a reputation for publishing serious essays, long-form journalism, well-regarded fiction, and humor for a national and international audience, including work by writers such as Truman Capote, Vladimir Nabokov, and Alice Munro. In the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monday's Child
"Monday's Child" is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future from their day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with many such rhymes, there are several variants. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19526. Lyrics The following is a common modern version: Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go. Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living. But the child that is born on Sabbath day, Is bonny and blithe, good and gay.Iona Opie and Peter Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd ed., 1997), pp. 364–5. Origins This rhyme was first recorded in A. E. Bray's ''Traditions of Devonshire'' (Volume II, pp. 287–288) in 1836 and was later collected by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 301.6 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2025. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2025, Netflix is the 18th most-visited website in the world, with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 6.01%, Canada at 4.94%, and Brazil at 4.24%. History Launch as a mail-based renta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wednesday (TV Series)
''Wednesday'' is an American Supernatural fiction, supernatural mystery fiction, mystery Comedy film, comedy television series based on the character Wednesday Addams by Charles Addams. Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, it stars Jenna Ortega as the titular main character, with Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Naomi J. Ogawa, Christina Ricci, and Moosa Mostafa appearing in supporting roles. Four out of the eight episodes of the first season were directed by Tim Burton, who also serves as executive producer. The first season revolves around Wednesday Addams, who attempts to solve a murder mystery at her new school. Burton was previously approached to direct the 1991 film ''The Addams Family (1991 film), The Addams Family'' and was involved with a canceled stop-motion animated ''The Addams Family'' film. In October 2020, he was reported to be helming a television series, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Grint
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (; born 24 August 1988) is an English actor. He rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, for which he was cast at age eleven, having previously acted only in school plays and his local theatre group. Grint portrayed Weasley in all eight films in the series, beginning with ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001) and concluding with ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011). Since then, he has continued to work in film, television, and theatre. Beginning in 2002, Grint began to work outside of the ''Harry Potter'' franchise, with a co-leading role in '' Thunderpants''. He starred in the dramedy '' Driving Lessons'' (2006) and the drama '' Cherrybomb'' (2009) and co-starred in the comedy '' Wild Target'' (2010). After the ''Harry Potter'' series concluded, he appeared in the films '' Into the White'' (2012), '' Charlie Countryman'' (2013), ''CBGB'' (2013), '' Moonwalkers'' (2015), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Groome
Georgia Isobel Groome (born 11 February 1992) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in the films ''London to Brighton'' (2006) and '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' (2008). Early life Groome was born on 11 February 1992 in Nottingham, the daughter of Paul Groome (1963–2009), a publican and chef, and Fiona (née Tulloch) Watson, a drama and vocal coach. She resided in Swarkestone, Derbyshire. She has two sisters. Groome, at the age of nine, auditioned for a role in the touring stage version of the musical ''Annie Get Your Gun'' and got the part. She trained at her mother's performing arts school, at Nottingham Television Workshop, Derby Youth Theatre, and Trent College. Career Groome made her acting debut in the 2001 TV film, ''A Fish Out of Water.'' She subsequently played an orphan in an episode of the short-lived TV series, ''Dangerville.'' When Groome was 14, she was cast in her first feature film role in the British independent film ''London to Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wednesday Martin
Wendy "Wednesday" Martin is an American author and cultural critic who writes and comments on parenting, step-parenting, female sexuality, motherhood, and popular culture. She has written several books and for ''The New York Times'', ''The Atlantic'', ''Psychology Today'', ''The Huffington Post'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', and ''The Daily Telegraph''. Early life and education Martin was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Michigan where she studied anthropology, and she received a doctorate in comparative literature and cultural studies from Yale University. Her doctoral work examined early psychoanalysis and anthropology. Work Martin has taught literature and cultural studies at Yale, The New School, and Baruch College. In May 2009, Martin's memoir about her experience as a stepmother called ''Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel and Act the Way We Do'' was published. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
