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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Wednesday's Child is Filled With Woe

Born in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands with the name Lisa Ann DeCinces Lisa Loring became an American Child actress. Her career started when her parents divorced and she and her mother moved to Los Angeles. Her first role on television was on "Dr. Kildare" where she worked with worked with Blossom Rock who would later play her Grandmother on "The Addams Family". Lisa Loring was cast as the daughter Wednesday. She worked on the series from 1964 - 1966 appearing in 37 episodes. After the series went off the air she was cast in the ill fated "Phyllis Diller Show" sometimes know as "The Pruitts of Southhampton". Loring worked on and off in television throughout the 1970's and 1980's as an actress and make up artist. She was working on a make up artist when she met her third husband.
Lisa Loring's mother died when she was young due to chronic alcoholism and Loring married her first husband at the age of 16. The marriage lasted only one year. She married a second time this time the marriage lasted two years. Her third husband was named Jerry Butler. Jerry Butler was a porn actor. He was working on a movie called "Tracie's Big Trick". 
Her husband's involvement in pornography was a major problem in their marriage. He claimed to have gotten out of the business but in reality he was working in films behind her back. The couple appeared on "Dateline NBC" and "The Sally Jesse Raphael Show" discussing the problems the pornography industry had on their marriage. He described himself as "addicted to the lifestyle".
Lisa Loring also admitted to being a heroine addict during her last marriage. After her divorce she was able get off of heroine. She worked then for a while in the hospitality industry. In 2011 she returned to working in the film industry as an actress.

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