Grandmama (The Addams Family)
| Grandmama | |
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| The Addams Family character | |
Auber Tully, as Grandmama | |
| First appearance | The New Yorker (1938) |
| Created by | Charles Addams |
| Portrayed by | Blossom Rock (1964–1966) Jane Rose (1977) Judith Malina (1991) Carol Kane (1993) Alice Ghostley (1998) Betty Phillips (1998–1999) Jackie Hoffman (2010) Joanna Lumley (2025) |
| Voiced by | Janet Waldo (1973) Carol Channing (1992–1993) Bette Midler (2019, 2021) |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Eudora Addams (in The New Addams Family) Hester Frump (in Wednesday) |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Witch |
| Spouse | Father Addams (husband, 1991 film; deceased) |
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Grandmama is a fictional character in The Addams Family franchise, created by cartoonist Charles Addams and first appearing in his The New Yorker cartoons in 1938. She is the grandmother of Wednesday Addams and Pugsley Addams. Across various adaptations, her exact familial relationship shifts, as she is sometimes portrayed as the mother of Gomez Addams and at other times that of Morticia Addams. The role has been played or voiced by numerous performers, including Blossom Rock, Judith Malina, Carol Kane, Bette Midler and Joanna Lumley.