Grandmama (The Addams Family)

Grandmama
The Addams Family character
Auber Tully, as Grandmama
First appearanceThe New Yorker (1938)
Created byCharles Addams
Portrayed byBlossom 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 byJanet Waldo (1973)
Carol Channing (1992–1993)
Bette Midler (2019, 2021)
In-universe information
Full nameEudora Addams (in The New Addams Family)
Hester Frump (in Wednesday)
GenderFemale
OccupationWitch
SpouseFather Addams (husband, 1991 film; deceased)
Children
Relatives
  • Morticia (daughter-in-law)
  • Wednesday (granddaughter)
  • Pugsley (grandson)
  • Pubert (younger grandson, Addams Family Values)
  • Wednesday Jr. (younger granddaughter, Halloween with the New Addams Family)
  • Pugsley Jr. (youngest grandson, Halloween with the New Addams Family)
  • Itt (cousin)
  • Granny Frump (sister-in-law)
  • Ophelia Frump (daughter-in-law)
  • Debbie Addams (née Jellinsky) (daughter-in-law, Addams Family Values; deceased)

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.