Grandmama (The Addams Family)
| Eudora Addams | |
|---|---|
| The Addams Family character | |
| First appearance | The New Yorker cartoon, (1938) |
| Created by | Charles Addams |
| Portrayed by |
Blossom Rock (first television series) Jane Rose (Halloween with the New Addams Family) Judith Malina (first film) Carol Kane (second film) Alice Ghostley (third film) Betty Phillips (second television series) Jackie Hoffman (musical) |
| Information | |
| Nickname(s) | Grandmama Grandma Frump Granny |
| Aliases | Eudora Addams (Original TV series and second series) |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Witch/Fortune teller |
| Family |
Gomez (son) Fester (son) Morticia (daughter-in-law) Wednesday (granddaughter) Pugsley (grandson) Pubert (grandson) Itt (nephew) Grandpa Slurp (father) Grandma Mooma (mother) Uncle Jestser (brother) Meema (grandmother) |
| Nationality | Spanish American |
Grandmama, also known as Grandmama Frump, Grandmama Addams or Mama or Granny is a fictional character within The Addams Family, created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. Her given name is Eudora or Esmeralda
Grandmama first appeared in Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons, sometimes with the rest of the family, sometimes solitarily. She is usually shown stirring potions and doing other witch-like things. According to Charles Addams she is Gomez Addams's mother, and they share the same dark skin pigments.
Grandmama is the grandmother of the Addams children, Pugsley and Wednesday Addams, although her relationship to the other family members is less clear. Grandmama is known for her cynical—and sometimes morbid—sense of humor and her recreational interest in the occult. She is often shown concocting various potions, spells and hexes for a multitude of purposes, and even dabbles in fortune-telling. In the episode "Halloween, Addams Style," when a neighbor claims to have seen a witch on the family's roof, she declares this untrue as she was just up there herself and saw no one, indicating that she does not consider herself a "witch" by the standards the family follows. One of her favorite hobbies is wrestling alligators. She is probably best recognized for her gray frizzy hair and her shawl.
Grandma Addams is foolishly good-natured... A closely knit family, the real head being Morticia — although each of the others is a definite character — except for Grandma, who is easily led. Many of the troubles they have as a family are due to Grandma's fumbling, weak character.
Grandmama is the grandmother of the Addams children, Pugsley and Wednesday Addams, although her relationship to the other family members is somewhat inconsistent in the various incarnations of the family. In Charles Addams' original The New Yorker cartoon strips, the character was referred to as Grandma Frump, therefore making her Morticia's mother. For the original television series — as well as The New Addams Family, in which she is named Eudora Addams — her relationship to the family is retconned and she becomes Gomez's mother. However, both the feature films and animated television series conform to Charles Addams' original concept of Grandmama as Wednesday's and Pugsley's maternal grandmother.
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