The Addams Family

Anjelica Huston (Actor) .. Morticia Addams

Born: July 08, 1951 in Santa Monica, California

Best Known For: Her long relationship with Jack Nicholson.

Early-life: Born July 8, 1951, in Santa Monica, California. She's the daughter of famed director and actor John Huston and his second wife, Ricki Soma, a prima ballerina who died in a car accident when Anjelica was 18. She has a brother and two half-siblings. Although raised mostly in Europe, she returned to the US following her mother's death, where she began a successful modelling career. She also dabbled in acting, taking small roles in some of her father's films.

Career: In the late-1970s, Huston decided to concentrate on acting. Early notable roles came in The Postman Always Rings Twice, Frances, This is Spinal Tap and The Ice Pirates. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1985's Prizzi's Honour, which was directed by her father - making her the third generation of her family to win the award (the first was her grandfather, actor Walter Huston, the second her dad John). A year later she appeared alongside Michael Jackson in the Disney film Captain Eo. Other memorable movies include The Witches, The Addams Family (and its sequel), The Royal Tenenbaums and The Darjeeling Limited. She also had a lead role in musical TV drama Smash.

Quote: 'There were times when I hated my nose. But you grow up and you start to recognise that maybe it wasn't a bad thing that you weren't born Barbie.'

Trivia: In 2014, Huston published her memoir, Watch Me.

Raul Julia (Actor) .. Gomez Addams

Christopher Lloyd (Actor) .. Fester Addams

Christina Ricci (Actor) .. Wednesday Addams

Born: February 12, 1980 in Santa Monica, California

Best Known For: Playing Wednesday in two Addams Family movies.

Early-life: Christina Ricci was born on February 12, 1980, in Santa Monica, California, but was raised in New Jersey. She's the youngest of four children. Her father was a psychiatrist who specialised in scream therapy. Ricci, on hearing his patients, would re-enact their behaviour for her mother. Her parents split up in 1993. She's never had any formal acting training, but a movie critic spotted her in a school pageant and encouraged her parents to find her an agent.

Career: Ricci made her film debut in 1990's Mermaids and has rarely been out of work since. After starring in 1993's Addams Family Values, she became disillusioned with her education and began attending The Professional Children's School - one of her classmates was Macaulay Culkin. She made the transition from child star to respected actress with 1997's The Ice Storm. Movies since include Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Opposite of Sex, Sleepy Hollow, and Monster. She also produced the films Prozac Nation and Pumpkin, and appeared in a memorable Grey's Anatomy two-episode storyline in 2006. Her recent projects include Penelope, Speed Racer, New York, I Love You and short-lived period drama Pan Am.

Quote: 'If I hadn't gone into acting, I would have been one of those weird runaways on Hollywood Boulevard.'

Trivia: She voiced the character Lilly in Alpha and Omega.

Carel Struycken (Actor) .. Lurch

Jimmy Workman (Actor) .. Pugsley Addams

Judith Malina (Actor) .. Granny Addams

Dana Ivey (Actor) .. Margaret Alford

Barry Sonnenfeld (Director)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm, Sunday, May 24 on ITV2 +1 (29)

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