Little Orphan Annie

Little Orphan Annie is a comic strip character created by Harold Gray in 1924, and since adapted for radio, animation, film, television, and most notably, the 1977 Broadway musical Annie. Gray's trademark was the pupil-less eyes of his characters.
==References==
* In the July 27, 1963 issue of TV Guide, Billy and Sue appear. Billy has deliberately blanked out eyes, accompanied by the caption "Sue and Billy: He loves Little Orphan Annie" (the "blanked eyes" joke had previously been used by Walt Kelly in Pogo.)
* In The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence, Annie's is one of several rotating portraits seen in a corner of the control room (along with Mona Lisa and Big Bird).
* Mr. Snuffleupagus places an order for a Little Orphan Annie ring (extra large) in Episode 0962 of Sesame Street.
* The song "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie was performed on The Muppet Show and A Special Sesame Street Christmas.
* A stylized version of Annie appears in a Sesame Street cartoon by Bruce Cayard about carrots, illustrating people referred to as "carrot tops" because of their red hair. 
* Fozzie Bear listens to a version of "Tomorrow" from the Annie musical in the November 6, 1982 edition of The Muppets comic strip.
* In the sixth season Muppet Babies episode "Comic Capers," Baby Fozzie manipulates Baby Scooter in a computer drawing program, at one point turning him into Annie.
* Baby Piggy imagines herself as Annie in "This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood" with Baby Rowlf as Sandy, singing a parody of "Tomorrow." Their eyes are blanked out, as in the original comic strip.
* In the waiting area for the Sesame Place stage show Elmo the Musical Live, a poster for "Abby" is used on the wall. The tagline reads, "The Sun Will Twinkle Tomorrow!"
* In Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet, an allusion is made to "Lil' Orphaned Piggy" a Broadway play that Miss Piggy starred in, a spoof of the Annie musical.
* At Sesame Street at SeaWorld, the backstage theater area has a rack of costumes used for the Sesame Street Community Theater. Among them is Annie's iconic red dress.
==Connections==
*Tituss Burgess played Rooster Hannigan in Annie Live!
*Carol Burnett played Miss Hannigan in the 1982 film
*Rose Byrne played Grace Farrell in the 2014 film
*Nell Carter played Miss Hannigan in the 1997 Broadway revival
*Kristin Chenoweth played Lily St. Regis in the 1999 TV movie
*Joan Collins played Lady Edwina Hogbottom in the 1995 TV movie Annie: A Royal Adventure!
*Harry Connick, Jr. played Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks in Annie Live!
*Alan Cumming played Rooster Hannigan in the 1999 TV movie
*Tim Curry played Rooster Hannigan in the 1982 film
*Cameron Diaz plays Miss Hannigan in the 2014 film
*Sutton Foster played the "Star to Be," Ronnie Boylan, Cecille, a dogcatcher, and ensemble roles in the 1997 revival
*Jamie Foxx plays William Stacks in the 2014 film
*Victor Garber played Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks in the 1999 TV movie
*Fred Garbo played a background juggler in the 1982 film version
*I. M. Hobson played Drake in the 1982 film version
*Geoffrey Holder played Punjab in the 1982 film version
*Jane Lynch played Miss Hannigan during the second Broadway revival (May to July 2013)
*Audra McDonald played Grace Farrell in the in the 1999 TV movie
*Peter Marshall played Bert Healy in the 1982 film version
*Rob Marshall directed the 1999 television adaptation
*Michael Moschen played a background juggler in the 1982 film version
*Sarah Jessica Parker played July (an orphan) and then took over as Annie on Broadway (ca. 1979-1980)
*Bernadette Peters played Lily St. Regis in the 1982 film
*Vic Polizos played the beat cop in the 1999 TV movie
*Jon Richards played Frack in the 1982 film version
*Allison Smith played Annie during the Broadway run, ca. 1980-1981
*Olan Soule played Aha the cook in the 1930s Little Orphan Annie radio serial
*Sally Struthers played Miss Hannigan in the 1998 20th Anniversary National Tour
*Raquel Welch played Little Orphan Annie in a comedy skit in the 1972 special The Funny Papers
*Anneliese van der Pol played July in the 2012 Broadway revival
==External links==
*Toonopedia
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