Annie Oakley

thumb|300px|Annie Oak in Elmo's Backyard
Annie Oakley (1890-1926) was a famous sharpshooter and a headlining star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She acquired her shooting skills as a child in order to help feed her family. Her acclaim reached international status, performing before Queen Victoria and other crowned heads of Europe. The phrase "a regular Annie Oakley" became a popular term for any woman who was a skilled shot.
In popular culture, loosely historical versions of Oakley have featured in a 1935 Barbara Stanwyck film, the musical Annie Get Your Gun, a 1950s syndicated television series, comic books, and an installment of Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends.
==References==
*Muppet Magazine issue 24 includes a "Baby Fozzie's Joke File" feature with a Wild West theme. One of the jokes asks "What did the western acorn want to be when it grew up?" The answer is Annie Oaktree.
*Skeeter portrays Skeetie Oakley in the sixth season Muppet Babies episode "The Green Ranger."
*The pilot Elmo's Backyard featured a talking tree in Elmo's yard named Annie Oak.
==Connections==
see Annie Get Your Gun for more
*Geraldine Chaplin played Annie Oakley in Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976 film) 
*Jamie Lee Curtis played Annie Oakley in a Tall Tales & Legends episode (1985)
*Reba McEntire played Annie Oakley in Buffalo Girls (1995 TV movie)
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Category:Historical References