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Give a lot of credit to NBC’s two winning leads: Celina Smith as the wide-eyed waif Annie and the crooner Harry Connick Jr. as the bossy Daddy Warbucks.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

This time the fabulous Taraji P. Henson gets ham up Miss Hannigan's solo "Little Girls," and Harry Connick Jr. plays the emotionally closed-off billionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2021

Celina Smith has the title role, backed by co-stars including Harry Connick Jr. as Annie’s rescuer, Daddy Warbucks, and Taraji P. Henson as the orphanage’s callous Miss Hannigan.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2021

“The network was very concerned about me marrying Daddy Warbucks at the end,” McDonald recalled.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2019

My favorite was Little Orphan Annie, the strip about an orphan girl named Annie who gets adopted by a bald millionaire named Daddy Warbucks.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm


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