Daddy Warbucks

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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 original is no classic, though its charms — Albert Finney’s benignly belligerent Daddy Warbucks, Carol Burnett’s splendidly ratty Miss Hannigan, a stirring round of “Tomorrow” with the Roosevelts — are considerable.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2020

“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