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Musical actress Aileen Quinn beat out 8,000 young girls for the role that would change her life. After working as an understudy on the Broadway production, Quinn was cast as the lead in the film adaptation of the musical "Annie," the story of a optimistic redheaded orphan who goes to stay with a wealthy industrialist. The movie was released in 1982 and Quinn's performances are also featu...

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Multiple Sarcasms (2010)

How to Seduce Difficult Women (2009)

The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston (1983)

Andy Williams' Early New England Christmas (1982)

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Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) President Roosevelt Called Three Times

Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) She's A Drunk!

Biography

Musical actress Aileen Quinn beat out 8,000 young girls for the role that would change her life. After working as an understudy on the Broadway production, Quinn was cast as the lead in the film adaptation of the musical "Annie," the story of a optimistic redheaded orphan who goes to stay with a wealthy industrialist. The movie was released in 1982 and Quinn's performances are also featured on the film's official soundtrack. Quinn also participated in the made-for-television documentary "Lights, Camera, Annie!." The role earned her a nomination for the 1983 Golden Globe Award for New Female Star of the Year. Following "Annie," in 1986, Quinn played the role of Princess Zora in the live action film adaptation of the fairy tale "The frog Prince," opposite John Paragon as Ribbit/Prince of Freedly. Quinn appears on the soundtracks for a 1982 Japanese anime version of "The Wizard of Oz" as the voice of the title character, Dorothy Gale; 1986's "The Frog Prince," and "Addams Family Values." She continued her theater work, touring with the traveling productions of "Peter Pan" and "Fiddler on the Roof." Focusing more on the stage, she last appeared in the film "Multiple Sarcasms" in 2010 as a school secretary.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Multiple Sarcasms (2010)

How to Seduce Difficult Women (2009)

Music (Feature Film)

Cast (Special)

The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston (1983)

Andy Williams' Early New England Christmas (1982)

Life Events

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Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) President Roosevelt Called Three Times After a big musical number celebrating her arrival at the home of billionaire Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks (Albert Finney), Aileen Quinn (the “Little Orphan” title character) hides as the man makes his first appearance, confronting his aide Miss Farrell (Ann Reinking), in producer Ray Stark and director John Huston’s Annie, 1982.

Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) She's A Drunk! Hired orphanage boss Miss Hannigan (Carol Burnett) had assumed she was about to get busted for various drunken deeds but is much happier when she realizes Miss Farrell (Ann Reinking) represents a billionaire interested in temporary adoption, the title character (Aileen Quinn) volunteering, early in Annie, 1982.

Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here A bigger-still production number, shot inside Wilson Hall, Monmouth University in Long Branch, NJ, John Huston directing with choreography by Arlene Phillips to a tune by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin from the original Broadway hit, Aileen Quinn (title character) supported by Anne Reinking (as Miss Farrell) and other members of the Warbucks household, in Annie, 1982.

Annie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) It's The Hard-Knock Life Immediately following the restrained first number, the girls (Aileen Queen the “Little Orphan” title character, Toni Ann Gisondi as little Molly) have scared up their minder, Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan, director John Huston exercising a tight grip in his first musical, song by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, choreography by Arlene Phillips, production design by Dale Hennesy, in producer Ray Stark’s Annie, 1982.

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