Aileen Quinn was only 9 years old when was chosen to play a red-headed orphan, beating 8,000 young girls for the role – and it forever changed her life. The child actress skyrocketed to fame overnight ...

Set during the Great Depression, the 1982 movie Annie uses an ensemble cast to tell the rags-to-riches story of a plucky 10-year-old living in a New York City orphanage with a mean-spirited, ...

The Annie story is based on the comic strip series Little Orphan Annie, which followed the adventures of a young orphan girl and her dog as they get a new lease on life thanks to her adoptive father, ...