Daddy Warbucks
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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
Twelve-year-old newcomer Celina Smith has the title role, backed by co-stars Harry Connick Jr. as Annie’s rescuer, Daddy Warbucks, and Taraji P. Henson as the orphanage’s callous Miss Hannigan.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
The happy ending, in which Annie is united with Daddy Warbucks, has Grace marrying Daddy Warbucks, played by Garber, who is white.
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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