Little Orphan Annie
/ˌlɪtl ɔːfn ˈæni/
/ˌlɪtl ɔːrfn ˈæni/
- a popular US newspaper comic strip. It was begun in 1924 by Harold Gray (1894-1968) and continued until 1979. The main characters are Annie, whose parents are dead, her dog Sandy, and rich 'Daddy' Warbucks who looks after her. They also appeared in a radio series and the Broadway musical Annie (1977), which became a film (1982).