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Aileen Quinn as Annie Warbucks, a 10-year-old orphan girl. Quinn was chosen out of 9,000 girls who were interviewed at
casting calls in the United States, Canada and Europe. •
Albert Finney as
Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, a billionaire businessman who adopts Annie and Molly.
Sean Connery and
Cary Grant were also considered for the role before Finney was chosen. •
Carol Burnett as Miss Agatha "Aggy" Hannigan, a cruel alcoholic proprietor of an all-girls orphanage where Annie and the other orphans live. She is shown to create bathtub gin and engage in other illegal activities such as
child abuse.
Bette Midler was considered for the role before Burnett was chosen. •
Bernadette Peters as Lily St. Regis, a petty thief and co-conspirator girlfriend of "Rooster" Hannigan. •
Edward Herrmann as
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd
President of the United States, depicted as
being in a wheelchair. •
Lois de Banzie as
Eleanor Roosevelt, the
First Lady of the United States. •
Geoffrey Holder as Punjab, Warbucks's turban-donning bodyguard. •
Roger Minami as The Asp, Warbucks's Japanese chauffeur and bodyguard who teaches Annie
karate. •
Toni Ann Gisondi as Molly, a fellow orphan who is six years old. •
Rosanne Sorrentino as Pepper, a 14-year-old fellow orphan who commands others, but then becomes nicer. • Lara Berk as Tessie, a fellow orphan who is eight years old and exclaims, "Oh my goodness!" throughout the film. •
April Lerman as Kate, an orphan who is thirteen years old and cares for the younger orphans and often wears her hair in pigtail braids. •
Robin Ignico as Duffy, an eleven year old fellow orphan who is Pepper's best friend. • Lucie Stewart as July, a fellow orphan who is nine years old and rarely speaks. •
Peter Marshall as Bert Healy, a prominent radio show host. •
Loni Ackerman, Murphy Cross, and Nancy Sinclair as the Boylan Sisters, who sing on the Bert Healy Show. •
Larry Hankin as the man from the dog pound. • Irving Metzman as Mr. Bundles, a man who works for a
Chinese laundry company, whose truck Annie stows away in. Mr. Bundles is implied to be a romantic interest of Miss Hannigan. •
Ken Swofford as Weasel, a greasy uniformed police officer who chases down Annie when she escapes. He is based on Lt. Ward from the musical and is implied to be a romantic interest of Miss Hannigan. • I. M. Hobson as Drake, Warbucks's head butler who hides his allergy to dogs. •
Colleen Zenk and
Pamela Blair as Cecille and Annette, Warbucks's French maids. •
Lu Leonard as Mrs. Pugh, Warbucks's cook. • Mavis Ray as Mrs. Greer, Warbucks's housekeeper. •
The Rockettes as Themselves (uncredited). • Bingo the dog as Sandy, a stray dog who becomes the family pet. • Angela Martin as Freda McKracky, a ventriloquist who performs with a dummy named Wacky. • Kari Baca, Tina Maria Caspary, Jamie Flowers, Sonja Haney, Victoria Hartman,
Janet Marie Jones, Lisa Kieldrup,
Angela Lee, Jan Mackie, Liz Marsh,
Martika, Cherie Michan, Danielle Miller, Barry Morse, Christi Nicholls,
Tammy O'Rourke,
Amanda Peterson, Carolyn Poppert,
Meredith Salenger, Linda Saputo,
Shawnee Smith, and Julie Whitman as orphans/backup dancers. Director
John Huston has a voice-over cameo on a radio program Miss Hannigan listens to.
Ray Bolger plays a
foley artist at a Bert Healy radio event. ==Production==