Carol Sobieski's Annie

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“I don’t need sunshine now to turn my skies to blue. I don’t need anything but you.” These famous words of Annie’s perfectly describe how many people feel when seeing this classic comic strip come to life on the big screen. “Annie” is one of those stories that has been here since the beginning. Parents introduce it to their children, and because of this it has worked its way up to present day. From the first time I had heard about it, every little thing about “Annie” has had a place in my heart. Although “Annie” may seem outdated to some, I think that it is a classic. Carol Sobieski was born March 16, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. She married James Louis Sobrieski in 1964 and had three children; a boy and two girls. She had decided early on in her life that she wanted to …show more content…
She passed away of liver disease on November 4, 1990 in Santa Monica, California, but her work still lives on to present day. Carol Sobieski wrote other movies and musicals before and after Annie too, such as “Fried Green Tomatoes”, “Honeysuckle Rose”, and “Peyton Place”. These other writings that she did were never as well-known as “Annie” was. The start of this Annie excitement was all from a comic strip made by a man named Harold Gray, which for him grew extremely popular and is one of his most known works. The story of “Annie” is all about this little girl named Annie whose parents had passed away. Annie did not know this and believed that her parents would come back for her someday with the other half of her locket, which she kept the other half of her whole life. One day, she got the chance to live with Mr. Oliver Warbucks for a few weeks. While there, Mr. Warbucks wanted to adopt Annie, but

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