Andrea McArdle was born on November 5, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Annie (1999), Search for Tomorrow (1951) and Rainbow (1978). She was previously married to Edd Kalehoff.
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Debut of an Actress
Nominations
Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical, Helen Hayes Awards for outstanding Supporting Performer, Visiting Production
Movies
Broadway's Lost Treasures, Annie, Rainbow, Murphy Crib
TV Shows
Search for Tomorrow
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Who gets a signature song even once in their career? I got one the first time out, and it was almost too much for me to handle. I didn't realize what a gift I was given.
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[on surviving child stardom without any scandals] All I can say is, thank God we didn't have social media back then because I did all of my dirty growing up in private, and it was just as dirty as everybody else's.
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Fact
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Publicly criticized the firing of Joanna Pacitti from the titular role in the 1998 Broadway revival of "Annie." Somewhat ironically, McArdle got the role in a similar manner during the original production of the musical, when she replaced actress Kristen Vigard, who was fired from the production just prior to the New York opening.
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Had the cameo role of Star-To-Be in the 1999 Disney version of Annie.
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Her daughter Alexis Kalehoff followed her mother onto Broadway playing the young Cosette in 'Les Miserables' on Broadway in 1996-7.
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for playing the title character of Little Orphan Annie in "Annie."
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