Miss Hannigan

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Miss Agatha "Aggie" Hannigan is the main antagonist of the musical "Annie" and both of its film adaptions. In the 1982 Columbia theatrical film version, she is played by Carol Burnett (who later voiced the Sour Kangaroo in "Horton Hears a Who" in 2008), and Kathy Bates (known for playing Annie Wilkes in "Misery") in the 1999 Disney TV film version. She is an alcoholic caretaker of the Orphanage in NYC. She despises children, particularly girls, but she loves her job. Her helpers are her brother, Rooster and his girlfriend Lily St. Regis (the former of which is in jail prior to the events of the film versions).

In both film versions, Miss Hannigan wakes up the orphan girls and makes them scrub the floor until it shine "like the top of the Chrysler building" (In the 1982 version, she does it after hearing Annie sing to Molly, but in the 1999 film version, it was after Annie tries to sneak out to find her parents.) (According to the 1982 film, if it didn't happen, their backsides would). The same day, Annie (the protagonist) hides in the laundry basket (which Mr. Bundles takes away). As Annie is brought home by a cop that Miss Hannigan sends (along with a stray dog named Sandy), the latter (Miss Hannigan) threatens to send Sandy to the sausage factory. Because of this, Grace Farrell (the board of the orphans and secretary of Oliver Warbucks), who decides to take Annie to Mr. Warbucks' house for a visit, takes Sandy with her.

While Annie is gone, Miss Hannigan's brother, Rooster, and his girlfriend have escaped from jail, and pay her a visit. They intend to use the situation that Annie is at a billionaire's house for wealth, but without knowledge.

In the 1982 film version, Miss Hannigan goes with her helpers (who are taking Annie away), and suddenly changes when Rooster is about to catch Annie (who has escaped onto the drawn B&O Bridge) and is knocked down for trying to stop him. When Rooster slides back down (due to Punjab knocking him after catching Annie), Miss Hannigan scolds him and beats him with her purse. Rooster and Lily are then arrested. Later, she, now a good woman, and is among the guests at a party where FDR and the First Lady are enjoying themselves.

In the 1999 film version, after Miss Hannigan and her brother (pretending to be Annie's parents, the "Mudges") try to get her, and the orphans reveal who she really is (after blackmailing her into revealing what would happen to Annie right after accidentally revealing the secret), she and her helpers are arrested by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Secret Service.