Louanne (Sirota) (January 26, 1970) was, at the time, a prominent child actor who had achieved considerable success on Broadway in the role of Annie, who in her transition to the screen played the part of the 'elderly' Miss Geezba, both Mork's former and Mearth's current teacher in a school on Frizbat, the Capital of Ork, in P.S. 2001
Biography[]
Louanne was born on January 26, 1970 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA as Louanne Sirota. She is married to jazz musician, Rob James Cattermole and currently lives in England.
Career[]
She played the title role in Annie in the 2nd National Company in Los Angeles in 1979. At the time, she was the youngest ever picked for the role. After her breakthrough in the film Oh, God! Book II opposite George Burns, she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress in 1981.
She went on to play Annie again in the 1st National Company in 1981 for which she became the youngest recipient of the Drama-Logue Award for outstanding performance in 1981. She also acted as a wise-beyond-her-years Iowa teenager in the short-lived comedy-drama Two Marriages on ABC. She was seen as herself in the 2006 documentary Life After Tomorrow, about the women who have played orphans in Annie
Filmography[]
As Louanne[]
- Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show (TV) (1978) as Louanne
- The Long Days of Summer (1980) (TV) as Sarah
- Oh, God! Book II (1980) (Film) as Tracy Richards
- The Last Song (1980) (TV) as Abby Newman
- Aloha Paradise (1 episode, 1981)
- Mork & Mindy (1 episode, 1981) as Miss Geezba
- The Love Boat (1 episode, 1982) as Lybie Warner
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1 episode, 1983) as Jenny Barrett
- Missing Pieces (1983) (TV) as Valerie Scott
- Two Marriages (2 seasons, 1983-1984) as Shelby Armstrong
- Anything For A Laugh (TV) (Chuck Barris Show) (1986) as Louanne
- True Confessions (1 episode, 1986)
- The Bronx Zoo (1 episode, 1987) as Sandy Gillian
- Cowboy Joe 1987 as Isabelle Tidmunk
- A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988) (film) as Suzie Middleburg
As Louanne Sirota[]
- McBride: It's Murder, Madam (2005) (TV) as Forensics Officer
- Detective (2005) (TV) as Judith Pallacio
- McBride: Requiem (2006) (TV) as Forensics Officer
- Accidentally in Love (2011) (TV) as Mama Crowne