ROSANNE SORRENTINO

Rosanne Sorrentino is a former child actress, best known for playing the role of the bossy orphan Pepper in the 1982 film of the musical Annie

Rosanne made her professional stage debut at aged 12 in the third national tour of Annie in 1980-81, playing the title role of Annie.

Sorrentino was "bitten by the acting bug" in 1976, when she played a schoolgirl in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts's summer workshop production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 

Although Sorrentino received positive reviews for her stage portrayal of Annie, she was considered too old, at the age of 13, to be cast as Annie in the film version. Instead, after auditioning, she was offered, and accepted, the role of Pepper - the oldest and bossiest orphan.