15 Facts About Little Audrey

1.

Little Audrey is a fictional character, appearing in early 20th century folklore prior to starring in a series of Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios cartoons from 1947 to 1958.

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2.

Little Audrey was, instead, voiced by Mae Questel, who voiced most of Paramount's other major female cartoon characters, including Betty Boop and Olive Oyl from the Popeye cartoons.

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3.

Little Audrey's mother told her she'd better stop before someone got hurt.

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4.

Little Audrey's mother asks her to buy some groceries at the Safeway, and she laughed and laughed because she knew there was no safe way.

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5.

Little Audrey first appeared in the Noveltoon Santa's Surprise, where she was the most prominent member of a multicultural child cast working to clean Santa's workshop while he was asleep, and was briefly seen in the January 1948 Popeye cartoon Olive Oyl for President.

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6.

Little Audrey was the only character in the series to have her own theme song with vocals.

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7.

Little Audrey has been modernized, as her classic outfit has been replaced by more contemporary clothing.

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8.

Little Audrey has brown hair, which is more akin to the comics, as opposed to having red hair, like in the theatrical shorts.

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9.

Little Audrey has reddish brown hair with ribbons making three pigtails.

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10.

Little Audrey wears a little dress with puffed sleeves, white ankle socks, and black Mary Jane shoes.

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11.

Comic "Cousin Suzie's Dance Party" reveals that Audrey has a cousin named Suzie, who has a friend named Bubu.

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12.

Little Audrey was going to have a cameo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but rights to the character could not be obtained in time.

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13.

Little Audrey was never as successful as Famous' best-known creation, Casper the Friendly Ghost, but the character had considerable success in printed form.

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14.

Domestic comedy gradually took over the scripts, as Little Audrey was shown in conflict with parents, teachers, and other authority figures.

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15.

Harvey purchased the rights to all of Famous' original properties - Little Audrey included - in 1958, acquiring the rights to the post-1950 Audrey cartoons.

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