Little Audrey

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Audrey Smith, nicknamed Little Audrey, is a fictional animated cartoon character, appearing in early 20th century comics prior to starring in a series of Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios cartoons from 1947 to 1958. She was devised after Paramount decided not to renew the license on Little Lulu, the comic strip character created by Marjorie Henderson Buell (a.k.a. "Marge"). Despite superficial similarities between the characters, the Famous animators were at pains to design Audrey in contrast to Lulu. As opposed to Buell's individualistic rendering of Lulu, the animators adopted an entirely different color scheme for Audrey and employed the stylistic conventions common to Famous Studios' late 1940s repertoire. Veteran animator Bill Tytla designed Little Audrey, reportedly inspired by his daughter Tammy (also his inspiration for Famous' version of Little Lulu, on which he worked and for which he directed several shorts). The original voice of Little Lulu was performed by actress Cecil...

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