Ado Annie Carnes

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fictional character musical theatre character

Ado Annie Carnes is a flirtatious, comedic supporting character in the musical "Oklahoma!" known for her indecisiveness about love and her signature song "I Cain't Say No."

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ado Annie 4
Ado Annie Carnes in Oklahoma! (Broadway revival) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
musical theatre character ⓘ
alignment good ⓘ
appearsIn Oklahoma! (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: Oklahoma! (musical)
appearsInAct Oklahoma! (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: Act I of Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: Act II of Oklahoma!
appearsInFilm Oklahoma! (1955 film) ⓘ
basedOn character "Ado Annie" from the play Green Grow the Lilacs ⓘ
characterTrait comedic ⓘ
flirtatious ⓘ
indecisive about love ⓘ
creator Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
Richard Rodgers ⓘ
culturalImpact iconic comic ingénue role in American musical theatre ⓘ
familyName Carnes ⓘ
firstAppearance Oklahoma! (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: Oklahoma! (1943 stage musical)
genre musical theatre ⓘ
givenName Ado Annie Carnes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ado Annie
hasFather Andrew Carnes ⓘ
hasOccupation farm girl ⓘ
hasSongStyle comic solo ⓘ
knownFor I Cain't Say No ⓘ
surface form: song "I Cain't Say No"
language English ⓘ
loveInterest Ali Hakim ⓘ
Will Parker ⓘ
narrativeFunction comic relief ⓘ
nationality American (fictional) ⓘ
oftenPlayedBy mezzo-soprano ⓘ
portrayedBy Ali Stroker ⓘ
Celeste Holm ⓘ
Christine Ebersole ⓘ
Gloria Grahame ⓘ
Shirley Jones (in some stage productions) ⓘ
Vicki Simon ⓘ
relationship fiancée of Will Parker ⓘ
roleInWork supporting character in Oklahoma! ⓘ
setting Oklahoma Territory ⓘ
sings All Er Nuthin' ⓘ
surface form: All Er Nuthin'

I Cain't Say No ⓘ
themeAssociatedWith female desire in early 20th-century America ⓘ
romantic indecision ⓘ
sexual awakening ⓘ
timePeriod early 1900s ⓘ
workBasedOn Green Grow the Lilacs ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Will Parker → associatedWith → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
I Cain't Say No → characterWhoSings → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
subject surface form: Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! (1955 film) → featuresCharacter → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
Ado Annie Carnes → givenName → Ado Annie Carnes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ado Annie
Carnes → givenName → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
subject surface form: Ado Annie Carnes
this entity surface form: Ado Annie
Green Grow the Lilacs → hasCharacter → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ado Annie
Aunt Eller → hasRelationship → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
Ali Stroker → notableRole → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ado Annie Carnes in Oklahoma! (Broadway revival)
All Er Nuthin' → performerCharacter → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
Ali Hakim → romanticInterestIn → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
Will Parker → romanticPartner → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
I Cain't Say No → sungByCharacter → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ado Annie
Carnes → usedBy → Ado Annie Carnes ⓘ