Annie Golden was born in Brooklyn on October 19, 1951. Annie began her show-biz career as the lead singer with a new wave punk rock band, The Shirts. She performed regularly at the Bowery rock and roll club CBGBs. The Shirts signed a contract with Capitol Records.
Annie made it on her own to Broadway in a revival of the musical “Hair,” which opened at the Biltmore Theatre on October 4, 1977. This led to a part in the 1979 film version.
Annie has been a creative and respected presence on the stage and screen. Stage credits include the part of “Squeeky” Fromme in Step-hen Sondheim’s “Assassins,” “Sat-urn Returns” at the Public Theatre; “The Sugar Bean Sisters,” a WPA theatre production; “Leader of the Pack” by The Talent Hut Players; “Broadway 56” at LaMama Club; “On The Town” at the Gershwin Theatre (1998-’99), “La Terrasse” at the Manhattan Theatre Club (1999); the part of Belle in “Ah, Wilderness” at the Neil Simon Theatre; and a Madonna-like role in “National Lampoon’s Class of ’86.”
In a new stage version of “Dinner at Eight” she played the Jean Harlow movie role. Annie’s voice was used for an animated character in the film “Pebble and the Penguin.” She played Georgie Bukatinsky in a recent Broadway hit show “The Full Monty.” And was the woman cabbie in Bruce Willis’ film “Twelve Monkeys.”
Annie played Connie Tollen on the TV series “True Blue” (1989-’90). Other TV appearances include “Law & Order,” “Third Watch,” “One Life to Live,” “Cheers,” “Miami Vice,” and “House of Ramon Iglesia.” In the independent feature film “Barriers,” she played the leading role.
In the ’90s Annie was part of a duo with Frank Carillo called “Golden Carillo.” They released three albums. In 2007, she was in the film Brooklyn Rules with Alec Baldwin and Freddie Prinze jr. — V.P.
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