Annie Douglas-Richards
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| Sunset Beach character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Sarah Buxton | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1997-99 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | January 6, 1997 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | December 31, 1999 | ||||||||||
| Created by | Robert Guza, Jr. | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Gary Tomlin, Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Other names | Anna Claire Douglas | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Personal Assistant Waitress |
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| Home | Sunset Beach, California | ||||||||||
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| Father | Del Douglas |
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| Mother | Madeleine Douglas |
| Husband | Gregory Richards (1998-99) |
| Aunts | Bette Katzenkazrahi |
| First cousins | Emily Davis |
Annie Douglas Richards is a fictional character from the US NBC soap opera Sunset Beach, played by Sarah Buxton. The character's creation was announced in 1996 prior to the serial going on air. Series creator Aaron Spelling helped create Annie's appearance and style. Annie has been characterised as a "rich girl" and a "scheming vixen". The character has also been central to various fantasy sequences through her duration. These have been favoured by some of the serial's critics. Buxton has been nominated for one award for her portrayal and Annie has been branded one of the programme's most popular characters.
Sarah Buxton's casting was announced in October 1996, prior to Sunset Beach debuting on air. Annie was billed as a "sexy and spoiled resident of a local beach house." The programme's creator Aaron Spelling was unhappy with the style choices for Annie that the serial's production made. Spelling decided to choose Annie's style because he felt skirts, boots and low hanging necklaces fitted the character's image. He also wanted Annie to have red hair, but was unhappy with the selection of wigs made available. He managed to convince Buxton to dye her hair from black to red.
Annie is characterised as a "top heavy scheming vixen" with light morals and portrays the image of a "poor little rich girl". Annie is known for her involvement in various fantasy sequences during her tenure. The serial hired Gary Owens to do a voice over during one of Annie's fantasies. While comedian Howie Mandel and television host Jerry Springer were signed up to appear in Annie's game show fantasy.
Annie Douglas was always a troublemaker. Most would say she was the best villain on "Sunset Beach". From the first day, Annie was plotting her way to win the affections of Ben Evans (Clive Robertson), spending all her father's money and skipping college. After her father Del Douglas (John Reilly) was murdered, Annie was one of the suspects and eventually all evidence pointed at Annie, so she ran away trying to fight for her innocence. She stayed at the home of her aunt Bette Katzenkazrahi (Kathleen Noone). During that time, Annie always seemed to be plotting something. Her main enemy was Meg Cummings (Susan Ward), a woman who came to Sunset Beach from Kansas and eventually hooked up with her Internet lover Ben Evans.
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