A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)

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This highly-rated television film covers the life of American movie/TV/pop music idol Annette Funicello. The movie starts with the move of her family from New York to California, where in 1955 shy Annette becomes one of the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. The movie covers her child stardom, her teen idol years, her singing career with big hits like "Tall Paul", her romance with Paul Anka, her classic beach party films with Frankie Avalon, and her first marriage. It also shows her large comeback in the late 1980s and her second marriage, and the day when she found out she had multiple sclerosis.

GENRES:  TV movie
DIRECTION:  Bill Corcoran
CAST:  Eva LaRue  •  Len Cariou  •  Frank Crudele  •  Jack Gilardi

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Cast & Characters

Eva LaRue Annette Funicello
Len Cariou Walt Disney
Frank Crudele Joe Funicello
Jack Gilardi Jack Gilardi
Rob Stewart Jack Gilardi
David Lipper Paul Anka
Don S. Davis Glen Holt
Louis Ferreira Young Frankie Avalon
Andrea Nemeth Annette Funicello age 12-15
Annette Funicello Annette Funicello
Frankie Avalon Frankie Avalon
Linda Lavin Virginia Funicello

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