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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)
Directed by Bill Corcoran
Overview
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.
Length 120 minutes
Actors
Eva LaRue | Len Cariou | Frank Crudele | Rob Stewart | David Lipper | Don S. Davis | Louis Ferreira | Andrea Nemeth | Frankie Avalon | Annette Funicello | Linda Lavin | Ahnee Boyce | Austin Basile | Jay Brazeau | Victoria Brooks | Stephania Ciccone | Demetri Goritsas | Elysa Hogg | Gary Jones | Lorraine Landry | Hrothgar Mathews | Alexandra Purvis | Claire Riley | Suzanne Ristic | Greg Rogers | Nina Roman | Domenico Sansalone | Michelle Skalnik | Blair Slater | Kavan Smith | George Touliatos | Scott Augustine | Kim Bailey | Talia Derksen | Laura Jenkins | Ben Newcombe | Kelli Stewart | Rene Tardle | Kimberly Wallace | Virginia Funicello | Joe Funicello | Glen Holt | Gina Portman | John Portman | Jason Gilardi | Jack Gilardi Jr. | Jack Gilardi | Dick Clark | Shelley Fabares