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

10/22/1995

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2hrs 0min

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TV Movie

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Eva LaRue
  • Len Cariou
  • Frank Crudele
  • Rob Stewart
  • David Lipper

    Directors

  • Julia Done
  • Richard Flower
  • Bill Corcoran

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Cactus Pictures
  • Fireworks Entertainment

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Eva LaRue

Annette Funicello

Len Cariou

Walt Disney

Frank Crudele

Joe Funicello

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)

Frankie Avalon

Self

Annette Funicello

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