A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story 1995
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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello 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.
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.
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... Annette Funicello
... Walt Disney
... Joe Funicello
... Jack Gilardi
... Paul Anka
... Glen Holt
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Release Date:
Oct 22, 1995
Run Time:
2hr
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Original Language:
English
Status:
Released
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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
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Cast
... Annette Funicello
... Walt Disney
... Joe Funicello
... Jack Gilardi
... Paul Anka
... Glen Holt
... Young Frankie Avalon
... Annette Funicello (age 12-15)
... Self
... Self
... Virginia Funicello
AB
Ahnee Boyce... Gina Portman
... Jack Gilardi Jr.
... Uncle Pete
... Jill
... Grandma Albano
... Jimmie Dodd
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Elysa Hogg... Annette Funicello (age 4)
... Production Assistant
... Young Shelley Fabares
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