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

Name: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
Cast: Eva LaRue, Len Cariou, Frank Crudele, Rob Stewart, David Lipper

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Bill CorcoranProducers: Ron French, Stanley M. Brooks

Eva LaRue

as Annette Funicello

Len Cariou

as Walt Disney

Frank Crudele

as Joe Funicello

Rob Stewart

as Jack Gilardi

David Lipper

as Paul Anka

Don S. Davis

as Glen Holt

Louis Ferreira

as Young Frankie Avalon

Andrea Nemeth

as Annette Funicello (age 12-15)

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