Annette Funicello Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Annette Joanne Funicello was an American actress and singer. Funicello began her professional career as a child performer at the age of twelve. She rose to prominence as one of the most popular "Mouseketeers" on the original Mickey Mouse Club. As a teenager, she transitioned...
Beach Party, Beach Blanket Bingo, Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Back to the Beach, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Babes in Toyland, The Shaggy Dog, Pajama Party, Ski Party, Thunder Alley, The Monkey's Uncle, Fireball 500, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, The H...
TV Shows
The Mickey Mouse Club, The Danny Thomas Show, Walt Disney Presents: Annette, Spin and Marty, Adventure in Dairyland, Make Room for Granddaddy, The Further Adventures of Spin and Marty, Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon, The New Adventures of Spin and Marty, The Music Shop
Star Sign
Libra
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Trademark
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Her sweet smile.
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Beach Party Movies
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Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer
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Disney movies
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Quote
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The Disney studio wasn't like other studios. It was just like home - it always had a small-town, family atmosphere.
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Fact
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Her funeral was conducted in a private ceremony at Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel in Bakersfield, California.
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She was cremated. Her ashes were given to her family.
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When asked in a 20/20 interview how she got the role as a mouseketeer on the Mickey Mouse Club program, she replied: "I was the ethnic one. Everybody else looked like I wanted to look my entire life: blue eyed and freckle faced".
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She was 17 years old at the time the Sweetheart of the Valley Mayors honor was given to her. It came about when "Television's Singing Troubadour, Jimmie Jackson" arranged for her to be given the designation of the "Sweetheart of the San Fernando Valley Mayors" at the May 2, 1957, grand opening of his new Tambour restaurant (tambour is African for "Drum") in Tarzana. Jackson was a longtime friend of Annette's parents Joe and Virginia, and wanted to do something special for their daughter in connection with his restaurant's opening. Jackson called together some of his old friends and former guests from his Hollywood television show, "Memory Lane" who were now "Honorary" mayors of various small towns in the San Fernando Valley. Covering the event was the "Valley News and Green Sheet"--now "The Valley News"--and the Los Angeles Times. Annette was escorted by film and television performer, J.P. Sloane. Annette would also appear with Jackson and Sloane five years later in a television special titled, An Evening at the Inn (1962).
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Died four days after film critic Roger Ebert. Both were unable to eat, drink and talk for their last years. They were also born in 1942 and died aged 70.
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Annette still lives in her first house a few miles from where she grew up. She has a collectable bear business, a line of perfume and she started the Annette Funicello Fund for Neurological Disorders. [2006]
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Her home suffered major fire damage and wheelchair-bound Annette and her husband were hospitalized and treated for smoke inhalation. [March 2011]
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She spent her final years mostly confined to a wheelchair that was specially designed by her horse-trainer husband with a seat from a harness-racing sulky.
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Her biggest hit single was "Tall Paul" (#7 US Pop 1959). She had later success with "Pineapple Princess" which peaked at #11 US Pop, in the summer of 1960.
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Sister of Michael Funicello and Joey Funicello.
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When she began working for the Disney studio, she suggested to her employer that she change her Italian family name of Funicello to something more "American", as was often done in those days. Walt Disney vehemently argued against this idea, saying that her own name was actually an asset because it was so unique that no one who heard it would ever be able to forget it. He convinced the young actress to retain it.
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Paul Anka wrote the song "Puppy Love" about his romance with her.
In 1977, Annette played the Blue Fairy in Disneylands "Main Street Electrical Parade"
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When she was cast in her first beach movie, Walt Disney asked her to not wear a bikini and instead wear a one-piece swimsuit because she had an image to uphold. She agreed.
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Her favorite TV series was Zorro (1957). For her birthday one year, Walt Disney (who knew she was a fan of the show) arranged to have her guest star on one episode.
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When she made the various beach pictures for American International Pictures (AIP), she was still technically under contract to Disney, doing the AIP films on a loan-out basis, something of which Walt Disney always emphatically reminded her.
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970)
2000
TV Movie documentary performer: "Beach Party"
Full House
1991
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
performer: "Beach Blanket Bingo"
Back to the Beach
1987
performer: "As Beauty Does", "Jamaica Ska"
The Best of Bandstand: The Superstars
1987
Video short performer: "Tall Paul"
DTV: Golden Oldies
1984
Video performer: "Pineapple Princess", "Tall Paul"
Disney Dimanche
1979
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Good Old Days Part II
1978
TV Special performer: "You've Got Personality", "Breaking Up is Hard to Do", "I'm Leaving it All Up To You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "My Boyfriend's Back"
Thunder Alley
1967
performer: "When You Get What You Want", "What's A Girl To Do"
Fireball 500
1966
performer: "Step Right Up"
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
performer: "Better Be Ready", "The Perfect Boy", "If It's Gonna Happen" - uncredited
The Monkey's Uncle
1965
performer: "The Monkey's Uncle"
Beach Blanket Bingo
1965
performer: "Beach Blanket Bingo", "I Think You Think", "I'll Never Change Him" - uncredited
Pajama Party
1964
performer: "It's That Kind of Day", "There Has to Be a Reason", "Pajama Party", "Stuffed Animal"
Primitive Love
1964
performer: "Date Night in Hawaii" - as Annette / performer: "Date Night"
Bikini Beach
1964
performer: "Because You're You", "This Time It's Love"
Muscle Beach Party
1964
performer: "Surfer's Holiday", "A Girl Needs a Boy"
Celebrity Party
1963
TV Movie performer: "Promise Me Anything Give Me Love"
Beach Party
1963
performer: "Beach Party", "Promise Me Anything Give Me Love", "Treat Him Nicely"
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1962
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Babes in Toyland
1961
performer: "Just A Whisper Away", "I Can't Do The Sum", "Go To Sleep", "Toyland", "Workshop Song", "Just A Toy"
The Parent Trap
1961
performer: "The Parent Trap"
Make Room for Daddy
1959
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
1995
TV Movie book "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Back to the Beach
1987
co-executive producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Teen Beach Movie
2013
TV Movie in memory of Disney Legend: the world's most beloved beach movie star
Edición Especial Coleccionista
2013
TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
1965
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Biography
1996
TV Series documentary
Herself
Tom Snyder
1994
TV Series
Herself
Sally Jessy Raphael
1994
TV Series
Herself
Entertainment Tonight
1984-1993
TV Series
Herself
Vicki!
1992-1993
TV Series
Herself
The Oprah Winfrey Show
1992
TV Series
Herself
20/20
1992
TV Series documentary
Herself
Good Morning America
1979-1992
TV Series
Herself
Idols
1991
TV Movie documentary
Herself
One on One with John Tesh
1991
TV Series
Herself
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Full House
1991
TV Series
Herself
The Joan Rivers Show
1990
TV Series
Herself
The All New Mickey Mouse Club
1990
TV Series
Herself
U.S.A. Today: The Television Series
1989
TV Series
Herself
Live with Kelly and Michael
1989
TV Series
Herself
Troop Beverly Hills
1989
Herself
The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards
1989
TV Special
Herself
Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse
1988
TV Movie
Herself
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
TV Movie
Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1967-1987
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Guest
Today
1987
TV Series
Herself
Friday Night
1987
TV Series
Herself
Attitudes
1987
TV Series
Herself
Fame, Fortune and Romance
1987
TV Series
Herself
The Disney Family Album
1985
TV Series documentary
Herself
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
1985
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Nashville Now
1984
TV Series
Herself
Hour Magazine
1980-1982
TV Series
Herself
The John Davidson Show
1980-1982
TV Series
Herself
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Directing / Writing in a Comedy Series
$15 Million
