A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)

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

Release Date: October 22, 1995

Runtime: 120 minutes

Budget: $0.0

Revenue: $0.0

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.

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Cast

Eva LaRue

Annette Funicello

Len Cariou

Walt Disney

Frank Crudele

Joe Funicello

Louis Ferreira

Young Frankie Avalon

Andrea Nemeth

Annette Funicello (age 12-15)

Linda Lavin

Virginia Funicello

Jay Brazeau

Uncle Pete

Gary Jones

Production Assistant

Lorraine Landry

Young Shelley Fabares

Hrothgar Mathews

Plastic Surgeon

Claire Riley

Neurologist

Blair Slater

Jason Gilardi

Kavan Smith

Young Dick Clark

George Touliatos

Grandpa Albano

Dick Clark

Self (uncredited)

Shelley Fabares

Self (uncredited)

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