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

40 %|Oct 22, 1995|TV Movie

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.

Featured Crew

Jay Firestone
Co-Executive Producer
Jan Kiesser
Director of Photography
Linda Del Rosario
Production Design
Richard Paris
Production Design
George Appleby
Editor
George Blondheim
Original Music Composer
Ron French
Producer
John McGreevey
Teleplay

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Cast

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Eva LaRue
Annette Funicello
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Len Cariou
Walt Disney
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Frank Crudele
Joe Funicello
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Rob Stewart
Jack Gilardi
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David Lipper
Paul Anka
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Don S. Davis
Glen Holt
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Louis Ferreira
Young Frankie Avalon
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Andrea Nemeth
Annette Funicello (age 12-15)
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Linda Lavin
Virginia Funicello
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Ahnee Boyce
Gina Portman
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Austin Basile
Jack Gilardi Jr.
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Jay Brazeau
Uncle Pete
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Stephania Ciccone
Grandma Albano
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Demetri Goritsas
Jimmie Dodd
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Elysa Hogg
Annette Funicello (age 4)
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Gary Jones
Production Assistant
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Lorraine Landry
Young Shelley Fabares
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Hrothgar Mathews
Plastic Surgeon
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Claire Riley
Neurologist
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Suzanne Ristic
Aunt Irene
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Greg Rogers
Al Gilbert
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Nina Roman
Fortune Teller
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Blair Slater
Jason Gilardi
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Kavan Smith
Young Dick Clark
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George Touliatos
Grandpa Albano
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Scott Augustine
Mouseketeer
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Kim Bailey
Mouseketeer
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Talia Derksen
Mouseketeer
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Laura Jenkins
Mouseketeer
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Ben Newcombe
Mouseketeer
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Kelli Stewart
Mouseketeer
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Rene Tardle
Mouseketeer
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Kimberly Wallace
Mouseketeer
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Dick Clark
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Shelley Fabares
Self (uncredited)