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Annette Funicello
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Actor Born: October 22, 1942 in Utica, NY Biography:The "sweetheart" of TV's The Mickey Mouse Club, American entertainer Annette Funicello began performing at age 10. The Disney people themselves sensed that Funicello had star quality, building several musical numbers around her on The Mickey Mouse Club and fashioning her own Club show-within-a-show miniseries, appropriately titled "Annette." Funicello's post-"Mickey Mouse" career was far more successful than that of many of her fellow Mouseketeers--and the reasons cannot be charged up to looks alone. She also was guest-starred on the Disney TV series "Zorro" and "Wonderful World of Color", and was given sizeable roles in such Disney theatrical features as "The Shaggy Dog" (59) and "Babes in Toyland" (61).
While still under contract to Disney, Funicello began appearing in American-International's "Beach Party" series, usually co-starring with Frankie Avalon. Though these films were distinguished by... Full Biography
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