She proved to be very popular and by the end of the first season of The Mickey Mouse Club, she was receiving 6,000 letters a month, according to her Disney Legends biography.In addition to appearing in many Mouseketeer sketches and dance routines, Funicello starred in several serials on The Mickey Mouse Club. During this period, she produced a line of teddy bears for the Annette Funicello Collectible Bear Company. In 1986, she married horse breeder/trainer Glen Holt. With your free account at foundagrave.com, you can add your loved ones, friends, and idols to our growing database of Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). The title was taken from a song from the Disney movie Cinderella. Annette Funicello, the most popular Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club," who matured to a successful career in records and '60s beach party movies but struggled with illness in … On April 8, 2013, Funicello died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, California, at the age of 70, from complications due to multiple sclerosis. Paul Anka was noted to have a crush on her, however, Walt Disney overprotected Annette, which broke Paul’s heart. Close. By then, MGM’s The Wizard of Oz had already been shown on CBS Television for the first time. Annette also co-starred in Disney-produced movies such as The Shaggy Dog, Babes in Toyland, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, and The Monkey’s Uncle.Although uncomfortable being thought of as a singer, Funicello had a number of pop record hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, mostly written by the Sherman Brothers and including: “Tall Paul,” “First Name Initial,” “O Dio Mio,” “Train of Love” (written by Paul Anka) and “Pineapple Princess.” They were released by Disney’s Buena Vista label.
In 1965, she starred in a series of successful 'beach party' movies with teen heartthrob Frankie Avalon, in such films as 'Beach Party' (1963), 'Muscle Beach Party' (1964), 'Bikini Beach' (1964), 'Beach Blanket Bingo' (1965) and 'How to Stuff a Wild Bikini' (1965). Later, she remained in the publice eye with recurring roles on TV in such series as 'Hondo', 'Love, American Style', 'Fantasy Island', 'Love Boat' and 'Growing Pains'. Theories on why the film was abandoned include Disney’s failure to develop a satisfactory script, and the popularity of the MGM film on television. Annette also recorded “It’s Really Love” in 1959, a reworking of an earlier Paul Anka song called “Toot Sweet”; Anka reworked the song for a third time in 1962 as “Johnny’s Theme” and it opened The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on television for the next three decades. Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer. This role was reportedly a birthday present from Walt Disney, and the first of two different characters played opposite Guy Williams as Zorro. Preview segments from the film aired on September 11, 1957 on Disneyland’s fourth anniversary show. A made-for-TV movie based on the book, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story, was made in 1995. Later, she remained in the publice eye with recurring roles on TV in such series as 'Hondo', 'Love, American Style', 'Fantasy Island', 'Love Boat' and 'Growing Pains'. She died from complications related to multiple sclerosis, which she was diagnosed with nearly 25 years ago.Actress, Singer. Verify and try again.Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive?This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review.Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried.For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab.All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. He invited her to audition for his new television series, "The Mickey Mouse Club" and was hired on the spot to become a Mouseketeer, quickly becoming a fan favorite. Her family moved to Southern California when she was four years old. However, she wore a pink two-piece in Beach Party, a white two-piece fishnet suit in the second film (Muscle Beach Party) and a blue and white bikini in the third (Bikini Beach). She had kept her condition a secret for many years, but felt that it was necessary for her to go public in order to combat rumors that her impaired ability to walk was the result of alcoholism. We have emailed an activation email to .
Thanks for your help! © 2018 Found a Grave, All rights reserved. After her stint with the show, which lasted through 1957, she recorded a series of successful albums and had hits with "Tall Paul" and "Pineapple Princess" and had starring roles on such TV series as 'Further Adventures of Spin and Marty', 'Make Room for Daddy', 'Zorro' and 'Burke's Law' and starred in the movies 'The Shaggy Dog' (1959) and 'Babes in Toyland' (1961).
In 1992, Funicello announced that she was suffering from multiple sclerosis. She also had her own fragrance called “Cello, by Annette”. Actress, Singer.
Funicello and her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 4 and nine years later, in 1955, was discovered by Walt Disney himself while dancing the lead in a production of "Swan Lake" at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. For Zorro she played Anita Cabrillo in a three-episode storyline about a teen-aged girl arriving in Los Angeles to visit a father who does not seem to exist. They toured the country as a singing act.