Annette Funicello
Annette Funicello
Annette Joanne Funicellowas 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 to a successful career as a singer with the pop singles "O Dio Mio," "Tall Paul" and "Pineapple Princess", as well as establishing herself as a film actress, popularizing the successful "Beach Party" genre alongside co-star...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth22 October 1942
CityUtica, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.
For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.
Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.
Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.
My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.
You have a deeper, wiser, loving self that you can always ask for help.
When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change.
In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.
Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.