In the ever-changing landscape of American pop culture, only a precious few manage to grow up in front of an audience and remain beloved across decades. Actress and singer Annette Funicello was one of ...

The wholesome actress starred on Disney's 'Mickey Mouse Club' and in several 1960s beach movies with Frankie Avalon. By Duane Byrge Annette Funicello, the wide-eyed child star of TV’s The Mickey Mouse ...

Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ’60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular ...

NEW YORK — Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a perky, cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon on a string of '60s ...

The Mouseketeer and bikini-musicals actress became a pop star and made a generation of boomer boys swoon. Later she faced multiple sclerosis with... A Tip Of The Mouse Ears To Annette Funicello, ...

NEW YORK - She was the first crush for a generation of boys, the perfect playmate for a generation of girls. Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey ...

March marked the 65th anniversary of the wrap of the first season of the “Mickey Mouse Club,” and the recent death of one of the original Mouseketeers, Johnny Crawford, reminded fans of the enduring ...

Annette Funicello’s personal pair of Mickey Mouse ears painted “bronze” and displayed in a case in her living room for many years. A nearly 8-foot-tall prop toy soldier from the 1961 film starring ...

BURBANK, Calif. — The stage at Walt Disney Studios where "The Mickey Mouse Club" was filmed is now officially the Annette Funicello Stage. Disney chief Bob Iger led a ceremony Monday dedicating the ...

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