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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)

ALL 10/22/1995 (en) TV Movie 120 Min
  • Release
    10/22/1995
  • Production
    Cactus Pictures, Fireworks Entertainment
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Bill Corcoran

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Ron French

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Eva LaRue

    Annette Funicello

  2. Len Cariou

    Walt Disney

  3. Frank Crudele

    Joe Funicello

  4. Rob Stewart

    Jack Gilardi

  5. David Lipper

    Paul Anka

  6. Don S. Davis

    Glen Holt

  7. Louis Ferreira

    Young Frankie Avalon

  8. Andrea Nemeth

    Annette Funicello (age 12-15)

  9. Frankie Avalon

    Self

  10. Annette Funicello

    Self

  11. Linda Lavin

    Virginia Funicello

  12. Ahnee Boyce

    Gina Portman

  13. Austin Basile

    Jack Gilardi Jr.

  14. Jay Brazeau

    Uncle Pete

  15. Victoria Brooks

    Jill

  16. Stephania Ciccone

    Grandma Albano

  17. Demetri Goritsas

    Jimmie Dodd

  18. Elysa Hogg

    Annette Funicello (age 4)

  19. Gary Jones

    Production Assistant

  20. Lorraine Landry

    Young Shelley Fabares

  21. Hrothgar Mathews

    Plastic Surgeon

  22. Alexandra Purvis

    Heather

  23. Claire Riley

    Neurologist

  24. Suzanne Ristic

    Aunt Irene

  25. Greg Rogers

    Al Gilbert

  26. Nina Roman

    Fortune Teller

  27. Domenico Sansalone

    Young Joey

  28. Michelle Skalnik

    Cissy

  29. Blair Slater

    Jason Gilardi

  30. Kavan Smith

    Young Dick Clark

  31. George Touliatos

    Grandpa Albano

  32. Scott Augustine

    Mouseketeer

  33. Kim Bailey

    Mouseketeer

  34. Talia Derksen

    Mouseketeer

  35. Laura Jenkins

    Mouseketeer

  36. Ben Newcombe

    Mouseketeer

  37. Kelli Stewart

    Mouseketeer

  38. Rene Tardle

    Mouseketeer

  39. Kimberly Wallace

    Mouseketeer

  40. Virginia Funicello

    Self

  41. Joe Funicello

    Self

  42. Glen Holt

    Self

  43. Gina Portman

    Self

  44. John Portman

    Self

  45. Jason Gilardi

    Self

  46. Jack Gilardi Jr.

    Self

  47. Jack Gilardi

    Self

  48. Dick Clark

    Self (uncredited)

  49. Shelley Fabares

    Self (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 49 , Crews : 26

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Keyword

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995) 120 Min

ALL 10/22/1995 (en)
TV Movie
  • Release 10/22/1995
  • Production
    Cactus Pictures, Fireworks Entertainment
  • Original title A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Bill Corcoran

    Director

  2. Story

  3. George Appleby

    Editor

  4. Ron French

    Producer



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