A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story 1995
Runtime
120 mins
Language
English
Chronicles the life of Annette Funicello, from her family's move to California and her 1955 debut on The Mickey Mouse Club, through her rise as a child star and teen idol, hit songs like “Tall Paul,” a romance with Paul Anka, beach‑party films with Frankie Avalon, her first marriage, a 1980s comeback, second marriage, and the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
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Gary Jones
Production Assistant
Rob Stewart
Jack Gilardi
Frankie Avalon
Self
Len Cariou
Walt Disney
Hrothgar Mathews
Plastic Surgeon
Louis Ferreira
Young Frankie Avalon
Linda Lavin
Virginia Funicello
Annette Funicello
Self
Shelley Fabares
Self (uncredited)
Jay Brazeau
Uncle Pete
David Lipper
Paul Anka
Kavan Smith
Young Dick Clark
Demetri Goritsas
Jimmie Dodd
Frank Crudele
Joe Funicello
Eva LaRue
Annette Funicello
Dick Clark
Self (uncredited)
Claire Riley
Neurologist
Don S. Davis
Glen Holt
Greg Rogers
Al Gilbert
George Touliatos
Grandpa Albano
Scott Augustine
Mouseketeer
Blair Slater
Jason Gilardi
Suzanne Ristic
Aunt Irene
Kim Bailey
Mouseketeer
Andrea Nemeth
Annette Funicello (age 12-15)
Alexandra Purvis
Heather
Nina Roman
Fortune Teller
Ahnee Boyce
Gina Portman
Austin Basile
Jack Gilardi Jr.
Victoria Brooks
Jill
Stephania Ciccone
Grandma Albano
Elysa Hogg
Annette Funicello (age 4)
Lorraine Landry
Young Shelley Fabares
Domenico Sansalone
Young Joey
Michelle Skalnik
Cissy
Talia Derksen
Mouseketeer
Laura Jenkins
Mouseketeer
Ben Newcombe
Mouseketeer
Kelli Stewart
Mouseketeer
Rene Tardle
Mouseketeer
Kimberly Wallace
Mouseketeer
Virginia Funicello
Self
Joe Funicello
Self
Glen Holt
Self
Gina Portman
Self
John Portman
Self
Jason Gilardi
Self
Jack Gilardi Jr.
Self
Jack Gilardi
Self
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