A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story poster

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

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Eva LaRue

      Annette Funicello

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      Len Cariou

      Walt Disney

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      Frank Crudele

      Joe Funicello

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      Rob Stewart

      Jack Gilardi

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      David Lipper

      Paul Anka

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      Don S. Davis

      Glen Holt

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      Louis Ferreira

      Young Frankie Avalon

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      Andrea Nemeth

      Annette Funicello (age 12-15)

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      Frankie Avalon

      Self

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      Annette Funicello

      Self

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      Linda Lavin

      Virginia Funicello

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      Ahnee Boyce

      Gina Portman

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      Austin Basile

      Jack Gilardi Jr.

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      Jay Brazeau

      Uncle Pete

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      Victoria Brooks

      Jill

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      Stephania Ciccone

      Grandma Albano

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      Demetri Goritsas

      Jimmie Dodd

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      Elysa Hogg

      Annette Funicello (age 4)

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      Gary Jones

      Production Assistant

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      Lorraine Landry

      Young Shelley Fabares

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      Hrothgar Mathews

      Plastic Surgeon

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      Alexandra Purvis

      Heather

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      Claire Riley

      Neurologist

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      Suzanne Ristic

      Aunt Irene

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      Greg Rogers

      Al Gilbert

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      Nina Roman

      Fortune Teller

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      Domenico Sansalone

      Young Joey

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      Michelle Skalnik

      Cissy

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      Blair Slater

      Jason Gilardi

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      Kavan Smith

      Young Dick Clark

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      George Touliatos

      Grandpa Albano

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      Scott Augustine

      Mouseketeer

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      Kim Bailey

      Mouseketeer

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      Talia Derksen

      Mouseketeer

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      Laura Jenkins

      Mouseketeer

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      Ben Newcombe

      Mouseketeer

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      Kelli Stewart

      Mouseketeer

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      Rene Tardle

      Mouseketeer

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      Kimberly Wallace

      Mouseketeer

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      Virginia Funicello

      Self

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      Joe Funicello

      Self

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      Glen Holt

      Self

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      Gina Portman

      Self

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      John Portman

      Self

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      Jason Gilardi

      Self

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      Jack Gilardi Jr.

      Self

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      Jack Gilardi

      Self

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      Dick Clark

      Self (uncredited)

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      Shelley Fabares

      Self (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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