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The "sweetheart" of TV's The Mickey Mouse Club, American entertainer Annette Funicello began performing at age 10. The Disney people themselves sensed that Funicello had star quality, building several musical numbers around her on The Mickey Mouse Club and fashioning her own Club show-within-a-show miniseries, appropriately titled "Annette." Funicello's post-Mickey Mouse career was far more successful than that of many of her fellow Mouseketeers--and the reasons cannot be charged up to looks alone. She also was guest-starred on the Disney TV series Zorro and Wonderful World of Color, and was given sizeable roles in such Disney theatrical features as The Shaggy Dog (59) and Babes in Toyland (61). While still under contract to Disney, Funicello began appearing in American-International's Beach Party series, usually co-starring with Frankie Avalon. Though these films were distinguished by undulating, bikinied females, Walt Disney decreed that Funicello never be involved in any "suggestive" sequences--nor were her two-piece bathing suits permitted to uncover her navel. After playing an extended cameo role as Davy Jones' sweetheart in The Monkees' film vehicle Head (68), Funicello cut down on her professional appearances, preferring to spend time with her family. During the 1970s, she became spokeswoman for a popular brand of peanut butter, her commercial appearances constituting the bulk of her on-camera time during this period. In 1987, she and onetime cohort Frankie Avalon co-financed and starred in the nostalgic musical film Back to the Beach. In recent years, Funicello has been struggling against the ravages of multiple sclerosis; her courage and high spirits in the face of intense pain and decreasing mobility have been inspirational, as well as beneficial in helping to raise funds for further research of degenerative diseases. In 1994, Annette Funicello published her autobiography, the tone of which perfectly reflected the actress herself: discreet, ladylike and boundlessly cheerful. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide less

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Back to the Beach (1987)
Cast: Alan Hale, Jr.
Tags: Parody/Spoof Musical Comedy Comedy Beach Film
Length: 92min
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello not only starred in the delightfully "retro" Back to the Beach, but also served as executive producers. Appropriately set 25 years after such drive-in faves as Beach Blanket Bingo, the film finds Frankie and...
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A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)
Tags: Biopic Showbiz Drama Drama
Length: min
This made-for-television biography paints a moving portrait of the extraordinary life of Annette Funicello, a former Mouseketeer who grew up to be America's sweetheart and Queen of the Beach Blanket movies of the 1960s. The story not only covers her...
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Head (1968)
Cast: Jack Nicholson Victor Mature Dennis Hopper
Tags: Absurd Comedy Comedy Rock Musical Musical Comedy
Length: 86min
The Monkees -- Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones and Peter Tork -- didn't really enjoy being labelled the Prefab Four back when their TV series was all the rage in 1966. With the help and support of Bob Rafaelson (co-producer, co-writer and...
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Thunder Alley (1967)
Tags: Drama Sports Drama
Length: 90min
The fast-paced world of stock-car racing provides the backdrop for this drama that centers upon a driver who is forced to retire after a blackout causes the death of another driver. He then begins working at a "Thrill Circus" as a stunt driver. There...
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The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
Cast: Walt Disney
Tags: Slapstick Animal Picture Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy
Length: 90min
The sequel to 1963's Misadventures of Merlin Jones finds young Mr. Jones (Tommy Kirk) still in college and still going out with Jennifer (Annette Funicello). In this movie, he must help football players pass their tests and invent a flying machine win...
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Fireball 500 (1966)
Cast: Frankie Avalon Chill Wills
Tags: Drama Sports Drama
Length: 92min
In this musical aimed at teenagers, Frankie Avalon, and Fabian battle it out for Annette Funicello's affections on the stock car track. The tale begins when smugglers trick Avalon into taking on contraband during a cross-country race. He catches on to...
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Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Cast: Buster Keaton Paul Lynde Timothy Carey
Tags: Musical Comedy Teen Movie Comedy Musical Beach Film
Length: 96min
Part of American-International's "Beach Party" series, Beach Blanket Bingo was directed by William Asher. Frankie (Frankie Avalon) briefly deserts Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) in favor of pop star Sugar Kane (Linda Evans). Also around and about is a...
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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Cast: Mickey Rooney William Asher Samuel Z. Arkoff
Tags: Teen Movie Comedy Beach Film
Length: 90min
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini is considered to be the strangest of the "Beach Party" movies. Frankie (Frankie Avalon) is off in the navy, serving in the South Pacific, and nervous about all of the guys that will be hitting on Dee Dee (Annette Funicello)...
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Pajama Party (1964)
Cast: Jesse White Dorothy Lamour Don Weis Annette Funicello
Tags: Science Fiction Comedy Teen Movie Romantic Comedy Sci-Fi Comedy
Length: 82min
Out of the beaches and into the boudoirs go Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and the rest of the gang in Pajama Party. Actually, the whole megillah is as innocent as a newborn babe, but there's plenty of smirking and snickering during a wild 'n'...
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
Cast: Stuart Erwin
Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Comedy Sci-Fi Comedy
Length: 90min
In this Disney family film, brainy college student Merlin Jones (Tommy Kirk) invents a mind-reading machine, but the consequences of its use prove to be a lot of trouble. With help from his girlfriend (Annette Funicello), he must set to right all that...
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