Editing Annette Funicello (section)

{{Short description|American actress and singer (1942–2013)}}
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| name               = Annette Funicello
| image              = 1962 Publicity Photo Annette Funicello Wonderful World of Disney.jpg
| caption            = Funicello in 1962
| birth_name         = Annette Joanne Funicello
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1942|10|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Utica, New York]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2013|04|08|1942|10|22}}
| death_place        = [[Bakersfield, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = 
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|singer}}
| years_active       = 1954–1998
| spouse             = {{plainlist}}
* {{marriage|Jack L. Gilardi|1965|1981|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Glen D. Holt|1986<!--Omission per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}
{{endplainlist}}
| children           = 3
| signature          = 
}}

'''Annette Joanne Funicello''' (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer. She began her professional career at age 12, becoming one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original ''[[The Mickey Mouse Club|Mickey Mouse Club]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-cheryl-holdridge9-2009jan09,0,6897570.story | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Dennis | last=McLellan | title=Cheryl Holdridge dies at 64; popular Mouseketeer | date=January 9, 2009}}</ref> In her teenage years, Funicello had a successful career as a pop singer recording under the name "Annette". Her most notable singles are "[[O Dio Mio]]", "First Name Initial", "[[Tall Paul (song)|Tall Paul]]", and "[[Pineapple Princess]]". During the mid-1960s, she established herself as a film actress, popularizing the successful "[[beach party film|Beach Party]]" genre alongside co-star [[Frankie Avalon]].

In 1992, Funicello announced that she had been diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]]. She died of complications from the disease on April 8, 2013.