Editing Annette Funicello (section)

==Early life==
Annette Joanne Funicello was born in [[Utica, New York]], to Virginia Jeanne (née Albano),<ref name="legacy/24599495">{{cite web |title=Virginia Funicello Obituary (2007) - Encino, CA - The Desert Sun |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thedesertsun/name/virginia-funicello-obituary?id=24599495 |website=Legacy.com |access-date=15 June 2023}}</ref> and Joseph Edward Funicello. Her family moved to [[Southern California]] when she was four years old.<ref name=Biographycom>{{cite web |title=Annette Funicello Biography (1942–) |work= Crystal Reference, Biography.com |publisher=A&E Television Networks |year=2003 |url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542632 |access-date=March 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408081659/http://www.biography.com/articles/Annette-Funicello-9542632 |archive-date=April 8, 2010}}</ref> She was of [[Italian American]] heritage.<ref>{{cite news|last=Marling|first=Karal Ann|author-link=Karal Ann Marling|date=June 5, 1994|title=The Girl in the Mouse Ears|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/05/books/the-girl-in-the-mouse-ears.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 31, 2024}}</ref>