Editing Annette Funicello

{{Short description|American actress and singer (1942–2013)}}
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| name               = Annette Funicello
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| 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.
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| years_active       = 1954–1998
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* {{marriage|Glen D. Holt|1986<!--Omission per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}
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'''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.

==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>

==Career==

===''The Mickey Mouse Club''===
[[File:The Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeers Annette Funicello 1956.jpg|thumb|right|Funicello as a Mouseketeer on ''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]'' (1956)]]
Funicello took dancing and music lessons when she was a child in order to overcome her shyness. In 1955, the 12-year-old was discovered by [[Walt Disney]] when she performed as the Swan Queen in ''[[Swan Lake]]'' at a dance recital at the [[Starlight Bowl (Burbank, California)|Starlight Bowl]] in [[Burbank, California]]. Disney cast her as one of the original Mouseketeers. She was the last to be selected, and one of the few cast members to be personally selected by Walt Disney himself.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}} 

In 1955, she signed a seven-year contract with Disney at $160 a week that would rise to $500 a week if all options were exercised.<ref name="contract">{{cite news|title=Annette Funicello Fails to Set Aside Contract: Young Singer Wanted Court to Act on 1955 Pact Made With Disney Productions|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 18, 1959|page=B14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Article 2 -- No Title|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 10, 1955|page=A1}}</ref>

Funicello proved to be very popular and by the end of the first season of ''The Mickey Mouse Club'', she was receiving 6,000 letters a month, more than any other Mouseketeer.<ref name="letter">{{cite news|title=Annette Funicello shares life cheerfully Profile: The former Mousketeer thrives on the most demanding role of her life: herself|last=Griffith|first=Mary Jo|work=The Orange County Register|date=June 21, 1994|page=F04}}</ref> She dated fellow Mouseketeer [[Lonnie Burr]].<ref name="oregonlive/funicellos_first_kiss">{{cite news |date=9 April 2013 |title=Annette Funicello's first kiss: Former Mousketeer Lonnie Burr of Beaverton praises the late star |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2013/04/annette_funicellos_first_kiss.html |access-date=15 June 2023 |work=The Oregonian |language=en}}</ref><ref name="silive/goofy_about_disney/60">{{cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=Chuck |date=30 October 2015 |title=Mouseketeer Annette Funicello offered dating advice in a 1964 teen magazine |url=https://www.silive.com/goofy_about_disney/2015/10/post_60.html |access-date=15 June 2023 |work=Staten Island Advance |language=en}}</ref> Saying goodbye to cast members in the 1958 show finale, Funicello said "I never cried so hard in my life".<ref name="Family" />

In addition to appearing in many Mouseketeer sketches and dance routines, Funicello starred in several serials on ''The Mickey Mouse Club''. These included ''[[Adventure in Dairyland]]'', the second and third ''[[Spin and Marty]]'' serials – ''The Further Adventures of Spin and Marty'' (1956) and ''The New Adventures of Spin and Marty'' (1957) –  and ''[[Walt Disney Presents: Annette]]'' (1958) (which co-starred [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]]).{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

===Singing career===
In several scenes in the ''Annette'' serial, she performed the song that launched her singing career. The studio received so much mail about "How Will I Know My Love" (lyrics by [[Tom Adair]], music by Frances Jeffords and William Walsh),<ref>{{cite book
  | title = Disney Fake Book
  | publisher = Hal Leonard Corporation
  | year = 1996
  | location = New York
  | page = 74
  | isbn = 0-7935-4521-8 }}</ref> that Walt Disney issued it as a single, and gave Funicello (somewhat unwillingly{{Citation needed|date=January 2025|reason=wording is provocative}}) a recording contract.<ref name="interview">{{cite web
  | title = Oct 22nd Happy 65th Birthday Annette
  | work = You Remember That.com
  | url = http://www.yourememberthat.com/media/1780/Oct_22nd_____Happy__65th_Birthday__Annette/
  | format = video interview
  | access-date = December 22, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071224112948/http://www.yourememberthat.com/media/1780/Oct_22nd_____Happy__65th_Birthday__Annette/| archive-date= December 24, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>

A proposed live-action feature, ''[[The Rainbow Road to Oz]]'', was to have starred some of the Mouseketeers, including [[Darlene Gillespie]] as Dorothy and Funicello as Ozma. Preview segments from the film aired on September 11, 1957, on ''[[Disneyland (TV series)|Disneyland]]''{{'}}s fourth anniversary show.<ref>{{YouTube|kJjhqBb3qGI|''Disneyland'' segment}} (August 4, 2007). Retrieved on April 20, 2013.</ref> By then, MGM's ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' had been shown on [[CBS Television]] for the first time. Theories on why the film was abandoned include Disney's failure to develop a satisfactory script and the positive reception of the MGM film's television screening. Disney ultimately replaced this film project with a new adaptation of ''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|Babes in Toyland]]'' (1961), which starred Funicello as Mary Contrary.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

===Post-''Mickey Mouse Club''===
[[File:Annette Funicello 1959.JPG|thumb|right|Funicello and Richard Tyler on ''The Danny Thomas Show'' (1959)]]
After the ''Mickey Mouse Club'', Funicello remained under contract with Disney for a time. She had a role on the Disney television series ''[[Zorro (1957 TV series)|Zorro]]'', playing Anita Cabrillo in a three-episode storyline about a teen-aged girl arriving in Los Angeles to visit a father who does not seem to exist to the citizens there. This role was reportedly a 16th birthday present from Walt Disney, and it was the first of two different characters she played opposite [[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]] as Zorro, whom Funicello had developed a crush on.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Annette Is Getting Older...: Hollywood|author=Korman, Seymour|date=February 7, 1959|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=c3}}</ref><ref name=Family/> She had a multiple-episode guest arc on ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]'' as an Italian exchange student.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ex-Mouseketeer Wins Thomas Role|date=December 14, 1958|work=Los Angeles Times|page=G6}}</ref>

Funicello made her feature film debut in the Disney-produced comedy ''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]'' (1959) with [[Fred MacMurray]] and [[Tommy Kirk]]. The film was a success at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mayor, Out West, Sees Film Studio: Visits Fox Lot, Meets Stars and Governor Knight -- Blaustein Script Added|last=Pryor|first=Thomas M.|date=July 30, 1958|work=The New York Times|page=18}}</ref>

Although uncomfortable being thought of as a singer, Funicello had a number of pop record hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, mostly written by the [[Sherman Brothers]] and including: "[[Tall Paul (song)|Tall Paul]]", "First Name Initial", "[[O Dio Mio]]", "Train of Love" (written by [[Paul Anka]]) and "[[Pineapple Princess]]". They were released by Disney's [[Disney Music Group|Buena Vista]] label. She also recorded "It's Really Love" in 1959, a reworking of an earlier Paul Anka song called "Toot Sweet" (which was later reworked again into ''Johnny's Theme'' for ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'').{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

In an episode of the [[Disney anthology television series]] titled "[[Disneyland After Dark]]", Funicello can be seen singing live at [[Disneyland]]. Walt Disney was reportedly a fan of 1950s pop star [[Teresa Brewer]] and tried to pattern Funicello's singing on the same style. However, Funicello credits "the Annette sound" to her record producer, [[Tutti Camarata]], who worked for Disney in that era. Camarata had her [[Double tracking|double-track]] her vocals, matching her first track as closely as possible on the second recording to achieve a fuller sound than her voice would otherwise produce.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}  Early in her career, she appeared on the [[NBC]] interview program ''[[Here's Hollywood]]''.<ref name="interview"/>

In December 1959, Funicello attempted to have her contract with Disney set aside, claiming that it was unequitable and that she was without an agent or legal counsel when she signed it. She was receiving $325 a week (About $3,000 in 2020 dollars). The court refused.<ref name="court">{{cite news|first=Fred|last=Stanley|title=Hollywood Mulls Court Decisions|work=The New York Times|date=March 26, 1944|page=1|id={{ProQuest|106872448}}}}</ref>

===Return to Disney===
In 1961, Funicello returned to ''Zorro'' playing a different role. She starred in a big budget musical for Disney, ''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|Babes in Toyland]]'' (1961), alongside [[Tommy Sands (American singer)|Tommy Sands]] and Kirk.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Annette Funicello to Star in Disney Film|author=Hopper, Hedda|date=January 26, 1961|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=a9}}</ref>  She also appeared in two television movies filmed in Europe for Disney alongside Kirk, both of which were released theatrically in some markets: ''[[The Horsemasters]]'' (1961), shot in England, and ''[[Escapade in Florence]]'' (1962), filmed in Italy.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Walt Disney Will Film Romantic Teen Comedy|author=Hopper, Hedda|date=August 20, 1960|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=n17}}</ref> It has been pointed out that although Disney had Funicello under contract a long time "he never seemed to have much faith in her abilities to carry a film (she usually supported the boy)."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/movie-star-cold-streaks-hayley-mills/|title=Movie Star Cold Streaks: Hayley Mills|first= Stephen|last= Vagg|date=March 19, 2022}}</ref>

===Beach party series===
[[File:Beach Party Annette Funicello Frankie Avalon Mid-1960s.jpg|thumb|left|Funicello and [[Frankie Avalon]] at the height of the ''Beach Party'' era]]
Funicello moved on from Disney to become a "[[teen idol]]", starring in a series of "[[Beach party film|Beach Party]]" movies with [[Frankie Avalon]] for [[American International Pictures]]. These started with ''[[Beach Party]]'' (1963) when Funicello was 21 years old. The movie was so successful [[American International Pictures]] signed Funicello to a seven-year contract and starred her in a series of beach party movies.<ref>Gary A Smith, ''American International Pictures: The Golden Years'', Bear Manor 2013 p 211</ref>

Funicello guest-starred on episodes of ''[[Wagon Train]]'', ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'' and ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]''; she then starred in another two-part Disney telemovie with Kirk, ''[[The Misadventures of Merlin Jones]]'' (1964). This was released to cinemas in the US and became a surprise box office hit.  The follow ups to ''Beach Party'', ''[[Muscle Beach Party]]'' (1964) and ''[[Bikini Beach]]'' (1964)<ref name="beach">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=4 December 2024|magazine=Filmink|title=Beach Party: An Appreciation|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/beach-party-an-appreciation/|access-date=11 December 2024}}</ref> were also popular. 
[[File:Annette's Beach Party - Billboard ad 1963.png|thumb|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' advertisement for ''Annette's Beach Party'', July 20, 1963]]

When she was cast in her first beach movie, Walt Disney requested that she wear only modest bathing suits and keep her [[navel]] covered. However, she wore a pink two-piece in ''Beach Party'', a white two-piece fishnet suit in the second film (''Muscle Beach Party''), and a blue and white bikini in the third (''Bikini Beach''). All three swimsuits bared her navel, particularly in ''Bikini Beach'', where it is visible extensively during close up shots in a sequence early in the film when she meets Frankie Avalon's "Potato Bug" character outside his tent.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Myth of the Hidden Navel|url=http://www.beachpartymoviemusic.com/TheMythoftheHiddenNavel.html|access-date=February 20, 2012|publisher=Beachpartymoviemusic.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103012357/http://www.beachpartymoviemusic.com/themythofthehiddennavel.html|archive-date=January 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Funicello made ''[[Pajama Party (film)|Pajama Party]]'' (1964) for AIP with Kirk, not Avalon, though it was an unofficial Beach Party movie, and Avalon made a cameo. Avalon was back as Funicello's co-star in ''[[Beach Blanket Bingo]]'' (1965); she and Kirk then did a sequel to ''Merlin Jones'', ''[[The Monkey's Uncle]]'' (1965). ''The Monkey's Uncle'' featured Annette singing with [[The Beach Boys]] and was another huge hit.<ref name="Cotter">{{cite book
  | last = Cotter
  | first = Bill
  | title = The Wonderful World of Disney Television
  | publisher = [[Hachette Books#Hyperion Books|Hyperion Books]]
  | year = 1997
  | location = New York
  | isbn = 0-7868-6359-5 }}</ref>

Funicello made a cameo in two AIP comedies starring Avalon, ''[[Ski Party]]'' (1965) and ''[[Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine]]'' (1965).  Following these, she filmed ''[[How to Stuff a Wild Bikini]]'' (1965) with [[Dwayne Hickman]]. Box office receipts for the series were in decline, and neither Avalon nor Funicello appeared in the final installment, ''[[The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini]]'' (1966).

===Stock-car racing films===
AIP tried a new formula with stock car racing films, starting with ''[[Fireball 500]]'' (1966) which starred Funicello, Avalon and [[Fabian Forte]]. The movie was popular enough for them to try another stock car movie, ''[[Thunder Alley (1967 film)|Thunder Alley]]'' (1967) with Funicello and Fabian. It would be her last lead in a feature film for two decades.

Funicello guest starred on ''[[Hondo (TV series)|Hondo]]'' and had a short role in ''[[Head (film)|Head]]'' (1968), opposite [[The Monkees]].

===1970s and 1980s===
During the 1970s, Funicello focused on raising her family. However she still occasionally acted, making guest appearances on shows like ''[[Love, American Style]]'', ''Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon'', ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' and ''[[The Love Boat]]''.

In 1979, Funicello began starring in a series of television commercials for [[Skippy peanut butter]].<ref>{{cite web
 |title=History of Skippy 
 |publisher=Unilever 
 |year=2012 
 |url=http://www.peanutbutter.com/article/detail/115166/skippy-peanut-butter-history 
 |access-date=April 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518112003/http://www.peanutbutter.com/article/detail/115166/skippy-peanut-butter-history 
 |archive-date=May 18, 2012 |url-status=dead 
  
}}</ref> Her role as spokesperson for the brand forced Funicello to turn down a role in ''[[Grease 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Movies: 'Hey, What Floor Am I On?!' A Frenetic Day in Chicago for a Producer Born Too Late|last=Popson|first=Tom|work=Chicago Tribune|date=June 20, 1982|page=f20}}</ref> In November 1985, she starred in the 16th episode of the Disney Channel documentary series ''[[Disney Family Album]]'' in an episode about her career.<ref name=Family>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch/bsa5jNSu-Zk|title=Disney Family Album #16-Annette Funicello|website=YouTube|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2020}}</ref>

She starred in a TV movie for Disney, ''[[Lots of Luck]]'' (1985), and was reunited with Avalon in ''[[Back to the Beach]]'' (1987). The two also performed together live.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello at Golden Nugget|date=January 13, 1991|work=Los Angeles Times|page=F79}}</ref>

===Later career===
Funicello's autobiography, ''A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: My Story'', was dictated to Patricia Romanowski and [[1994 in literature|published in 1994]]. The title was taken from a [[A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes|song]] from the Disney movie ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]''. A television film based on the book, ''A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story'', appeared in 1995. In the final scene, the actress portraying Funicello ([[Eva LaRue]]), using a wheelchair, turns away from the camera and when turning back, Funicello herself appears to deliver a message to a group of children.

During this period, Funicello produced a line of teddy bears for the Annette Funicello Collectible Bear Company.<ref name=Biographycom/> The last collection in the series was made in 2004. She also had her own fragrance called "Cello, by Annette".{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

"Now that I've gone public with my illness, they can't do enough," she said in 1994. "They even send me home remedies to try. Everyone says, 'God bless you and I'm praying for you.{{'"}} <ref name="letter"/>

Funicello made her final public appearance on September 13, 1998 at California's Multiple Sclerosis Society with Frankie Avalon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4tFpFH0nOA| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/o4tFpFH0nOA| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Annette Funicello final public appearance Entertainment Tonight| date=November 23, 2014|access-date=August 13, 2021|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello 1977.jpg|thumb|left|Funicello and Frankie Avalon reunited for the television special ''Good Ol' Days'', 1977]]
Funicello's best friend was actress and singer [[Shelley Fabares]], whom she had met in a [[catechism]] class when they were teens. Fabares was a bridesmaid at Funicello's first wedding. Funicello was also very close to fellow Mouseketeers [[Lonnie Burr]] (her first boyfriend), [[Sharon Baird]], [[Doreen Tracey]], [[Cheryl Holdridge]], Disney co-star [[Tommy Kirk]] and beach-movie co-star [[Frankie Avalon]]. She dated Canadian singer/songwriter [[Paul Anka]] and he wrote his hit song "[[Puppy Love (Paul Anka song)|Puppy Love]]" about her.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20113179,00.html Annette Funicello]. People.com. Retrieved on April 20, 2013.</ref>

===Marriages and children===
Funicello was married to Jack L. Gilardi (1930–2019) from 1965 until 1981. They had three children: Gina Portman (born 1965), Jack Jr. (born 1970) and Jason (born 1974). In 1986, she married California harness racing horse breeder/trainer Glen D. Holt (1930–2018).<ref name=Biographycom/><ref>{{cite news|title= You Wanted To Know|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52261207|date=November 3, 1982|work=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]]|page=186}}</ref> The couple was frequently seen attending harness horse races at the [[Los Alamitos Race Course]] and [[Fairplex]] in [[Pomona, California|Pomona]] in the 1980s and 1990s.

In March 2011, Funicello's longtime [[Encino, California]], home caught fire. She suffered smoke inhalation, but was otherwise unharmed.<ref>{{cite news|title= Annette Funicello suffers smoke inhalation down g fire|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/03/annette-funicello-suffers-smoke-inhalation-during-house-fire/1|author=Oldenburg, Ann|website=USA Today|date=March 12, 2011|access-date=March 17, 2011}}</ref> After the fire, Funicello and Holt lived in a modest ranch that they had purchased decades earlier, located just south of [[Shafter, California]] (north of [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]]), where she lived her remaining years.<ref>[http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/entertainment/community/x1891367482/Annette-Funicello-dies-in-Bakersfield Jennifer Self, "Annette Funicello's family: She fought until the end"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413031509/http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/entertainment/community/x1891367482/Annette-Funicello-dies-in-Bakersfield |date=April 13, 2015 }}, ''The Bakersfield Californian'', April 8, 2013.</ref>

===Illness and death===
In early 1987, at around 45 years old, Funicello reunited with Frankie Avalon for a series of promotional concerts to promote their film ''[[Back to the Beach]]''. She began to experience dizziness, headaches, and balance issues and was diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]]. For the next five years, she hid her condition from her family and friends until 1992 when she finally publicly disclosed her diagnosis<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Annette Funicello Fund For Neurological Disorders
  | publisher = California Community Foundation
  | year = 2008
  | url = http://www.calfund.org/8/giving_funicello.php
  | access-date = January 28, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080123173306/http://www.calfund.org/8/giving_funicello.php| archive-date= January 23, 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> to combat rumors that her impaired ability to walk was the result of alcoholism.  In 1993, she opened the Annette Funicello Fund for Neurological Disorders at the [[California Community Foundation]].<ref name="Annette Funicello Research Foundation">{{cite web|title=Annette Funicello Research Foundation |url=https://www.calfund.org/page.aspx?pid=638 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511015708/https://www.calfund.org/page.aspx?pid=638 |archive-date=May 11, 2013 }}</ref>

The Canadian program ''[[W5 (TV program)|W5]]'' profiled Funicello in 2012 after 15 years out of the public eye, revealing that her disease had severely damaged her nervous system. She had lost the ability to walk in 2004, had lost the ability to speak half a decade later in 2009 and required a [[feeding tube]], needing round-the-clock care in order to survive. Funicello's close friend [[Shelley Fabares]] also appeared in the profile piece.<ref name="Life With MS">{{cite web|title=Annette Funicello: Her life with multiple sclerosis|date=October 5, 2012|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/annette-funicello-her-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-1.984202|publisher=CTV|access-date=October 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGV7fyW82lM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/XGV7fyW82lM| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Annette Funicello_life with M.S.-Mid Oct 2012 / Passed April 8th 2013| date=April 18, 2013|access-date=August 13, 2021|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On April 8, 2013, Funicello died at age 70 at Mercy Southwest Hospital in [[Bakersfield, California]], from complications attributed to multiple sclerosis. Her family and Fabares were with her when she died.<ref>Silverman, Stephen M. (April 8, 2013), [http://www.people.com/people/mobile/article/0,,20201344,00.html "Annette Funicello Dies at 70 After Long Battle with MS"]. People.com. Retrieved on April 20, 2013.</ref> A private funeral was held at the Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel in Bakersfield.<ref>[http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/funerals/x511836372/Funeral-services-for-April-11-2013 "Funeral Services For April 11, 2013"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032359/http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/funerals/x511836372/Funeral-services-for-April-11-2013 |date=December 3, 2013 }}, ''The Bakersfield Californian'', April 11, 2013. Retrieved on April 23, 2013.</ref> Commenting on her death, [[the Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Company]] chairman and CEO [[Bob Iger]] said: <blockquote>Annette was and always will be a cherished member of the Disney family, synonymous with the word Mouseketeer, and a true Disney Legend. She will forever hold a place in our hearts as one of Walt Disney's brightest stars, delighting an entire generation of baby boomers with her jubilant personality and endless talent. Annette was well known for being as beautiful inside as she was on the outside, and she faced her physical challenges with dignity, bravery and grace. All of us at Disney join with family, friends and fans around the world in celebrating her extraordinary life.<ref name="Iger Statement">{{cite web|title=Beloved Disney Mouseketeer and Iconic Teen Star Annette Funicello Dies at Age 70|date=April 8, 2013 |url=http://d23.disney.go.com/news/2013/04/beloved-mouseketeer-and-iconic-teen-star-annette-funicello-passes-away/|publisher=D23|access-date=April 8, 2013}}</ref></blockquote>

==Legacy==
The [[power pop]] band [[Redd Kross]]'s 1980 song "[[Red Cross (EP)|Annette's Got The Hits]]" was inspired by Funicello.<ref>{{Citation |title=Redd Kross: Steve McDonald WHAT'S THE STORY? Interview w/ Dan Kennedy April 21, 1997 San Francisco | date=April 10, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5763QHRedSs |language=en |access-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref>

In 1992, Funicello was inducted as a [[Disney Legend]].<ref>{{cite web |title = Disney Legends |publisher=Disney |year=2005 |url=http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Annette+Funicello |access-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> She received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for motion pictures on September 14, 1993; it is located at 6834 [[Hollywood Boulevard|Hollywood Blvd]]. In 1995, she appeared on a Disney TV documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of ''The Mickey Mouse Club''.

In the [[Disney Village]] shopping and dining area of [[Disneyland Paris]], a 1950s themed restaurant called Annette's Diner is named after her.

==Discography==

===Albums===
Numbers in parentheses after title indicate peak position in ''Billboard'' charts.<ref>{{cite web |title = Billboard Artist Annette Funicello |url = http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/annette-funicello/discography/songs/12830 |publisher = Billboard.com |access-date = February 20, 2012}}</ref>
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*''Annette''&nbsp;– Vista BV-3301 (Mono) (1959)
*''Annette Sings Anka'' (#21)&nbsp;– Vista BV-3302 (Mono) (1960)
*''Hawaiiannette'' (#38)&nbsp;– Vista BV-3303 (Mono) (1960)
*''Italiannette''&nbsp;– Vista BV-3304 (Mono) (1960)
*''Dance Annette''&nbsp;– Vista BV-3305 (Mono) (1961)
*''The Story of My Teens''&nbsp;– Vista BV-3312 (Mono) (1962)
*''Annette's Beach Party'' (#39)&nbsp;– Vista BV-3316 (Mono), STER-3316 (Stereo) (July 1963)
*''Muscle Beach Party''&nbsp;– Vista BV-3314 (Mono), STER-3314 (Stereo) (April 1964)
*''Annette on Campus''&nbsp;– Vista BV-3320 (Mono), STER-3320 (Stereo) (1964)
*''Annette at Bikini Beach''&nbsp;– Vista BV-3324 (Mono), STER-3324 (Stereo) (September 1964)
*''Pajama Party''&nbsp;– Vista BV-3325 (Mono), STER-3325 (Stereo) (November 1964)
*''Something Borrowed Something Blue''&nbsp;– Vista BV-3328 (Mono), STER-3328 (Stereo) (1964)
*''Annette Sings Golden Surfin' Hits''&nbsp;– Vista BV-3327 (Mono), STER-3327 (Stereo) (July 1965)
*''Annette Funicello''&nbsp;– Vista BV-4037 (1972)
*''Annette Funicello Country Album''&nbsp;– Starview 4001 (1984)
*''Best of Annette''&nbsp;– Rhino RNDF-206 (1984) (also released as a picture disk on Rhino RNLP-702)
*''Annette: A Musical Reunion with America's Girl-Next-Door''&nbsp;– Vista 60010 (1993)
*''A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes''&nbsp;– Time/Warner 520564 (April 16, 1995)
*''The Best of Annette''&nbsp;– Vista (August 14, 1991)
*''A Tribute to Walt Disney – Promised Land''&nbsp;– Glanco Music (2013)
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===Singles===
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Titles (A-side, B-side)<br /><small>Both sides from same album except where indicated</small>
!rowspan="2"|Record Label
!colspan="3"|Peak chart positions 
!rowspan="2"|Album
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Billboard]]</small>
! style="text-align:center;"|<small>[[Cashbox (magazine)|US Cashbox]]</small>
! style="text-align:center;"|<small>[[CHUM Chart|CAN CHUM]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=9540| title=CHUM Chart results| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208100645/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=9540| archive-date=February 8, 2006}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1958
| style="text-align:left;"|"How Will I Know My Love"<br /><small>b/w "Don't Jump to Conclusions"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Disneyland 102
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| 55
| style="text-align:center;"| 41
| rowspan="6"|''Annette''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"That Crazy Place from Outer Space"<br /><small>b/w "Gold Doubloons and Pieces of Eight" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Disneyland 114
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|-
|rowspan="5"|1959
| style="text-align:left;"|"[[Tall Paul (song)|Tall Paul]]"<br /><small>b/w "Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Disneyland 118
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 
| style="text-align:center;"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"[[Jo Jo the Dog Faced Boy (song)|Jo Jo the Dog Faced Boy]]"<br /><small>Original B-side: "Lonely Guitar"<br />Later B-side: "Love Me Forever"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 336
| style="text-align:center;"|73 
| style="text-align:center;"|59 
| style="text-align:center;"|33
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Lonely Guitar" /<br />"Wild Willie"<br /><small>Multiple releases with each title as A-side</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 339
| style="text-align:center;"|50 
| style="text-align:center;"|51 
| style="text-align:center;"|41
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Especially for You"<br /><small>b/w "My Heart Became of Age"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 344
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"First Name Initial" /<br />"My Heart Became of Age"<small> (from ''Annette'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 349
| style="text-align:center;"| 20<br />74 
| style="text-align:center;"| 16<br />—
| style="text-align:center;"| 16
| rowspan="2"|''The Story of My Teens''
|-
| rowspan="4"|1960
| style="text-align:left;"|"[[O Dio Mio]]"<br /><small>b/w "It Took Dreams" (from ''Annette'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 354
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
| style="text-align:center;"| 20
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Train of Love"<br /><small>b/w "Tell Me Who's the Girl" (from ''The Story of My Teens'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 359
| style="text-align:center;"| 36 
| style="text-align:center;"| 47
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
| ''Annette Sings Anka''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"[[Pineapple Princess]]"<br /><small>b/w "Luau Cha Cha Cha"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 362
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 
| style="text-align:center;"| 15
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
| ''Hawaiiannette''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Talk to Me Baby"<br /><small>b/w "I Love You Baby"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 369
| style="text-align:center;"|92 
| style="text-align:center;"|98
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| ''Annette Sings Anka''
|-
|rowspan="4"|1961
| style="text-align:left;"|"Dream Boy"<br /><small>b/w "Please Please Signore" </small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 374
| style="text-align:center;"|87
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| ''Italiannette''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Indian Giver"<br /><small>b/w "Mama Mama Rosa (Where's the Spumoni)" (from ''Italiannette'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 375
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|Non-album track
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Blue Muu Muu"<br /><small>b/w "Hawaiian Love Talk" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 384
| style="text-align:center;"|107 
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|''Hawaiiannette''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Dreamin' About You"<br /><small>b/w "Strummin' Song" (from ''The Story of My Teens'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 388
| style="text-align:center;"| 106 
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|Non-album track
|-
|rowspan="6"|1962
| style="text-align:left;"|"That Crazy Place from Outer Space"<br /><small>b/w "Seven Moons (Of Batalyre)" (by Danny Saval and Tom Tyron, non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 392  
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|''Annette''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"The Truth About Youth"<br /><small>b/w "I Can't Do the Sum"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 394
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| ''The Story of My Teens''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"My Little Grass Shack"<br /><small>b/w "Hukilau"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 400
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| ''Hawaiiannette''
|- 
| style="text-align:left;"|"He's My Ideal"<br /><small>b/w "Mister Piano Man" (from ''The Story of My Teens'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 405
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| rowspan="3"|''Non-album tracks''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Bella Bella Florence"<br /><small>b/w "Canzone d'Amoure"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 407
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Teenage Wedding"<br /><small>b/w "Walkin' and Talkin'"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 414
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|-
|1963
| style="text-align:left;"|"Promise Me Anything"<br /><small>b/w "Treat Him Nicely"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 427
| style="text-align:center;"| 123 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| ''Annette's Beach Party''
|-
|rowspan="5"|1964
| style="text-align:left;"|"Merlin Jones"<small> (with The Wellingtons)</small><br /><small>b/w "The Scrambled Egghead" (with Tommy Kirk)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 431
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| rowspan="3"|''Muscle Beach Party''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Custom City"<br /><small>b/w "Rebel Rider"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 432
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Muscle Beach Party"<br /><small>b/w "I Dream About Frankie"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 433
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Bikini Beach Party"<br /><small>b/w "The Clyde"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 436
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| rowspan="2"|''Annette at Bikini Beach''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"[[The Wah-Watusi]]"<br /><small>b/w "The Clyde"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 437
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|-
|rowspan="3"|1965
| style="text-align:left;"|"Something Borrowed, Something Blue"<br /><small>b/w "How Will I Know My Love" (New version of Annette's 1958 recording)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 438
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|''Something Borrowed, Something Blue''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"The Monkey's Uncle"<small> (With [[The Beach Boys]])</small><br /><small>b/w "How Will I Know My Love" (from ''Something Borrowed, Something Blue'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 440
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|''Annette at Bikini Beach''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Boy to Love"<br /><small>b/w "No One Else Could Be Prouder"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 442
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|''Golden Surfin' Hits''
|-
|1966
| style="text-align:left;"|"No Way to Go but Up"<br /><small>b/w "Crystal Ball" (from ''Something Borrowed, Something Blue'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Vista 450
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|Non-album track
|-
|1967
| style="text-align:left;"|"What's a Girl to Do"<br /><small>b/w "When You Get What You Want"<br />(Annette's name is misspelled on both sides as "Annettte")</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Tower 326
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|''Thunder Alley'' (Soundtrack)
|-
|1981
| style="text-align:left;"|"(Together We Can Make A) Merry Christmas"<br /><small>b/w "The Night Before Christmas"<br />(Duets with Frankie Avalon)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Pacific Star 569
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|Non-album tracks
|-
|1983
| style="text-align:left;"|"The Promised Land"<br /><small>b/w "In Between and Out of Love"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Starview 3001
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
|''Country Album''
|-
|}

==Filmography==

[[Image:Annette Funicello in Seattle parade 1963.JPG|thumb|Funicello as a participant in [[Seattle Seafair]]'s [[Torchlight Parade]], 1963]]
*''[[There's No Business Like Show Business (film)|There's No Business Like Show Business]]'' (1954, Cameo) – Laughing Girl (uncredited)
*''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]'' (1959) – Allison D'Allessio
*''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|Babes in Toyland]]'' (1961) – Mary Quite Contrary
*''[[Beach Party]]'' (1963) – Dolores
*''[[The Misadventures of Merlin Jones]]'' (1964) – Jennifer
*''[[Muscle Beach Party]]'' (1964) – Dee Dee
*''[[Bikini Beach]]'' (1964) – Dee Dee
*''[[Pajama Party (film)|Pajama Party]]'' (1964) – Connie
*''[[Beach Blanket Bingo]]'' (1965) – Dee Dee
*''[[The Monkey's Uncle]]'' (1965) – Jennifer
*''[[Ski Party]]'' (1965, Cameo) – Prof. Sonya Roberts (uncredited)
*''[[How to Stuff a Wild Bikini]]'' (1965) – Dee Dee
*''[[Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine]]'' (1965, cameo) – Girl in Dungeon
*''[[Fireball 500]]'' (1966) – Jane Harris
*''[[Thunder Alley (1967 film)|Thunder Alley]]'' (1967) – Francie Madsen
*''[[Head (film)|Head]]'' (1968) – Minnie
*''[[Back to the Beach]]'' (1987) – Annette
*''[[Troop Beverly Hills]]'' (1989, cameo)

==Television work==
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*''[[Mickey Mouse Club]]'' (1955–1959; 1977; 1980; 1990; 1993)
*''Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law'' (1959) (compilation of episodes from ''Wonderful World of Color'' serial) – Chiquita Bernal
*''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]'' (cast member in 1959) – Gina Minelli
*''[[Zorro (1957 TV series)|Zorro]]'' (1959–1961) – Anita Cabrillo / Constancia de la Torre
*''[[The Horsemasters]]'' (1962) – Dinah Wilcox
*''[[Escapade in Florence]]'' (1962) – Annette Aliotto
*''Burke's Law'' (1963–1965) – Anna Najensky / Dorrie Marsh
*''Wagon Train'' (1963, Episode: "The Sam Pulaski Story") – Rose Pulaski
*''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'' (1964, Episode: "Rosetta") – Melanie Keller
*''[[Hondo (TV series)|Hondo]]'' (1967, episode "Hondo and the Apache Trail")
*''Love, American Style'' segment "Love and the Tuba" (with Frankie Avalon, 1971) – Millie 
*''Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon'' (1976, four-week summer variety series)
*''Frankie and Annette: The Second Time Around'' (1978, TV movie) (unsold pilot) – Annette
*''[[Fantasy Island]]'' episode "Ghostbreaker" (1978)
*''The Mouseketeer Reunion'' (November 23, 1980)
*''[[The Love Boat]]'' (1982)
*''[[Lots of Luck]]'' (1985; TV movie)
*''[[Growing Pains]]'' episode "The Seavers and the Cleavers" (guest star, 1985)
*''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special]]'' (guest star, 1988)
*''[[Full House]]'' episode "Joey Goes Hollywood" (guest star with Frankie Avalon, March 29, 1991)
*''A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story'' (1995; TV movie) – Annette Funicello (final film role)
*''The Mickey Mouse Club Story'' (1995; documentary)
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==Books==
* Funicello, Annette and Patricia Romanowski. ''A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: My Story'' 1994, {{ISBN|0-7868-8092-9}}
* ''The Annette Mysteries'': Includes ''The Desert Inn Mystery'', ''The Mystery at Moonstone Bay'', ''The Mystery at Smugglers' Cove'', Mystery of Medicine Wheel and ''Sierra Summer''

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Annette Funicello}}
* [http://annetteconnection.com/ Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Diseases]
* {{AFI person | 14078-Annette-Funicello }}
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{Tcmdb name}}
* {{discogs artist|Annette Funicello}}
* {{IMDb title|0112898|title=A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story}}
* {{cite web |url= https://d23.com/about-legends/beloved-mouseketeer-and-iconic-teen-star-annette-funicello-passes-away/ |title= Beloved mouseketeer and iconic teen star Annette Funicello passes away |series= Obituary |publisher= Disney |date= April 8, 2013}}
* {{cite web |title= Annette Funicello |url= https://www.lifestory.com/StoryDetail/StoryDetail?lifeStoryId=20134_62de731d-92d3-43e7-944a-3ec94b4525d6 |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 23, 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130423034052/https://www.lifestory.com/StoryDetail/StoryDetail?lifeStoryId=20134_62de731d-92d3-43e7-944a-3ec94b4525d6 |website= Life Story }}
* {{cite web |url= http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/annettefunicello.html |title= Annette Funicello |website= Brian's Drive In Theatre |series= Biograrphy |orig-year= 1999 |date= October 22, 2020 }}

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