A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
Bill Corcoran1995-10-22
4
120 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Eva LaRue | Annette Funicello | Unowned |
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Len Cariou | Walt Disney | Unowned |
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Frank Crudele | Joe Funicello | Unowned |
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Rob Stewart | Jack Gilardi | Unowned |
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David Lipper | Paul Anka | Unowned |
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Don S. Davis | Glen Holt | Unowned |
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Louis Ferreira | Young Frankie Avalon | Unowned |
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Andrea Nemeth | Annette Funicello (age 12-15) | Unowned |
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Frankie Avalon | Self | Unowned |
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Annette Funicello | Self | Unowned |
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Linda Lavin | Virginia Funicello | Unowned |
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Ahnee Boyce | Gina Portman | Unowned |
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Austin Basile | Jack Gilardi Jr. | Unowned |
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Jay Brazeau | Uncle Pete | Unowned |
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Victoria Brooks | Jill | Unowned |
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Stephania Ciccone | Grandma Albano | Unowned |
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Demetri Goritsas | Jimmie Dodd | Unowned |
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Elysa Hogg | Annette Funicello (age 4) | Unowned |
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Gary Jones | Production Assistant | Unowned |
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Lorraine Landry | Young Shelley Fabares | Unowned |
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Hrothgar Mathews | Plastic Surgeon | Unowned |
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Alexandra Purvis | Heather | Unowned |
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Claire Riley | Neurologist | Unowned |
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Suzanne Ristic | Aunt Irene | Unowned |
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Greg Rogers | Al Gilbert | Unowned |
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Nina Roman | Fortune Teller | Unowned |
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Domenico Sansalone | Young Joey | Unowned |
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Michelle Skalnik | Cissy | Unowned |
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Blair Slater | Jason Gilardi | Unowned |
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Kavan Smith | Young Dick Clark | Unowned |
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George Touliatos | Grandpa Albano | Unowned |
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Scott Augustine | Mouseketeer | Unowned |
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Kim Bailey | Mouseketeer | Unowned |
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Talia Derksen | Mouseketeer | Unowned |
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Laura Jenkins | Mouseketeer | Unowned |
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Ben Newcombe | Mouseketeer | Unowned |
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Kelli Stewart | Mouseketeer | Unowned |
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Rene Tardle | Mouseketeer | Unowned |
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Kimberly Wallace | Mouseketeer | Unowned |
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Virginia Funicello | Self | Unowned |
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Joe Funicello | Self | Unowned |
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Glen Holt | Self | Unowned |
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Gina Portman | Self | Unowned |
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John Portman | Self | Unowned |
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Jason Gilardi | Self | Unowned |
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Jack Gilardi Jr. | Self | Unowned |
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Jack Gilardi | Self | Unowned |
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Dick Clark | Self (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Shelley Fabares | Self (uncredited) | Unowned |