A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story 29 years old

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.

Credits

Annette Funicello as Annette Funicello

Don S. Davis as Glen Holt

Eva LaRue as Annette Funicello

Jay Brazeau as Uncle Pete

Louis Ferreira as Young Frankie Avalon

Frankie Avalon as Frankie Avalon

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story Cast

Name	Character
Annette Funicello She was 53, 70 years old when she died	as Annette Funicello
Don S. Davis He was 53, 65 years old when he died	as Glen Holt
Eva LaRue She was 28, now 57 years old	as Annette Funicello
Jay Brazeau He was 41, now 71 years old	as Uncle Pete
Louis Ferreira He was 28, now 57 years old	as Young Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon He was 55, now 84 years old	as Frankie Avalon
Len Cariou He was 56, now 85 years old	as Walt Disney
Linda Lavin She was 58, now 87 years old	as Virginia Funicello
Frank Crudele He was 40, now 70 years old	as Joe Funicello
David Lipper	as Paul Anka

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story Crew

Name	Department
Bill Corcoran as Director. He was 44 (now 73) years old	Directing
John McGreevey as Writer. He was 72 (87) years old when He died	Writing

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story poster

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (29 years)

Release day: Sunday, October 22, 1995
Runtime: 120 minutes