Annette Joanne Funicello was born on October 22, 1942, in Utica, New York. She and her family moved to Southern California at age four, where she would take dancing and music lessons. At nine, she ...

Funicello — it is difficult not to write simply “Annette” in referring to her — was not, certainly, an outsized talent, and it was part of her charm that she never tried to pretend otherwise.

Annette Funicello, who first gained fame as a 12-year-old Mousekeeter on Disney’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s and then starred opposite Frankie Avalon in a series of musical beach ...

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The Walt Disney Co. says Annette Funicello, who went from Mouseketeer to beach party movie icon, has died at age 70. Funicello stunned fans and friends in 1992 with the announcement she was ...

Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, ruled among baby boomers, who tuned in every weekday afternoon to watch her on ...

Gina Gilardi Bleifer still has fond memories of her mother Annette Funicello.

NEW YORK (AP) — Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon on a string of ’60s ...