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

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

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.

Release Date: 1995-10-22

Original Language: en

Genres: Unknown Genre

Rating:

Popularity:

3.712

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Cast Members

Eva LaRue

Annette Funicello

Len Cariou

Walt Disney

Frank Crudele

Joe Funicello

Rob Stewart

Jack Gilardi

David Lipper

Paul Anka

Don S. Davis

Glen Holt

Louis Ferreira

Young Frankie Avalon

Andrea Nemeth

Annette Funicello (age 12-15)

Linda Lavin

Virginia Funicello

Ahnee Boyce

Gina Portman

Austin Basile

Jack Gilardi Jr.

Jay Brazeau

Uncle Pete

Stephania Ciccone

Grandma Albano

Demetri Goritsas

Jimmie Dodd

Elysa Hogg

Annette Funicello (age 4)

Gary Jones

Production Assistant

Lorraine Landry

Young Shelley Fabares

Hrothgar Mathews

Plastic Surgeon

Claire Riley

Neurologist

Suzanne Ristic

Aunt Irene

Greg Rogers

Al Gilbert

Nina Roman

Fortune Teller

Blair Slater

Jason Gilardi

Kavan Smith

Young Dick Clark

George Touliatos

Grandpa Albano

Scott Augustine

Mouseketeer

Kim Bailey

Mouseketeer

Talia Derksen

Mouseketeer

Laura Jenkins

Mouseketeer

Ben Newcombe

Mouseketeer

Kelli Stewart

Mouseketeer

Rene Tardle

Mouseketeer

Kimberly Wallace

Mouseketeer

Dick Clark

Self (uncredited)

Shelley Fabares

Self (uncredited)