A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)
TV Movie
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
Annette Funicello
Walt Disney
Virginia Funicello
Gina Portman
Jack Gilardi Jr.
Uncle Pete
Jill
Grandma Albano
Jimmie Dodd
Annette Funicello (age 4)
Production Assistant
Young Shelley Fabares
Joe Funicello
Plastic Surgeon
Heather
Neurologist
Aunt Irene
Al Gilbert
Fortune Teller
Young Joey
Cissy
Jason Gilardi
Young Dick Clark
Jack Gilardi
Grandpa Albano
Mouseketeer
Mouseketeer
Mouseketeer
Mouseketeer
Mouseketeer
Mouseketeer
Mouseketeer
Mouseketeer
Self
Paul Anka
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self (uncredited)
Self (uncredited)
Glen Holt
Young Frankie Avalon
Annette Funicello (age 12-15)
Self
Self
Crew
Director
Co-Executive Producer
Director of Photography
Production Design
Production Design
Editor
Original Music Composer
Producer
Teleplay
Teleplay
Book
Executive Producer
Unit Production Manager
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Casting
Choreographer
Costume Designer
Assistant Costume Designer
Hairstylist
Art Direction
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Assistant Set Decoration
Executive In Charge Of Production