She soon became a favourite with viewers, and in was given her own episode series called Annette. In it, Funicello played a sweet but not sugary , unspoilt orphan girl from the country who goes to live with her aunt and uncle in the big city, and has to adapt to new surroundings and people. In fact, he wrote the song Puppy Love — "I cry each night these tears for you" — when they broke up. Disney then cast her in two live-action fantasy features, The Shaggy Dog and Babes in Toyland , before allowing her, to everyone's surprise, to go to American International Pictures to make Beach Party on condition that she keep her virginal image, not wear a bikini and keep her navel covered.
Nevertheless, she did bare her navel in all the films, and wore a bikini in Bikini Beach With rock'n'roll movies a thing of the past and twist movies on their last swaying legs, the Beach Party films, made for the youth market, invariably involved a group of young, scantily clad surfers defending their right to continue their love-ins and gyrations to surf music without interference from killjoy "squares".
However, Funicello, Avalon and the gang were no rebels without causes, but credits to the community. After seeing a neurologist, she and Glen received the diagnosis. But there was one other person who needed to know. Frankie kept their secret and kept her safe.
Of course, that was entirely untrue. The outpouring of love from celebrities, friends, and fans was astonishing. The very first, and very large, arrangement that arrived contained a small card that read,. The card was signed by Frank Sinatra. The Disney Studio soon became deluged with thousands of pieces of mail for Annette, offering all kinds of ideas for treatments and words of love and support. Interestingly, while Annette could be treated by MS specialists anywhere in the world, the one person she thought could help her was no longer around.
As a special surprise, a group of artists at Disneyland decided to create a one-of-a-kind cane as a gift for her. They started with a clear Lucite cane, upon which they hand-painted all of the highlights of her Disney television, movie, film, and music career. In , on her 50th birthday, Annette was named a Disney Legend at a special studio ceremony, and in , she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
If you were a boy, she was your dream date, demure, doe-eyed and just different enough to set hearts pounding. She was Diagnosed in , Funicello later became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often debilitating disease that afflicts the central nervous system. Long before Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus, there was Annette, the last of the original Mouseketeers to be chosen and one of the few hand-picked by Disney himself.
Like the other female Mouseketeers, Funicello wore a blue pleated skirt, a white, short-sleeved turtleneck sweater with her name spelled out in block letters across her chest and a cap with mouse ears.
And she was so pretty. But the echo chambers and double tracking gave me confidence and made my voice stronger. And it was time for a new sound. But for all the Hollywood glitz and glamour, Funicello remained the same reserved and relatively sheltered young woman her friends called Annie, who continued living at home until she was married. Born Oct. In , her auto mechanic father sold his business and the family moved to the San Fernando Valley.
To assist in fundraising to fight neurological disorders, the actress founded the Annette Funicello Teddy Bear Company, which markets a line of collectible bears. She also developed her own perfume line, Cello by Annette. A portion of the proceeds from these products goes to the Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Disorders, an organization founded by the actress in She was survived by second husband Glen Holt, whom she married in , and three children from her earlier marriage to Jack Gilardi We strive for accuracy and fairness.
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