Annette Funicello

Her autobiography, published in 1995, is A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story. All Movie Guide Plot sypnosis of her 1965 Bonanza episode (http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:234137~C). After keeping it a secret for years, Annette announced in 1992 that she had begun suffering from multiple sclerosis. Review of her episode of Combat! (http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/episodes/chateau.html). They re-united in 1987 for Back to the Beach, and toured the country as a singing act. All Movie Guide Review of her episode of The Twilight Zone (http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:198368~C). Funicello said in interviews that the reason she was never scantily clad in these films is because she made a promise to Walt Disney that she would never show her navel in a film. Biography from various sources (http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho6/hackett_j.htm).

After maturing, she became a teen idol and went on to star in a series of "Beach Party" movies with Frankie Avalon including Beach Party, Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach and Beach Blanket Bingo. IMDB entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352466/). Annette had a number of pop record hits in the late 1950's and early 1960's, including: "Tall Paul" (dedicated to Paul Anka), "First Name Initial," "O Dio Mio," "Train of Love," and "Pineapple Princess.". 1979 Trapper John, M.D. (1979) playing "Wilma" in episode: "The Surrogate" (episode # 1.10) 23 December. She was cast as one of the original "Mouseketeers", and went on to television roles in Zorro and Elfego Baca, and Disney-produced movies such as The Shaggy Dog, Babes in Toyland, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, and The Monkey's Uncle. 1965 Bonanza (1959) playing "Margarita Miguel" in episode: "Woman of Fire" (episode # 6.17) 17 January. Born in Utica, New York, she took dancing and music lessons as a child and was discovered by Disney while performing in Swan Lake. 1963 Combat! (1962) playing "Gabrille" in episode: "The Chateau" (episode # 1.19) 12 February.

Annette Funicello (born October 22, 1942) was one of Walt Disney's most popular Mouseketeers. 1962 Gunsmoke (1955) playing "Mady Arthur" in episode: "The Widow" (episode # 7.25) 24 March. 1962 The Twilight Zone (1959) playing "Esther Fortune" in episode: "A Piano in the House" (episode # 3.22) 16 February. 1981 Only When I Laugh. 1977 Dead of Night.

1973 The Last of Sheila. 1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!. 1968 Will Penny. 1966 The Group.

(1) The Internet Movie Database. Sources:. Joan Hackett lost the battle against ovarian cancer at Encino Hospital, 1983. (1).

She was married to actor Richard Mulligan (1965-1973). Hackett won a Golden Globe as Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for the movie Only When I Laugh in 1982. After this she, primarily, had parts in TV movies. Hackett also has a notable part in the classic western comedy Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) with James Garner.

One of the roles she's best remembered for, perhaps, is the role of Catherine Allen in the western Will Penny (1968) with Charlton Heston. She had one of the starring roles in the 1966 Sidney Lumet film The Group along with Candice Bergen and others. She had a leading role in the Twilight Zone episode A Piano in the House (1962). Malone (1958) in 1959.

Hackett debuted with the role of Gail Prentiss in the TV series Young Dr. Joan Hackett (March 1, 1934 - October 8, 1983) American actress.