SYNOPSIS
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.
- Eva LaRueAnnette Funicello
- Len CariouWalt Disney
- Frank CrudeleJoe Funicello
- Jack GilardiJack Gilardi
- Annette FunicelloAnnette Funicello
- David LipperPaul Anka
- Don S. DavisGlen Holt
- Louis FerreiraYoung Frankie Avalon
- Andrea NemethAnnette Funicello age 12-15
- Frankie AvalonFrankie Avalon
- Linda LavinVirginia Funicello
- Austin BasileJack Gilardi Jr.
- Ahnee BoyceGina Portman
- Jay BrazeauUncle Pete
- Victoria BrooksJill
- Stefania CicconeGrandma Albano
- Demetri GoritsasJimmie Dodd
- Elysa HoggFour Year Old Annette
- Gary JonesProduction Assistant
- Lorraine LandryYoung Shelley Fabares
- Hrothgar MathewsPlastic Surgeon
- Alexandra PurvisHeather
- Claire RileyNeurologist
- Suzanne RisticAunt Irene
- Greg RogersAl Gilbert