Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the ever-changing landscape of American pop culture, only a precious few manage to grow up in front of an audience and remain ...

Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ’60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular ...

The wholesome actress starred on Disney's 'Mickey Mouse Club' and in several 1960s beach movies with Frankie Avalon. By Duane Byrge Annette Funicello, the wide-eyed child star of TV’s The Mickey Mouse ...

The Mouseketeer and bikini-musicals actress became a pop star and made a generation of boomer boys swoon. Later she faced multiple sclerosis with... A Tip Of The Mouse Ears To Annette Funicello, ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a perky, cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon in a string of `60s fun ...

Funicello, one of the first child stars to emerge out of The Mickey Mouse Club, went on to star with Frankie Avalon in the Beach Party films. Annette Funicello, who was one of the first child stars to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. March marked the 65th anniversary of the wrap of the first season of the “Mickey Mouse Club,” and the recent death of one of the ...

BURBANK, Calif. — The stage at Walt Disney Studios where "The Mickey Mouse Club" was filmed is now officially the Annette Funicello Stage. Disney chief Bob Iger led a ceremony Monday dedicating the ...

HOUSTON — The original "Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950's launched the careers of Annette Funicello, Jimmy Dodd, Bobby Burgess and more. Disney put together a new group of talented teens in the late ...

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