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 LaRue
Len Cariou
Frank Crudele
Rob Stewart
David Lipper
Don S. Davis
Louis Ferreira
Andrea Nemeth
Frankie Avalon
Annette Funicello
Linda Lavin
Ahnee Boyce
Austin Basile
Jay Brazeau
Victoria Brooks
Stephania Ciccone
Demetri Goritsas
Elysa Hogg
Gary Jones
Lorraine Landry
Hrothgar Mathews
Alexandra Purvis
Claire Riley
Suzanne Ristic
Greg Rogers
Nina Roman
Domenico Sansalone
Michelle Skalnik
Blair Slater
Kavan Smith
George Touliatos
Scott Augustine
Kim Bailey
Talia Derksen
Laura Jenkins
Ben Newcombe
Kelli Stewart
Rene Tardle
Kimberly Wallace
Virginia Funicello
Joe Funicello
Glen Holt
Gina Portman
John Portman
Jason Gilardi
Jack Gilardi Jr.
Jack Gilardi
Dick Clark
Shelley Fabares