Annette Funicello - Mouseketeer on the Original Mickey Mouse Club | Mini Bio | Biography

Born on October 22, 1942, in Utica, New York, actress Annette Funicello gained early fame as a leading ""Mouseketeer"" on Walt Disney's The Mickey Mouse Club. She later starred in films like The Shaggy Dog and the Beach Party series with Frankie Avalon. Funicello became a spokesperson for Skippy peanut butter and was later diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, campaigning for increased awareness and research on the disease. She opened the Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Disorders in 1993. Funicello died on April 8, 2013, at age 70. #Biography
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