While Funicello's original pair of mouse ears belongs to the Disney archives, this pair was given to her on the Mickey Mouse Club 25th anniversary special and was one of her most prized possessions.

When she received it 10 years ago, she said she owed her career to her mentor Walt Disney, who she called Uncle Walt, and his famous cartoon rodent. ANNETTE FUNICELLO: For every important event of ...

Adored on 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' Annette Funicello later starred in a series of '60s beach movies and was a ... Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” cartoon strip marked the occasion by ...

Annette Funicello is about to do a signing, ... they seem like episodes of some quaint Saturday morning cartoon/adventure. In the mid-60s, Funicello (who never went to college) ...

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Annette Funicello, the child star of The Mickey Mouse Club who became a pop-culture icon with her beach movies opposite Frankie Avalon, has died. She was 70. Skip to main content ...

Annette Funicello's Mickey Mouse Club Ears and $1 Million in Other Rare Disney Memorabilia to Sell at Auction – See the Items The Collecting Disney auction will take place June 18 at Van Eaton ...

Mickey Mouse ears worn by Annette Funicello can be yours if you submit the highest bid for it. Those and other Disney rarities are part of a collection put together by Mike Van Eaton for what he ...

If you were a girl in the 1950s, Annette Funicello was the ideal of feminine goodness, your fantasy best friend forever. If you were a boy, she was your dream date, demure, doe-eyed and just ...

Anaheim artist Kevin Kidney first met Annette Funicello when his employers at the Walt Disney Company asked him to create a special Lucite walking cane for the former Mouseketeer in the 1990s. He ...

Annette Funicello, who was part of the original cast of the 1950's Disney television program, The Mickey Mouse Club, died Monday. She was 70 and had had multiple sclerosis for decades.