Annette Funicello with her frequent co-star Frankie Avalon, in the 1965 comedy-musical "Beach Blanket Bingo." (YouTube/MGM) Annette Funicello, famed Mouseketeer and star of 1960s beach movies, has ...

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 different ...

In the ever-changing landscape of American pop culture, only a precious few manage to grow up in front of an audience and remain beloved across decades. Actress and singer Annette Funicello was one of ...

Annette Funicello, who died Monday at age 70, will be forever remembered as the child performer from the “Mickey Mouse Club.” And it was on this program, which aired in its original incarnation from ...