Annette Funicello — who won American hearts as a ... and Disney marketed everything from Annette lunchboxes and dolls to mystery novels about her fictionalized adventures. But she didn’t ...

Mickey Mouse ears worn by Annette Funicello can be yours if you submit ... and a Mickey Mouse doll signed by Walt Disney for Alice Howell, a friend he worked with while stationed in Europe in ...

Annette Funicello, whose girl-next-door beauty never faded for millions of American baby boomers who met her as a Mouseketeer in the 1950s, idolized her through her beach movies of the 1960s and ...

Mr. Disney, as Funicello always called her boss, also licensed Annette lunch boxes, Colorforms dolls, coloring books, comic books and even mystery novels featuring her in fictionalized adventures.

but the original Mousekeeter turned teen star was Annette Funicello, who has died at the age of 70 after a close relationship with Walt Disney himself defined her career. Funicello, Extra ...