Before Britney and Christina, Annette set the pattern for perky teens on TV Annette Funicello ... she starred for him on TV's Zorro and in such movies as 1959's The Shaggy Dog and 1961's Babes ...

Of course, Annette Funicello had little else in common with ... to play a Mexican-American character on three episodes of "Zorro"). Her exoticism may have contributed to her immense popularity ...

Annette Funicello, one of the best-known members ... the “Mickey Mouse Club,” appearing in TV shows including “Zorro” (1957), “The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca” (1958) and starring ...

Pop culture icon Annette Funicello, who began her TV and movie ... remain under contract to Disney and appeared on the TV shows Zorro (1957), The Nine Lives Of Elfego Baca (1958), and starred ...

American sweetheart Annette Funicello passed away on Monday after ... Annette’s favorite TV show was Zorro and for her birthday Walt Disney arranged for her to guest star on an episode in ...

LOS ANGELES (CNN) — Annette Funicello, one of the best-known members ... “Mickey Mouse Club,” appearing in TV shows including “Zorro” (1957), “The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca” (1958 ...

I was a star-struck 9-year-old when I saw Annette Funicello in person ... and “Pineapple Princess.” Funicello appeared in Disney’s ABC series “Zorro,” on “The Wonderful World of ...

Along with Davy Crockett and Zorro, the original ... Italiannette and Dance Annette. After promising Walt that she wouldn't show her navel, Ms. Funicello ditched the mouse ears for her frequent ...

Annette Funicello, whose pubescent pulchritude made her a standout on TV's first Mickey Mouse Club in the '50s and an early crush for many a Baby Boomer boy, died Monday at age 70 in Bakersfield ...

Annette Funicello, one of the best-known members of the original 1950s “Mickey Mouse Club” and a star of numerous 1960s “beach party” films, died Monday at a California hospital, the Walt ...