Gina Gilardi Bleifer still has fond memories of her mother Annette Funicello. The legendary Disney ... Bleifer, 54, told Closer Weekly for the magazine’s latest issue there is one memory of ...

My mom’s biological mother and my grandfather ... my mom told me” or “I heard that Annette Funicello apparently was like the Britney Spears of my mom’s era.” That kind of thing.

Sunday is Annette Funicello’s 53rd birthday, and TV’s gift to her ... N.Y., to California. Her mother (Linda Lavin) visits a fortune teller, who promises, “Your child will be embraced ...

His mother’s name: Annette Funicello. Funicello was the face of innocent fun, first as an original Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club” and then as the star of beach party movies at the ...

The film, which airs Oct. 22 at 9 p. m. on CBS, is based on Funicello’s same-titled autobiography. Linda Lavin (“Alice”) will play Annette’s mother. Annette will be played as a child by ...

"Annette was and always will be a cherished ... "We are so sorry to lose Mother," said Funicello's children, Gina, Jacky and Jason Gilardi in a statement. "She is no longer suffering anymore ...