On this day in movie history - A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)

 

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story,

directed by Bill Corcoran,

written by John McGreevey and PJ Torokvei,

based on the book by Annette Funicello and Patricia Romanowski,

was released in the United States on October 22, 1995.

Music by George Blondheim.

Cast:

Eva LaRue, Len Cariou, Frank Crudele, Jack Gilardi, David Lipper, Don S. Davis, Louis Ferreira, Andrea Nemeth, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Linda Lavin, Austin Basile, Ahnee Boyce, Jay Brazeau, Victoria Brooks, Stefania Ciccone, Demetri Goritsas, Elysa Hogg, Gary Jones, Lorraine Landry, Hrothgar Mathews, Alexandra Purvis, Claire Riley, Suzanne Ristic, Greg Rogers, Nina Roman, Domenico Sansalone, Michelle Skalnic, Blair Slater, Kavan Smith, George Touliatos, Scott Augustine, Kim Bailey, Talia Derksen, Laura Jenkins, Ben Newcombe, Kelli Stewart, Rene Tardie, Kimberly Wallace, Virginia Funicello, Joe Funicello, Glen Holt, Gina Portman, John Portman, Jason Gilardi, Jack Gilardi Jr., Rob Stewart, Dick Clark, Shelley Fabares.

Born on this day – Linda Lavin:

Linda Lavin

Actress

Singer

October 15, 1937 – December 29, 2024

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