A biography for Annette Funicellohasn’t been written yet.
“Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.”
“I was not prepared to live as a single parent.”
“Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.”
“For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.”
“Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.”
“The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.”
“Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.”
“I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.”
“Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.”
“At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.”
“The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.”
“I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.”
“Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.”
“MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.”
“Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.”
“In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down.”
“Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.”
“Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.”
“To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable.”
“I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart.”