In the ever-changing landscape of American pop culture, only a precious few manage to grow up in front of an audience and ...

It starred the most popular beach party couple: Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello ... The third beach party movie of 1964, Pajama Party, is notable mainly because former Disney actor Tommy ...

If you were a girl in the 1950s, Annette Funicello was ... that poked fun at the “beach party” genre they had popularized. While shooting the movie, Funicello experienced the first inkling ...

(YouTube/MGM) Annette Funicello, famed Mouseketeer and star of 1960s beach movies, has died at 70 ... comedies set at the beach, like "Beach Party" (1963) and "Beach Blanket Bingo" (1965).

NEW YORK — Annette Funicello, the most popular Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club," who matured to a successful career in records and '60s beach party movies but struggled with illness in ...

He appeared in eight films with Annette Funicello, including 'Bikini Beach,' 'Pajama Party,' 'Beach Blanket ... in several of the popular beach party movies of the 1960s, has died.

Annette Funicello ... (the last without Avalon), all directed by William Asher, Funicello starred in the related pic “Pajama Party.” She also starred with Avalon and Fabian in action comedy ...

Mark Voger can be reached HERE. Walt Disney fretted for naught when his protege Annette Funicello donned a bathing suit for the "beach party" movies co-starring Frankie Avalon. Yes, the movies ...

Annette Funicello, whose girl-next-door ... In the 1960s, she appeared in a handful of beach movies with Avalon, including “Beach Party,” “Muscle Beach Party,” “Bikini Beach ...

Actress and founding member of the iconic Mouseketeers Annette ... Funicello grew up from the small screen and Disney to a recording career with pop hits, and fame in the "Beach Party" series ...