A 1957 Ford Thunderbird originally owned by Annette Funicello has been sold at auction for $150,000, far more than it would be worth without her connection.

Someone Bought and Restored Annette Funicello’s ‘57 Thunderbird and Didn’t Know. Published: 15 Sep 2021, 11:12 UTC • By: Elena Gorgan. 21 photos. Photo: Bring A Trailer / 911r.

(Original Caption) Actress Annette Funicello cuddles her newborn son, Jack, Jr., at St. Joseph's Hospital. looking on is the proud father, Jack Gilardi, and their daughter, Gina, 4.

While Funicello's original pair of mouse ears belongs to the Disney archives, this pair was given to her on the Mickey Mouse Club 25th anniversary special and was one of her most prized possessions.

Disney chief Bob Iger led a ceremony Monday dedicating the soundstage to Funicello, the Mouseketeer-turned-movie star who died in April at age 70.

Entertainment; Annette Funicello, a Utica native, honored at Walt Disney Studios with a stage named after her. Published: ; Jun. 25, 2013, 4:45 a.m.

"I am the girl next door. And I'm not moving." Annette Funicello made that declaration in 1965, in the curiously titled film "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini." Playing beach girl Didi in the film ...

Funicello was on the first Mickey Mouse Club from 1955-1957, but like so many other Mouse clubbies, she eventually grew out of her ears and went on to greener and sexier pastures.

Annette Funicello, beach blanket feminist During an era of social and cultural revolution, the "Beach Party" star's wholesomeness proved subtly subversive. By Ej Dickson.

Handpicked by Walt Disney to be one of the original Mouseketeers, Annette Funicello was America's girl next door. She spoke to Fresh Air in 1994 about Mickey Mouse ears and why she went public ...

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 middle age ...