First on "The Mickey Mouse Club" and then in the much better known boy band 'N Sync.
When "The Mickey Mouse Club" ended, Funicello was the only cast member to remain under contract to the studio.
Launched in 1983 as a pay channel, Disney showed ancient films such as Old Yeller and reruns of The Mickey Mouse Club.
And as kid-skewing shows such as "The Mickey Mouse Club" were supplanted in late-afternoon TV schedules by syndicated chat-shows featuring Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin.
The pretty, dark-haired Funicello was 13 when she gained fame on "The Mickey Mouse Club, " a kids' variety show that consisted of stories, songs and dance routines.
In 1993, Justin was singing, dancing and acting in the Disney Channel's "The Mickey Mouse Club" alongside a group who would later become a who's-who of teenage idols, including Ryan Gosling, Cristina Aguilera, J.
Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, ruled among baby boomers, who tuned in every weekday afternoon to watch her on their flickering black-and-white television sets.
Though he is already 32 years old he joined the cast of "The Mickey Mouse Club" at age 12 and the boy-band 'N Sync two years later Mr. Timberlake has yet to develop an approach to song that might compensate for the thin timbre of his voice.
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Kathy Lennon, who was one of the singing Lennon Sisters and became friends with Funicello after appearing on "The Mickey Mouse Club, " said she and Funicello stayed in touch until a few years ago, when Lennon made her usual call to wish the actress a happy birthday and learned that MS had robbed her of her ability to speak.
She remained with Disney after leaving the "Mickey Mouse Club, " appearing in TV shows including "Zorro" (1957), "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca" (1958) and starring in the Disney feature films "The Shaggy Dog" (1959), "Babes in Toyland" (1961), "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" (1964) and "The Monkey's Uncle" (1965).
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