The Resume

(October 22, 1942-April 8, 2013)
Member of the original 'Mickey Mouse Club' (1955)
Starred in beach genre movies 'Beach Party,' 'Bikini Beach,' 'How to Stuff a Wild Bikini,' 'Muscle Beach Party,' 'Beach Blanket Bingo,' and parodies 'Back to the Beach' and 'Dr. Goldfoot and Bikini Machine'
Also starred in 'Ski Party,' 'Babes in Toyland,' 'Thunder Alley,' 'Head,' 'Misadventures of Merlin Jones' and 'The Monkey's Uncle'
Auto-biopic entitled 'A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story' (1997)
Recorded the hit singles 'Tall Paul,' 'Pineapple Princess,' 'How Will I Know My Love' and 'First Name Initial'

Why she might be annoying:

She sold perfume (Cello by Annette) and collectable bears (The critter collection).
She turned down posing nude for a large sum of money and never wore a bikini (rarely a two piece) in the movies.
She said: 'I hate the beach.'
She had a nose job.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was one of the most breast endowed mouseketeers.
She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (1987).
She had brain surgery to slow down tremors from MS (1999).
She started the Annette Funicello Fund for Neurological Disorders.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actresses of Italian Descent
• Beach Party [Series]
• Bubble Gum Music
• Carol Burnett Impersonations
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [October] (Ranked: 10221942)
• Child Stars [1950s]
• Disney Legends Award (Ranked: 1992)
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Entertainment Tonight's Top 20 All-Time Favorite Stars [2007] (Ranked: 13)
• Females Pied [A-L]
• I Attended the Opening Day of Disneyland [July 17, 1955]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Mary Poppins' [1964]
• I Boarded the Love Boat [E-K]
• I Died in 2013 (Ranked: 70)
• I Had Rhinoplasty [Nose Job]
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• I Have Multiple Sclerosis
• I Married in 1986
• I Performed on American Bandstand [E-K]
• I Visited Fantasy Island [E-K]
• I Was a Child Star
• Lolitas (Jailbait)
• MCA's 20th Century Master Artists
• Mickey Mouse’s 60th Birthday Celebration [November 13, 1988]
• Mouseketeers
• My Fans Have a Nickname
• People Magazine's 50 Favorite TV Stars [1996]
• Profiles 2001-2250 (Ranked: 2024)
• Surf Music
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20130408)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 26 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 434 Votes: 47.93% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 84 Votes: 44.05% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 111 Votes: 43.24% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 40 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 147 Votes: 67.35% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 28 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3591 Votes: 26.40% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 105 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 3780 Votes: 67.86% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 98 Votes: 48.98% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 73 Votes: 50.68% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 78 Votes: 51.28% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 125 Votes: 35.20% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 82 Votes: 37.80% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 186 Votes: 44.62% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 209 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 314 Votes: 42.04% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 698 Votes: 43.12% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1054 Votes: 42.50% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2127 Votes: 48.80% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 4085 Votes: 47.52% Annoying