Born on this day – Frances Drake:

Frances Drake

Actress

October 22, 1912 – January 18, 2000

Born on this day – Lyne Clevers:

Lyne Clevers

Actress

October 22, 1909 – November 28, 1991.

Born on this day – Sidney Kingsley:

Sidney Kingsley

Writer

October 22, 1906 – March 20, 1995

Credits:

Written work / plays:

Darkness at Noon (stage & TV adaptation) (1951); Dead End (1935); Detective Story (1949); Lunatics and Lovers (1954); Men in White (1933); Night Life (1962); Ten Million Ghosts (1936); The Patriots (1943); The World We Make (1939).

Movies and television:

Alta comedia (1974); American Masters (1989); Au théâtre ce soir (1972); Dead End (1937); Detective Story (1951 / 1963); Estudio 1 (1971–1978); Great Performances (1976); Homecoming (1948); ITV Play of the Week (1963); Men in White (1934); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Polizeirevier 21 (1968); Primera fila (1964); Producers' Showcase (1955); Serpico (1973); Sonnenfinsternis (1963); Teatro estudio (1978); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951); The Patriots (1963); We, the People (1949–1951); World in White (1957).

Born on this day – Constance Bennett:

Constance Bennett

Actress

Producer

October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965

Born on this day – Franz Liszt:

Franz Liszt

Composer

Pianist

October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886

Recommended reading - A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: My Story, by Annette Funicello, with Patricia Romanowski (1994):

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: My Story

By Annette Funicello, with Patricia Romanowski.

Published 1994.

Published by Hyperion.

ISBN-10: 0786860200

ISBN-13: 978-0786860203

Description:

When on a spring evening in 1955 Walt Disney saw a pretty, talented twelve-year-old performing in her dance school's annual recital, he knew he'd found just what he'd been looking for: the twenty-fourth and last member of the cast of the new children's TV series he was planning. Only a few months later Annette Funicello set a pair of black felt ears atop her brown curls and marched onto the set of The Mickey Mouse Club, and into the hearts of millions of Americans. From then on, nothing would ever be the same.

Whether as a Mouseketeer, as a Top-Forty singing idol, as the reigning sweetheart of the classic Beach Party films, or as the familiar "Skippy Mom" of TV commercials, Annette (who almost instantly became known by her first name alone) has been a beloved star for nearly four decades. In her charming autobiography, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes, the wholesomely sexy (and eternally youthful) girl next door looks back with equal parts of wit, wistfulness, and wonder on her remarkable career, and gives us a privileged look behind the scenes at some of the most cherished landmarks of our popular culture.

As the shy only daughter of a close-knit Italian family, Annette was unprepared for the phenomenon The Mickey Mouse Club would prove to be, and in these pages we learn not only about the thrill of appearing on the show but also about the pleasures and challenges her own status of favorite Mouseketeer brought. It was through Walt Disney's encouragement that she later undertook her successful recording career, and in her account of her years as a teen idol we learn what it was like being the youngest member of Dick Clark's arduous Caravan of Stars tour, as well as the difficulties her popularity placed in the path of her first romance with Paul Anka (who presented her with the sublime gift of "Put Your Head on My Shoulder," which he wrote in her parents' living room). Next came the movies, and a series of beloved Disney films (including her own and her fans' favorite, Babes in Toyland), until, with Mr. Disney's blessing, she headed for the beach and a role in the epochal Beach Party. Even though, as Annette confesses, she never really liked the beach (it frizzed her hair), she was delighted to be enthroned with her friend Frankie Avalon as one of the great cinema couples.

At the peak of her career Annette chose marriage and motherhood, and for over twenty years appeared only occasionally in films and TV shows. By the late 1980s, however, she was eager to perform again, and along with Frankie made a new beach film, Back to the Beach, and launched a triumphal comeback tour. It was during this period, after she experienced a series of puzzling symptoms, that she discovered she had multiple sclerosis. Her subsequent struggles with her condition, and her ultimate decision to make it public, bring A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes to a poignant and inspiring conclusion that will draw her even closer to the millions of fans who, from the start, have dreamed along with her.

Annette Funicello, on positivity:

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful.

- Annette Funicello.

October 22, 1942 - April 8, 2013.

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1987.

In support of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research:

http://www.nationalmssociety.org

https://www.cando-ms.org/

http://msfocus.org

https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com

http://www.momentummagazineonline.com/

http://positivelivingwithms.com

https://www.msmindshift.com/

http://mymsaa.org

https://mssociety.ca

https://fumsnow.com/

http://www.msra.org.au/

https://www.annerowlingclinic.org/

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