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Joe Funicello(1916-2009)

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Joe Funicello was born on 21 February 1916 in Utica, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995) and Sally Jessy Raphael (1983). He was married to Virginia Funicello. He died on 21 May 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornFebruary 21, 1916
DiedMay 21, 2009(93)
BornFebruary 21, 1916
DiedMay 21, 2009(93)
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A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
7.3
TV Movie
  • Joe Funicello
  • 1995
Sally Jessy Raphael in Sally Jessy Raphael (1983)
Sally Jessy Raphael
4.5
TV Series
  • Self

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Actor

  • A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)
    A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Joe Funicello
    • 1995

Personal details

  • Born
    • February 21, 1916
    • Utica, New York, USA
  • Died
    • May 21, 2009
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Virginia Funicello1941 - September 2, 2007 (her death, 3 children)
  • Children
    • Annette Funicello

Did you know

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    Father of Annette Funicello, Michael Funicello and Joey Funicello; grandfather of Gina Portman, Jack Gilardi Jr. and Jason Gilardi; grandfather-in-law of John Portman.

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