Trapped in an unresponsive body, betrayed by a lack of mobility, ANNETTE FUNICELLO’s heartbreaking new crisis! TRAGEDY-plagued Annette Funicello is reeling from a heartbreaking new crisis – she’s being isolated from her children and grandchildren by … She grew up with two brothers, Joey and Michael. Her parents are Joseph Edward Funicello and Virginia Jeanne. Annette Funicello with Jack Gilardi and their children Jack Gilardi Jr., Gina Portman and Jason Gilardi. Globe Photos/ZUMAPRESS.com Annette Funicello at The Doll and Teddy Bear Expo. Funicello was a teenage dream of the 1950s, starting as a 'Mouseketeer' on The Mickey Mouse Club and making her way to a fun Beach Party . Learn more at Biography.com. When she was 4, her family moved to Southern … Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993, Annette was eventually wheelchair-ridden and went into complete seclusion. 47-year-old Gina Gilardi now Gina Portman or if you prefer Gina Gilardi Portman was born on October 17, 1965 to the beautiful Annette Funicello and former agent Jack Gilardi, she has two younger brothers 42 year-old Jack and 38-year-old Jason who is drummer for the Tulsa based music band New Science. Annette Funicello was born on October 22, 1942, in Utica, US, to Italian–American parents, Virginia Jeanne and Joseph Edward Funicello. Among his early clients was former Mouseketeer and star of American-International’s “Beach Party” film franchise Annette Funicello, who he would marry in 1965. The American actress and singer who became most popular for being a Mouseketeers and who became famous for appearing in the Beach Party film series during the mid-1960s is none other than Annette Funicello. The family moved to California when Annette was 4 years old. She was born on 22nd October in 1942 in Utica, New York, the U.S. Annette's life was filmed as a television movie with A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995) co-starring her good friend, Shelley Fabares. More on Biography.com.