Gina gilardi biography
- Gina Portman was born on October 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette.
- Gina Portman was born on 17 October 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette.
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Annette Funicello’s daughter reflects on life with original Mouseketeer: ‘We laughed until we cried’
Gina Gilardi Bleifer still has fond memories of her mother Annette Funicello.
The legendary Disney Mouseketeer passed away in 2013 from complications due to multiple sclerosis, a disease she battled for more than 25 years. She was 70 years old.
Bleifer, 54, told Closer Weekly for the magazine’s latest issue there is one memory of her famous mother that still makes her smile today.
At the time, Bleifer and a friend came home from a high school dance one night in the ‘80s when they heard loud music blasting from her bedroom.
“We opened the door to find my mom sitting at my desk, fake microphone in hand, singing ‘The Best of Times’ by Styx at the top of her lungs,” Bleifer recalled to the outlet. “We laughed until we cried.”
‘I DREAM OF JEANNIE’ STAR BARBARA EDEN SAYS A REBOOT IS ‘A GOOD IDEA’: ‘THEY SHOULD DO IT’
(Original Caption) Actress Annette Funicello cuddles her newborn son, Jack, Jr., at St. Joseph's Hospital. looking on is the proud father, Jack Gilardi, and their
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Jack L. Gilardi Dies: Longtime ICM Partners Agent, Former Husband Of Annette Funicello Was 88
Jack L. Gilardi, a longtime ICM Partners agent whose client roster over the years included Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, and Charlton Heston, died this morning at age 88.
His death was announced by ICM Partners. No cause of death was given, but the company notes that Gilardi passed away peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family.
Gilardi would have celebrated his 65th anniversary at the company next month. Longstanding clients who remained with Gilardi until the end include Ann-Margret, Joe Mantegna, Walter Hill, Frankie Avalon, and Jaclyn Smith, among others.
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 couple had three children before divorcing in 1983. (Funicello died at 70 in 2013 of complications due to multiple sclerosis).
Born on October 5th, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, Gilardi would go on to join t
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