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Lonnie Burr (born May 31, 1943) is an American actor, entertainer and writer best known as one of nine of the original thirty-nine Mouseketeers who remained under a seven-year contract for the complete filming (1955–1959) of Walt Disney’s children’s television show the Mickey Mouse Club.
Karen Anita Pendleton (August 1, 1946 – October 6, 2019) [1] was an original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer on the ABC television series from 1955 to 1959. She was one of only nine Mouseketeers who were on the show during its entire original run.
Disney cast her as one of the original Mouseketeers. She was the last to be selected, and one of the few cast members to be personally selected by Walt Disney himself. [citation needed] In 1955, she signed a seven-year contract with Disney at $160 a week that would rise to $500 a week if all options were exercised. [5] [6]
March marked the 65th anniversary of the wrap of the first season of the “Mickey Mouse Club,” and the recent death of one of the original Mouseketeers, Johnny Crawford, reminded fans of the ...
"The All-New Mickey Mouse Club" launched the careers of some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry.
Crawford began his career as a child actor. One of The Walt Disney Company's original Mouseketeers in 1955, he acted on stage, in films, and on television. [5] Disney started out with 24 original Mouseketeers, although at the end of the first season, the studio reduced the number down to 12 where Crawford was cut. [5]
Growing up in Southern California, Burgess started performing at age five, which included dancing, singing and playing the accordion.At the age of 13, in 1955, he was selected as one of the original Mouseketeers by Walt Disney to appear on his new ABC television series, The Mickey Mouse Club, giving young Burgess his first taste of celebrity. [4]
Doreen Tracey, one of the original Mouseketeers on “Mickey Mouse Club,” died from pneumonia in Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Jan. 10 after battling cancer for two years.She was 74. Tracey appeared ...