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Darlene Gillespie

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Actress

The Resume

    (April 8, 1941- )
    Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Original member of the Mickey Mouse Club (1955-58)
    Recorded country songs as Darlene Valentine in the 1970s

Why she might be annoying:

    During a Mouseketeer reunion, the name on her shirt was misspelled 'Darleen.'
    She and future husband Jerry Fraschilla were arrested for shoplifting from a Ventura County department store (1996).
    She served three months in prison after being convicted of aiding Fraschilla in a check-kiting scam (1999).
    She and Fraschilla were charged by the FBI with submitting $320,000 worth of fraudulent claims to a class action lawsuit settlement fund (2005).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was considered the best singer among the original Mouseketeers.
    She came down with pneumonia due to overwork, was bedridden for six weeks and lost the lead in a film to fellow Mouseketeer Doreen Tracey (1956).
    After leaving acting, she became a nurse.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 99 Votes: 51.52% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 89 Votes: 46.07% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 61 Votes: 59.02% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 58 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 69.70% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 47 Votes: 59.57% Annoying