The theme song to “The Mickey Mouse Club” was written and sung by Cincinnati-born entertainer Jimmie Dodd, who also appeared as the head Mouseketeer on the children’s variety show on ABC-TV from 1955 ...

Karen Pendleton joined the cast as one of the youngest members and remained a regular for the entire show's run on ABC from 1955-1959 Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE.

This story was originally published Dec. 23, 2019. The next time you visit the Elsinore Theatre, let your imagination wander to 1929. The palatial playhouse was still shiny and new, and a whistlin', ...

Karen Pendleton, one of the original Mouseketeers on “Mickey Mouse Club,” died of a heart attack in Fresno, Calif. on Sunday. She was 73. Pendleton appeared on the classic children’s television series ...