Sister Aimee
Sister Aimee

Saint or sinner?

Sister Aimee

10.020070h 57mDir. Linda Garmon

At the peak of her immense popularity in the 1920s, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was drawing larger crowds to her revivals than those of P.T. Barnum or Harry Houdini. This chapter of "American Experience" paints a vivid portrait of the controversial and charismatic religious figure. Credited with mainstreaming religion in American culture, Sister Aimee created one of the country's first Christian radio stations, among other accomplishments.

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Cast

Blair Brown

Blair Brown

Narrator (voice)

Anthea Butler

Anthea Butler

Self - Historian

Daniel Mark Epstein

Daniel Mark Epstein

Self - Biographer

Matthew Avery Sutton

Matthew Avery Sutton

Self - Biographer

Randall Balmer

Randall Balmer

Self - Historian

Edith Blumhofer

Edith Blumhofer

Self - Biographer

Tona Hangen

Tona Hangen

Self - Historian

David Daniels

David Daniels

Self - Historian

Aimee Semple McPherson

Aimee Semple McPherson

Self (archive footage)

Robert Orsi

Robert Orsi

Self - Historian

Stephen Prothero

Stephen Prothero

Self - Historian

Wendell St. Clair

Wendell St. Clair

Self - Historian

Matthew Balluff

Matthew Balluff

Revival Participant

Olivia Rizzo

Olivia Rizzo

Revival Participant

John Handler

John Handler

Revival Participant