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Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson (née Kennedy; October 9, 1890 – September 27, 1944), also known as Sister Aimee or Sister, was a Canadian-born Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s, [1] famous for founding the Foursquare Church.
During the disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, from May 18 to June 23, 1926, there were many sighting claims. Canadian officials thought they had the evangelist, as attested to by three investigators, however, it turned out to be another woman.
Critical reception was mixed. Christianity Today said the film "goes much deeper" than previous portrayals of McPherson, including The Disappearance of Aimee (a 1970s television movie starring Faye Dunaway) and Rossi's 37-minute 2001 documentary film Saving Sister Aimee.
Sister Aimee is a 2019 American biographical film written and directed by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann and starring Anna Margaret Hollyman as Aimee Semple McPherson. It is a fictionalized account of McPherson's 1926 disappearance. [1] [2]
He was the son of Harold Stewart McPherson and Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He was the half-brother of Roberta Star Semple, the daughter of Aimee and her first husband Robert James Semple, who had died of malaria one month before the birth of his daughter. Rolf and his sister Roberta were ...
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The Disappearance of Aimee is a 1976 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Faye Dunaway as the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, co-starring Bette Davis, James Sloyan and James Woods. The film originally premiered as a presentation of Hallmark Hall of Fame on NBC on November 17, 1976.
Richard Rossi (born March 2, 1963) [4] is an American filmmaker, actor, [5] writer, talk radio host, [6] [7] musician, [8] and former evangelical minister. [9] [10] [11]Among Rossi's projects are the film Canaan Land which contained five songs by Rossi, [12] Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories, a biopic on the life of Roberto Clemente [13] [14] and two films about evangelist Aimee Semple ...