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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.
Nov 17, 1976 · The Disappearance of Aimee: Directed by Anthony Harvey. With Faye Dunaway, Bette Davis, James Sloyan, James Woods. In 1926, famous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared for six weeks. When she surfaced, she claimed that she had been kidnapped and held prisoner in Mexico.
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- Biography, Drama
- Anthony Harvey
- 1976-11-17
Duration. 2h. A dramatization of the unexplained six-week disappearance in 1926 of evangelist Aimee Semple McPhearson after which a court hearing had to decide whether she had been kidnapped to Mexico as she claimed or had been trysting with a married man as the police and her mother (played by Bette Davis)...
- Anthony Harvey
- Faye Dunaway
In 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson (Faye Dunaway) disappears from a California beach without a trace, provoking prayer vigils, a month-long manhunt and speculation about her possible...
- Mystery & Thriller
- Faye Dunaway
- Anthony Harvey
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A bigger budget and an expanded narrative might have made "The Disappearance of Aimee" a dandy theatrical mystery. In 1926, Protestant female minister--and popular radio evangelist--Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from the waters off a Southern California beach and remained missing for just over a month.
