Biography
Tamara Faye "Tammy" Messner (née LaValley; March 7, 1942 – July 20, 2007), formerly Tammy Faye Bakker, was an American Christian singer, evangelist, entrepreneur, author, talk show host, and television personality.
She initially gained notice for her work with The PTL Club, a televangelist program she co-founded with her husband Jim Bakker in 1974. Prior to founding The PTL Club, they had hosted their own puppet show series for local programming in Minnesota in the early 1970s, and Messner also had a career as a recording artist. In 1978, she and Bakker built Heritage USA, a Christian theme park.
Messner would garner significant publicity when Jim Bakker was indicted, convicted, and imprisoned on numerous counts of fraud and conspiracy in 1989, resulting in the dissolution of The PTL Club. After divorcing Bakker in 1992, she remarried to Roe Messner. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996, of which she suffered intermittently for over a decade before dying of the disease in 2007.
Over the course of her career, Messner was noted for her eccentric and glamorous persona, as well as for her moral views that diverged from those of many mainstream Evangelists, particularly her acceptance of the LGBT community and reaching out to HIV/AIDS patients at the height of the AIDS epidemic.
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Filmography
all 18
self 15
TV Shows 9
Movies 9
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye (2024)
The Front Runner (2018)
One Punk Under God (2006)
Tammy Faye Death Defying (2005)
Windy City Heat (2003)
The Surreal Life (2003)
Marilyn Manson - Guns, God and Government World Tour (2002)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000)
Where Are They Now? (1999)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
The Drew Carey Show (1995)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
Perverse Preachers, Fascist Fundamentalists and Kristian Kiddie Kooks (1991)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
Roseanne (1988)
Praise the Lord (1988)
Thy Kingdom Come ... Thy Will Be Done (1988)
The PTL Club
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1942-03-07
Deathday2007-07-20 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceInternational Falls, United States of America
RelationshipsJim Bakker (1961-01-01 - 1992-01-01), Roe Messner (1993-01-01 - 2007-01-01)
ChildrenJay Bakker
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsTamara Faye LaValley, Tammy Faye, Tammy Bakker, Tamara Faye Messner, Tammy Faye Messner, Tammy Messner, Tammy Faye Baker, Tammy Baker
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