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Tammy Faye stood by Jim Bakker through the scandal, including several instances when she cried on camera. In 1989, Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison on 24 fraud and conspiracy counts (he served 5).
Tammy Faye Messner was an American televangelist and singer best remembered as the diminutive wife of Jim Bakker and as his cohost on the television talk show The PTL Club (also called The Jim and Tammy Show).
Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were among the most famous televangelists in America when their empire all came crashing down amid sex and financial scandals.
As a couple, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker created an evangelical empire that encompassed a Christian ministry, broadcasting network and theme park. They became two of the most famous televangelists...
Jim Bakker was convicted of fraud and served five years in prison — but despite never being criminally implicated herself, Tammy Faye suffered massive consequences for her husband’s crimes...
In light of Jessica Chastain's movie 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye,' learn more about the real Tammy Faye Bakker, her later years, and what happened to Tammy.
Tammy Faye Bakker, the diminutive and elaborately coiffed gospel singer who, with her first husband, Jim Bakker, built a commercial empire around television evangelism only to see it...
What is it about televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker that continues to fascinate nearly 35 years after the fall of their evangelical empire?
With Tammy singing and Jim hosting, the Bakkers built a religious television empire around their daily talk show PTL Club (“Praise the Lord") and a Christian theme park called Heritage USA -- until it all collapsed amid two scandals. Admirers say she was a resilient woman who also battled prescription drug addiction and multiple bouts of cancer.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye: Directed by Michael Showalter. With Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio. An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.