American Experience Annie Oakley (Season 18, Episode 12)
TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

Annie Oakley (Season 18, Episode 12)

TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This one hour documentary examines the life of the famed Sharp Shooter and Wild West performer, Annie Oakley from her birth in mid nineteenth century rural Pennsylvania to her death in 1926. Many myths are overturned and the program also ...See moreThis one hour documentary examines the life of the famed Sharp Shooter and Wild West performer, Annie Oakley from her birth in mid nineteenth century rural Pennsylvania to her death in 1926. Many myths are overturned and the program also features a little known trial when Annie Oakley had to sue The Hearst Newspaper chain all throughout the country for libel when they reported the activities of someone who was impersonating the famed sharpshooter and besmirching her reputation. Written by Marilyn Spanier See less

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Laura Linney Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Big C (2010)
Marilyn Spanier Annie Oakley (voice) Annie Oakley (voice) See fewer	Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Bob Ader Attorney (voice) Attorney (voice) See fewer	Seeking (2013)
Scott Klavan Attorney (voice) Attorney (voice) See fewer	Picket Fences (1992)
Virginia Scharff Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life (1997)
Shirl Kasper Self - Biographer Self - Biographer See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Mary Zeiss Stange Self - Associate Professor of Women's Studies Self - Associate Professor of Women's Studies See fewer	American Experience (1987)
R.L. Wilson Self - Firearms Historian Self - Firearms Historian See fewer	In the Blood (1989)
Don B. Wilmeth Self - Theatre Historian Self - Theatre Historian See fewer	Timewatch (1982)
Joy S. Kasson Self - Cultural Historian Self - Cultural Historian See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Paul Fees Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Elliott Thomas West Self - Professor of History (as Elliott West) Self - Professor of History (as Elliott West) See fewer	The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)
Donald Fixico Self - Professor of History Self - Professor of History See fewer	Freedom Riders (2009)
Sitting Bull Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Tom and His Pals (1926)
Francis E. Butler Self - Professional Sharpshooter and Annie Oakley's Husband (archive footage) (as Frank Butler) Self - Professional Sharpshooter and Annie Oakley's Husband (archive footage) (as Frank Butler) See fewer
Buffalo Bill Cody Self (archive footage) (as William F. Cody) Self (archive footage) (as William F. Cody) See fewer	Fighting with Buffalo Bill (1926)
Thomas A. Edison Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Trick Cyclist (1901)
William Randolph Hearst Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Zander the Great (1925)
Betty Hutton Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get Your Gun' (film version) (archive footage) Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get Your Gun' (film version) (archive footage) See fewer	Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Ethel Merman Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get Your Gun' (stage version) (archive footage) Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get Your Gun' (stage version) (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Annie Oakley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Actors' Fund Field Day (1910)
Queen Victoria Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Royal Family (2003)
Oscar Wilde Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)