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Self is a real person portrayed by H.L. Mencken in the TV series American Experience (based on a true story).
They appear in 2 episodes out of a total of 387 aired so far
Self is also portrayed by Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Fontaine, Judy Garland, Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra, Orson Welles, Charles Chaplin, Martin Scorsese and Nancy Allen.

Self

by H.L. Mencken

character

Episodes2

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    Monkey Trial
    episode S14.E9 february 2002
    In 1925 a Tennessee high school teacher is arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. A momentous trial ensues, pitting fundamentalist preaching against freedom of thought and speech.
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    Sister Aimee
    episode S19.E10 april 2007
    Sister Aimee tells the dramatic life story Aimee Semple McPherson, the controversial, charismatic, wildly popular evangelist who was instrumental in bringing conservative Protestantism into mainstream culture and American politics.