Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get Your Gun' (stage version) is a real person portrayed by Ethel Merman in the TV series American Experience (based on a true story).
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Annie Oakley (season 18), they were 98 years old.
They appear in 1 episodes out of a total of 387 aired so far
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Annie Oakley
episode S18.E12 may 2006This 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.
