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Self is a real person portrayed by Thomas A. Edison in the TV series American Experience (based on a true story).
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The Crash of 1929 (season 3), they were 143 years old.
They appear in 5 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 Thomas A. Edison

character

Episodes5

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    The Crash of 1929
    episode S3.E8 november 1990
    Examines the stock market crash of 1929 with interviews from descendants of several Wall Street insiders.
  • 6.8
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    Edison's Miracle of Light
    episode S8.E2 october 1995
    The story of Thomas Edison's creation of a safe electric light system.
  • 7.5
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    Annie Oakley
    episode S18.E12 may 2006
    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 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.
  • 7.7
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    Henry Ford
    episode S25.E5 january 2013
    HENRY FORD paints a fascinating portrait of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century.
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    Edison
    episode S27.E4 january 2015
    Amazing biography and introspective on the boy, the man, the husband, the father, the entrepreneur and the businessman as well as the inventor and his genius.