Tammy Faye Bakker
Tammy Faye Bakker (
March 7,
1942- ) is the former wife of
televangelist Jim Bakker. They were married from 1961 to 1992. She was born
Tamara Faye LaValley in
International Falls, Minnesota.
She is best known for both her tendency to wear too much mascara and the infidelity and fraud of her former husband. She has since remarried Roe Messner (since 1993) and goes by Tammy Faye Bakker Messner.