Biography

Synopsis

Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace. The A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The older version featured historical figures such as Helen Keller and Mark Twain, or long-dead entertainment figures such as Will Rogers or John Barrymore. The A&E series has placed the emphasis on such people as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Plácido Domingo, Freddie Mercury, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eric Clapton, Pope John Paul II, Gene Tierney, Selena, Diego Rivera, Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II, and fictional characters like The Phantom, Superman, Hamlet, Betty Boop, and Santa Claus. The program ended up profiling enough figures that in 1999, A&E spun it off into an entire network, The Biography Channel.

Details

Created by

David L. Wolper, Agnes Nixon

Aired

April 6, 1987

Status

Returning Series

Country

United States of America

Network

CBS

Episodes

355

View on IMDb

Where to watch

No known streaming options in United States.

Seasons

1. Season 1 · episodes: 15 · 1987
2. Season 2 · episodes: 1 · 1992
3. Season 3 · episodes: 81
4. Season 4 · episodes: 2
5. Season 5 · episodes: 32 · 1996
6. Season 6 · episodes: 51 · 1997
7. Season 7 · episodes: 26 · 1998
8. Season 9 · episodes: 2
9. Season 10 · episodes: 31 · 1997
10. Season 11 · episodes: 25 · 1999
11. Season 12 · episodes: 3
12. Season 13 · episodes: 2
13. Season 14 · episodes: 1
14. Season 18 · episodes: 29
15. Season 19 · episodes: 2 · 2004
16. Season 20 · episodes: 45 · 2005
17. Season 21 · episodes: 2 · 2006
18. Season 24 · episodes: 2 · 2011
19. Season 25 · episodes: 1
20. Season 26 · episodes: 1
21. Season 27 · episodes: 1

Cast

• 
  Peter Graves
• 
  Jack Perkins
• 
  Scarlett Johansson

  Self
• 
  Aileen Wuornos

  Self (archive footage)
• Dawn Botkins

  Self - Aileen's Childhood Friend
• Arlene Pralle

  Self
• Steve Glazer

  Self - Defense Attorney
• 
  Tyria Moore

  Self - Aileen's Girlfriend
• 
  Donna Jay Fulks

  Aileen Wuornos (voice)
• 
  Eva Braun

  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Adolf Hitler

  Self (archive footage)
• Paul Kaup

  Narrator

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