Biography
tv show

324 total episodes
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27 seasons
First Aired April 06, 1987
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Overview
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.
Season 1
15 episodes
Air Date
April 06, 1987
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6 Apr. 1987
Episode 1 - 1h 0m
April 06, 1987
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Al Capone: Scarface
Episode 2 - 1h 0m
April 13, 1987
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Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Episode 3 - 1h 0m
April 20, 1987
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Bugsy Siegel
Episode 4 - 1h 0m
April 27, 1987
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Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet
Episode 5 - 1h 0m
May 04, 1987
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King Arthur: His Life and Legends
Episode 6 - 1h 0m
May 11, 1987
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Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the Mob
Episode 7 - 1h 0m
May 18, 1987
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Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom
Episode 8 - 1h 0m
May 25, 1987
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Muhammad: The Prophet
Episode 9 - 1h 0m
June 01, 1987
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Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France
Episode 10 - 1h 0m
June 08, 1987
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Bonnie & Clyde: The Story of Love & Death
Episode 11 - 1h 0m
June 15, 1987
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Babe Ruth
Episode 12 - 1h 0m
June 22, 1987
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Frederick Douglass
Episode 13 - 1h 0m
June 29, 1987
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Lizzie Borden: A Woman Accused
Episode 14 - 1h 0m
July 06, 1987
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Milton Hershey: The Chocolate King
Episode 15 - 1h 0m
July 13, 1987
Episodes
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