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Biography

  • 1987 –2012
  • Returning series
  • TV-14

★ 6.7 TMDB Rating · 36 votes

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.

Created by
David L. Wolper, Agnes Nixon
Seasons
27
Episodes
355
Episode length
~1h
First aired
Apr 6, 1987
Networks
CBS, A&E
Original language
English
Origin
United States, United Kingdom

Cast of Biography

Cast information is not available.

Seasons

  • Poster for Season 1 of Biography

    Season 1

    Apr 6, 1987

    15 episodes

  • Season 2

    Jul 28, 1992

    1 episode

  • Season 3

    Air date unknown

    81 episodes

  • Poster for Season 4 of Biography

    Season 4

    Air date unknown

    2 episodes

  • Season 5

    Jan 4, 1996

    32 episodes

    1996

  • Season 6

    Jan 9, 1997

    51 episodes

    1997

  • Season 7

    Mar 23, 1998

    26 episodes

    1998

  • Season 9

    Air date unknown

    2 episodes

  • Season 10

    Jan 15, 1997

    31 episodes

  • Season 11

    Sep 8, 1999

    25 episodes

  • Season 12

    Air date unknown

    3 episodes

  • Season 13

    Air date unknown

    2 episodes

  • Season 14

    Air date unknown

    1 episode

  • Poster for Season 18 of Biography

    Season 18

    Air date unknown

    29 episodes

    The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.

  • Season 19

    Jan 1, 2004

    2 episodes

  • Season 20

    Sep 23, 2005

    45 episodes

  • Season 21

    Aug 13, 2006

    2 episodes

  • Season 24

    Dec 23, 2011

    2 episodes

  • Season 25

    Air date unknown

    1 episode

    Season 25

  • Season 26

    Air date unknown

    1 episode

  • Season 27

    Air date unknown

    1 episode

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