Biography(1987)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1987-04-06
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.7
Votes: 35
Seasons: 27
Episodes: 332
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (1992)
Episodes: 15E01
6 Apr. 1987
Air Date: 1987-04-06
No episode overview available.
E02
Al Capone: Scarface
Air Date: 1987-04-13
No episode overview available.
E03
Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Air Date: 1987-04-20
A profile of orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-95), who campaigned against slavery, discrimination and...
E04
Bugsy Siegel
Air Date: 1987-04-27
No episode overview available.
E05
Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet
Air Date: 1987-05-04
No episode overview available.
E06
King Arthur: His Life and Legends
Air Date: 1987-05-11
No episode overview available.
E07
Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the Mob
Air Date: 1987-05-18
No episode overview available.
E08
Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom
Air Date: 1987-05-25
No episode overview available.
E09
Muhammad: The Prophet
Air Date: 1987-06-01
No episode overview available.
E10
Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France
Air Date: 1987-06-08
No episode overview available.
E11
Bonnie & Clyde: The Story of Love & Death
Air Date: 1987-06-15
No episode overview available.
E12
Babe Ruth
Air Date: 1987-06-22
No episode overview available.
E13
Frederick Douglass
Air Date: 1987-06-29
No episode overview available.
E14
Lizzie Borden: A Woman Accused
Air Date: 1987-07-06
No episode overview available.
E15
Milton Hershey: The Chocolate King
Air Date: 1987-07-13
No episode overview available.
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