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Biography

  • TV series
  • 1987
  • TV-PG
  • 27 seasons
  • 356 episodes

Created by David L. Wolper and Agnes Nixon

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 36 votes

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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.

Roughly 356h to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 356 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 60 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Peter Graves

    Peter GravesSelf - Host
    267 episodes

  • Jack Perkins

    Jack Perkins
    194 episodes

  • Scarlett Johansson

    Scarlett JohanssonSelf
    1 episode

  • Aileen Wuornos

    Aileen WuornosSelf (archive footage)
    1 episode

  • Dawn BotkinsSelf - Aileen's Childhood Friend
    1 episode

  • Arlene PralleSelf
    1 episode

  • Steve GlazerSelf - Defense Attorney
    1 episode

  • Tyria Moore

    Tyria MooreSelf - Aileen's Girlfriend
    1 episode

  • Donna Jay Fulks

    Donna Jay FulksAileen Wuornos (voice)
    1 episode

  • Eva Braun

    Eva BraunSelf (archive footage)
    1 episode

  • Adolf Hitler

    Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
    1 episode

  • Paul KaupNarrator
    1 episode

  • Heinrich Hoffmann

    Heinrich HoffmannSelf - Photographer (archive footage)
    1 episode

  • Nerin GunSelf - Biographer (archive footage)
    1 episode

  • Justin BarrettNarrator (voice)
    1 episode

  • Kevin Smith

    Kevin Smith
    1 episode

  • Dave Chappelle

    Dave ChappelleHimself (archival footage)
    1 episode

  • Ken TuckerHimself
    1 episode

Created by
David L. Wolper and Agnes Nixon
Network
CBS, A&E

Seasons and episodes