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Biography (1987)

Apr 6, 1987 · 27 seasons · 356 episodes

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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.

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Series cast

  • Peter Graves Peter Graves Self - Host 267 episodes
  • Jack Perkins Jack Perkins 194 episodes
  • Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Self 1 episode
  • Aileen Wuornos Aileen Wuornos Self (archive footage) 1 episode
  • Dawn Botkins Self - Aileen's Childhood Friend 1 episode
  • Arlene Pralle Self 1 episode
  • Steve Glazer Self - Defense Attorney 1 episode
  • Tyria Moore Tyria Moore Self - Aileen's Girlfriend 1 episode
  • Donna Jay Fulks Donna Jay Fulks Aileen Wuornos (voice) 1 episode
  • Eva Braun Eva Braun Self (archive footage) 1 episode
  • Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) 1 episode
  • Paul Kaup Narrator 1 episode
  • Heinrich Hoffmann Heinrich Hoffmann Self - Photographer (archive footage) 1 episode
  • Nerin Gun Self - Biographer (archive footage) 1 episode
  • Justin Barrett Narrator (voice) 1 episode
  • Kevin Smith Kevin Smith 1 episode

Seasons

  • Poster for Biography, Season 1 Season 1 Apr 1987 · 15 episodes
  • Season 2 Jul 1992 · 1 episode
  • Season 3 81 episodes
  • Poster for Biography, Season 4 Season 4 2 episodes
  • Season 5 Jan 1996 · 33 episodes
  • Season 6 Jan 1997 · 51 episodes
  • Season 7 Mar 1998 · 26 episodes
  • Season 8
  • Season 9 2 episodes
  • Season 10 Jan 1997 · 31 episodes
  • Season 11 Sep 1999 · 25 episodes
  • Season 12 3 episodes
  • Season 13 2 episodes
  • Season 14 1 episode
  • Season 15
  • Season 16
  • Season 17
  • Poster for Biography, Season 18 Season 18 29 episodes
  • Season 19 Jan 2004 · 2 episodes
  • Season 20 Sep 2005 · 45 episodes
  • Season 21 Aug 2006 · 2 episodes
  • Season 22
  • Season 23
  • Season 24 Dec 2011 · 2 episodes
  • Season 25 1 episode
  • Season 26 1 episode
  • Season 27 1 episode

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