Biography
1987 to present Documentary 27 seasons
TMDB rating 6.7/10 Returning
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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The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
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Cast and details
Peter Graves
Jack Perkins
Scarlett JohanssonSelf
Aileen WuornosSelf (archive footage)- Dawn BotkinsSelf - Aileen's Childhood Friend
- Arlene PralleSelf
- Steve GlazerSelf - Defense Attorney
Tyria MooreSelf - Aileen's Girlfriend
Donna Jay FulksAileen Wuornos (voice)
Eva BraunSelf (archive footage)
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)- Paul KaupNarrator
- Created by
- David L. Wolper, Agnes Nixon
- Network
- CBS, A&E
- First aired
- Apr 6, 1987
- Latest episode
- Jan 2, 2012
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