Biography

Biography(1987–2012)

Ended
April 6, 1987
60 min/episode

27

Seasons

327

Episodes

TMDB6.533

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.

Trailer

A&E Biography
A&E Biography

Seasons

Season 1 (1992)
10.0

Season 1 (1992)

15 episodes • 1987

Season 2 (1993)

1 episode • 1992

Season 3 (1994)

81 episodes

Season 4 (1995)

Season 4 (1995)

2 episodes

10.0

Season 5

32 episodes • 1996

Season 6

51 episodes • 1997

6.0

Season 7

26 episodes • 1998

Season 8

0 episodes

Season 9

2 episodes

Season 10

31 episodes • 1997

Season 11

2 episodes • 1999

Season 12

2 episodes

Season 13

2 episodes

Season 14

1 episode

Season 15

0 episodes

Season 16

0 episodes

Season 17

0 episodes

Season 18
10.0

Season 18

28 episodes

Season 19

2 episodes • 2004

Season 20

45 episodes • 2005

Season 21

2 episodes • 2006

Season 22

0 episodes

Season 23

0 episodes

Season 24

2 episodes • 2011

Season 25

1 episode

Season 26

1 episode

Season 27

1 episode

Networks

CBS
A&E
A&E
A&E

Details

Original Language

en

Country of Origin

US, GB

Type

Scripted

Production

Towers Productions, Departure Films, Atlas Media, Actuality Productions, Foxstar Productions, Working Dog Productions, Stage 3 Productions, Electric Sky Productions, Eagle Rock Entertainment, Sharp Entertainment, Atlas Media Corp., Jupiter Entertainment, Popular Arts Entertainment, Flashback Television, Pangolin Pictures, Robert Small Entertainment, Screaming Flea Productions, Lou Reda Productions

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