Biography

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.

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  Season 1

  15 episodes · 1987

• Season 2

  1 episode · 1992

• Season 3

  81 episodes

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  Season 4

  2 episodes

• Season 5

  32 episodes · 1996

  1996

• Season 6

  51 episodes · 1997

  1997

• Season 7

  26 episodes · 1998

  1998

• Season 8

  0 episodes

• Season 9

  2 episodes

• Season 10

  31 episodes · 1997

• Season 11

  2 episodes · 1999

• Season 12

  3 episodes

• Season 13

  2 episodes

• Season 14

  1 episode

• Season 15

  0 episodes

• Season 16

  0 episodes

• Season 17

  0 episodes

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  Season 18

  29 episodes

  The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.

• 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 25

• Season 26

  1 episode

• Season 27

  1 episode