
Biography 1987-04-06Ended
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 (1992)15 episodes
Season 2 (1993)1 episodes
Season 3 (1994)81 episodes
Season 4 (1995)2 episodes
Season 532 episodes
Season 651 episodes
Season 726 episodes
Season 8
Season 92 episodes
Season 1031 episodes
Season 112 episodes
Season 121 episodes
Season 132 episodes
Season 141 episodes
Season 15
Season 16
Season 17
Season 1828 episodes
Season 192 episodes
Season 2045 episodes
Season 212 episodes
Season 22
Season 23
Season 242 episodes
Season 251 episodes
Season 261 episodes
Season 271 episodes