Biography
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.
On screen
Top Cast
Peter Graves
Jack Perkins
Scarlett Johansson
Self
Aileen Wuornos
Self (archive footage)
Dawn Botkins
Self - Aileen's Childhood Friend
Arlene Pralle
Self
Steve Glazer
Self - Defense Attorney
Tyria Moore
Self - Aileen's Girlfriend
Donna Jay Fulks
Aileen Wuornos (voice)
Eva Braun
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Paul Kaup
Narrator
Episodes guide
Seasons
Season 1
15 episodes · 1987
Season 2
1 episodes · 1992
Season 3
81 episodes · —
Season 4
2 episodes · —
Season 5
33 episodes · 1996
Season 6
51 episodes · 1997
Season 7
26 episodes · 1998
Season 8
0 episodes · —
Season 9
2 episodes · —
Season 10
31 episodes · 1997
Season 11
25 episodes · 1999
Season 12
3 episodes · —
Season 13
2 episodes · —
Season 14
1 episodes · —
Season 15
0 episodes · —
Season 16
0 episodes · —
Season 17
0 episodes · —
Season 18
29 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 episodes · —
Season 26
1 episodes · —
Season 27
1 episodes · —
Preview
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