Biography(1987)

Name: Biography
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987-04-06
Rating: 6.7

★ 6.7(36)1h 0m332 episodesEnded

Documentary

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.

First aired:: 1987-04-06
Country:: US, GB
Network:: CBS, A&E

Episodes

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1. Anastasia: Her True Story
1997-01-09 · 60m
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2. Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero
1997-01-16 · 60m
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3. Augustus: First of the Emperors
1997-01-23 · 60m
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4. Ayatollah Khomeini: Holy Terror
1997-01-30 · 60m
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5. Caligula: Reign of Madness
1997-02-06 · 60m
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6. Charles Kuralt: A Life on the Road
1997-02-13 · 60m
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7. Constantine: The Christian Emperor
1997-02-20 · 60m
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8. David Copperfield: Master of Illusion
1997-02-27 · 60m
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9. Diana: The People's Princess
1997-03-06 · 60m
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10. Dow and Jones: Wizards of Wall Street
1997-03-13 · 60m
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11. Dutch Schultz: Menace to Society
1997-03-20 · 60m
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12. Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Psychic
1997-03-27 · 60m
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13. Edward R. Murrow: Voice of America
1997-04-03 · 60m
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14. Eliot Ness: Untouchable
1997-04-10 · 60m
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15. Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen
1997-04-17 · 60m
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16. Elizabeth: The Reluctant Monarch
1997-04-24 · 60m
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17. Erwin Rommel: The Last Knight
1997-05-01 · 60m
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18. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer
1997-05-08 · 60m
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19. Frank Costello: Prime Minister of the Mob
1997-05-15 · 60m
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20. General George C. Marshall: Soldier and Statesman
1997-05-22 · 60m
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21. George Armstrong Custer: America's Golden Cavalier
1997-05-29 · 60m
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22. Hadrian: Emperor of the Golden Age
1997-06-05 · 60m
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23. Ivan the Terrible: Might and Madness
1997-06-12 · 60m
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24. J.C. Penney: Main Street Millionaire
1997-06-19 · 60m
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25. JFK: A Personal Story
1997-06-26 · 60m
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26. Jimmy Stewart: His Wonderful Life
1997-07-03 · 60m
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27. Joseph Kennedy: Father of an American Dynasty
1997-07-10 · 60m
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28. Julius Caesar: Master of the Roman World
1997-07-17 · 60m
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29. Justinian: The Last of the Romans
1997-07-24 · 60m
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30. Katharine Graham: Pillar of the Post
1997-07-31 · 60m
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31. Leonardo Da Vinci: Renaissance Master
1997-08-07 · 60m
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32. Lucrezia Borgia: Pretty Poison
1997-08-14 · 60m
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33. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Man and the Dream
1997-08-21 · 60m
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34. Meyer Lansky: Mob Tycoon
1997-08-28 · 60m
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35. Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
1997-09-04 · 60m
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36. Nancy Reagan: The President's Leading Lady
1997-09-11 · 60m
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37. Neiman Marcus: Last of the Merchant Kings
1997-09-18 · 60m
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38. Nelson Rockefeller: Passionate Millionaire
1997-09-25 · 60m
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39. Nero: The Power and the Madness
1997-10-02 · 60m
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40. Pancho Villa: Outlaw Hero
1997-10-09 · 60m
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41. R.H. Macy: Merchant Prince
1997-10-16 · 60m
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42. Sam Giancana
1997-10-23 · 60m
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43. Sam Walton: Bargain Billionaire
1997-10-30 · 60m
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44. Samuel Bronfman: Whiskey Man
1997-11-06 · 60m
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45. Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind
1997-11-13 · 60m
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46. Stanley & Livingstone: The Mercenary and the Missionary
1997-11-20 · 60m
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47. The Gambinos: First Family of Crime
1997-09-21 · 91m
A profile of New York's Gambino crime family examines the rise of its founder, Carlo Gambino, and that of his successors, Paul Castellano and John Gotti.
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48. The Marshall Fields: A Chicago Tradition
1997-12-04 · 60m
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49. The Woolworths: Five-and-Dime Fortune and Failure
1997-12-11 · 60m
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50. Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All
1997-12-18 · 60m
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51. Vladimir Lenin: Voice of the Revolution
1997-12-25 · 60m