Documentary198727 seasonsTV-14★ 6.7
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.
Episodes
- 1
6 Apr. 1987
Apr 6, 198760 min
- 2
Al Capone: Scarface
Apr 13, 198760 min
- 3
Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Apr 20, 198760 min
A profile of orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-95), who campaigned against slavery, discrimination and other injustices directed against blacks. Douglass, a former slave himself, also helped run the Underground Railroad, a series of safe houses for escaped slaves.
- 4
Bugsy Siegel
Apr 27, 198760 min
- 5
Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet
May 4, 198760 min
- 6
King Arthur: His Life and Legends
May 11, 198760 min
- 7
Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the Mob
May 18, 198760 min
- 8
Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom
May 25, 198760 min
- 9
Muhammad: The Prophet
Jun 1, 198760 min
- 10
Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France
Jun 8, 198760 min
- 11
Bonnie & Clyde: The Story of Love & Death
Jun 15, 198760 min
- 12
Babe Ruth
Jun 22, 198760 min
- 13
Frederick Douglass
Jun 29, 198760 min
- 14
Lizzie Borden: A Woman Accused
Jul 6, 198760 min
- 15
Milton Hershey: The Chocolate King
Jul 13, 198760 min
