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.

Seasons

Season 1 (1992)

198715 episodes

Season 2 (1993)

19921 episodes

Season 3 (1994)

81 episodes

Season 4 (1995)

2 episodes

Season 5

199632 episodes

Season 6

199751 episodes

Season 7

199826 episodes

Season 8

Season 9

2 episodes

Season 10

199731 episodes

Season 11

19992 episodes

Season 12

1 episodes

Season 13

2 episodes

Season 14

1 episodes

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18

28 episodes

Season 19

20042 episodes

Season 20

200545 episodes

Season 21

20062 episodes

Season 22

Season 23

Season 24

20112 episodes

Season 25

1 episodes

Season 26

1 episodes

Season 27

1 episodes