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.
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A&E Biography
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Seasons
1992
- Ep 1
1.6 Apr. 1987
06-04-198760m - Ep 2
2.Al Capone: Scarface
13-04-198760m - Ep 3
3.Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
20-04-198760mA profile of orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-95), who campaigned against slavery, discrimination and other injustices directed against blacks. Douglass, a former s...
- Ep 4
4.Bugsy Siegel
27-04-198760m - Ep 5
5.Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet
04-05-198760m - Ep 6
6.King Arthur: His Life and Legends
11-05-198760m - Ep 7
7.Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the Mob
18-05-198760m - Ep 8
8.Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom
25-05-198760m - Ep 9
9.Muhammad: The Prophet
01-06-198760m - Ep 10
10.Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France
08-06-198760m - Ep 11
11.Bonnie & Clyde: The Story of Love & Death
10.015-06-198760m - Ep 12
12.Babe Ruth
22-06-198760m - Ep 13
13.Frederick Douglass
29-06-198760m - Ep 14
14.Lizzie Borden: A Woman Accused
10.006-07-198760m - Ep 15
15.Milton Hershey: The Chocolate King
13-07-198760m
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