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
16 Apr. 1987
60 minApr 6, 1987
2Al Capone: Scarface
60 minApr 13, 1987
3Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
60 minApr 20, 1987
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.
4Bugsy Siegel
60 minApr 27, 1987
5Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet
60 minMay 4, 1987
6King Arthur: His Life and Legends
60 minMay 11, 1987
7Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the Mob
60 minMay 18, 1987
8Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom
60 minMay 25, 1987
9Muhammad: The Prophet
60 minJun 1, 1987
10Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France
60 minJun 8, 1987
11Bonnie & Clyde: The Story of Love & Death
60 minJun 15, 1987
12Babe Ruth
60 minJun 22, 1987
13Frederick Douglass
60 minJun 29, 1987
14Lizzie Borden: A Woman Accused
60 minJul 6, 1987
15Milton Hershey: The Chocolate King
60 minJul 13, 1987
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