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