Biography
Documentary
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
E1
60 min
Episode
1
EP1:
6 Apr. 1987
Apr 6, 1987
E2
60 min
Episode
2
EP2:
Al Capone: Scarface
Apr 13, 1987
E3
60 min
Episode
3
EP3:
Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Apr 20, 1987
E4
60 min
Episode
4
EP4:
Bugsy Siegel
Apr 27, 1987
E5
60 min
Episode
5
EP5:
Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet
May 4, 1987
E6
60 min
Episode
6
EP6:
King Arthur: His Life and Legends
May 11, 1987
E7
60 min
Episode
7
EP7:
Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the Mob
May 18, 1987
E8
60 min
Episode
8
EP8:
Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom
May 25, 1987
E9
60 min
Episode
9
EP9:
Muhammad: The Prophet
Jun 1, 1987
E10
60 min
Episode
10
EP10:
Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France
Jun 8, 1987
E11
60 min
Episode
11
EP11:
Bonnie & Clyde: The Story of Love & Death
Jun 15, 1987
E12
60 min
Episode
12
EP12:
Babe Ruth
Jun 22, 1987
E13
60 min
Episode
13
EP13:
Frederick Douglass
Jun 29, 1987
E14
60 min
Episode
14
EP14:
Lizzie Borden: A Woman Accused
Jul 6, 1987
E15
60 min
Episode
15
EP15:
Milton Hershey: The Chocolate King
Jul 13, 1987
Cast
Peter Graves
Self - Host
Scarlett Johansson
Self
Aileen Wuornos
Self (archive footage)
Dawn Botkins
Self - Aileen's Childhood Friend
Arlene Pralle
Self
Steve Glazer
Self - Defense Attorney
Tyria Moore
Self - Aileen's Girlfriend
Donna Jay Fulks
Aileen Wuornos (voice)
Eva Braun
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Paul Kaup
Narrator
Heinrich Hoffmann
Self - Photographer (archive footage)
Nerin Gun
Self - Biographer (archive footage)
Justin Barrett
Narrator (voice)
Kevin Smith
Dave Chappelle
Himself (archival footage)
Ken Tucker
Himself
Tanika Ray
Himself
Chuck Nice
Himself
Dion Graham
Narrator
