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Biography
Biography

Biography

6.2/10

60 Minutes

Country:US, GB

Seasons:27

Networks:CBS, A&E, A&E

1987-04-06 - 2012-01-02

Documentary
Spoken Languages: English

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

27

Episode Runtime

60 Minutes

First Air Date

1987-04-06

Rating

6.2

Production companies

Towers Productions, Departure Films, Atlas Media, Actuality Productions, Foxstar Productions, Working Dog Productions, Stage 3 Productions, Electric Sky Productions, Eagle Rock Entertainment, Sharp Entertainment, Atlas Media Corp., Jupiter Entertainment, Popular Arts Entertainment, Flashback Television, Pangolin Pictures, Robert Small Entertainment, Screaming Flea Productions, Lou Reda Productions

Genre

Documentary

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