Biography
Rating: 6.7 · 1987 · Documentary · USA · 17 sns
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 1987
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country
- USA
- Seasons
- 17
- TMDB
- 6.7
- IMDb
- 6.7
Director
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