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.

Cast & crew

David L. Wolper

Creator

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Agnes Nixon

Creator

Peter Graves

Self - Host

Jack Perkins

Host

Scarlett Johansson

Self

Aileen Wuornos

Self (archive footage)

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Dawn Botkins

Self - Aileen's Childhood Friend

A

Arlene Pralle

Self

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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)

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Paul Kaup

Narrator

Heinrich Hoffmann

Self - Photographer (archive footage)

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Nerin Gun

Self - Biographer (archive footage)

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Justin Barrett

Narrator (voice)

Kevin Smith

Dave Chappelle

Himself (archival footage)

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Ken Tucker

Himself

T

Tanika Ray

Himself

Chuck Nice

Himself

Seasons

356 episodes

Season 11987 · 15 episodes

Season 21992 · 1 episodes

Season 381 episodes

Season 42 episodes

Season 51996 · 33 episodes

Season 61997 · 51 episodes

Season 71998 · 26 episodes

Season 80 episodes

Season 92 episodes

Season 101997 · 31 episodes