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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.
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Episode 1 - 6 Apr. 1987
Release Date: 1987-04-06 -
Episode 2 - Al Capone: Scarface
Release Date: 1987-04-13 -
Episode 3 - Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Release Date: 1987-04-20A profile of orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-95), who campaigned against slavery, discrimination and other injustices directed against blacks. Douglass, a former slave himself, also helped run the Underground Railroad, a series of safe houses for escaped slaves.
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Episode 4 - Bugsy Siegel
Release Date: 1987-04-27 -
Episode 5 - Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet
Release Date: 1987-05-04 -
Episode 6 - King Arthur: His Life and Legends
Release Date: 1987-05-11 -
Episode 7 - Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the Mob
Release Date: 1987-05-18 -
Episode 8 - Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom
Release Date: 1987-05-25 -
Episode 9 - Muhammad: The Prophet
Release Date: 1987-06-01 -
Episode 10 - Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France
Release Date: 1987-06-08 -
Episode 11 - Bonnie & Clyde: The Story of Love & Death
Release Date: 1987-06-15 -
Episode 12 - Babe Ruth
Release Date: 1987-06-22 -
Episode 13 - Frederick Douglass
Release Date: 1987-06-29 -
Episode 14 - Lizzie Borden: A Woman Accused
Release Date: 1987-07-06 -
Episode 15 - Milton Hershey: The Chocolate King
Release Date: 1987-07-13