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.
Biography (季节 11)
Drew Barrymore: Beating the Odds (集 1)
播出日期: 1999-09-08
概述: Born into a famous family of talented, but troubled actors, Drew Barrymore overcomes turmoil to become a Hollywood superstar.
Fred Gwynne: More Than a Munster (集 2)
播出日期: 1999-10-19
概述: Documentary about the life and career of Fred Gwynne.
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Touch of Magic (集 3)
播出日期: 1999-02-15
概述: A look at actress Elizabeth Montgomery, best known for her starring role as Samantha on "Bewitched".
Richard Speck: Natural Born Killer (集 4)
播出日期: 1999-08-18
Andre the Giant (集 5)
播出日期: 1999-01-13
概述: Documentary, released by the World Wrestling Federation, about the late wrestling superstar Andre the Giant, portraying his childhood in a small French village, his rise to fame as a professional wrestler, and his slow physical decline and eventual death in 1993. With commentaries by Vince McMahon, Classy Freddie Blassie, Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon, as well as Andre's brother and friends.
Ceausescu: The Unrepentant Tyrant (集 6)
播出日期: 2000-09-21
概述: The life of the despotic Communist ruler who rose from the poor fields of rural Romania to the luxurious heights of political power. From loved and respected leader, he turned into a despised tyrant, and his execution in 1989 marked the bloody end to a bloody regime.
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait (集 7)
播出日期: 1999-03-26
运行时间: 44 min
概述: A made-for-TV biography with an overview of Tierney's career and personal life. The highlight is perhaps an interview with her former husband, Oleg Cassini, who calls Tierney "an extraordinary genetic marvel."
The Tiffanys: Mark of Excellence (集 8)
播出日期: 1999-02-28
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (集 9)
播出日期: 1999-08-24
概述: Linda Darnell had the looks and talent to be a great Hollywood leading lady, but never quite delivered on her potential. This is the story of her rather sad life and tragically early death.
Mick Foley: Madman Unmasked (集 10)
播出日期: 1999-11-19
概述: Get behind the mask of Mankind - all about Mick Foley, from his beginnings to his success in the WWF.
Marquis de Sade: The Depraved Aristocrat (集 11)
播出日期: 1997-07-14
概述: This is a disturbing look at the infamous aristocrat whose name has become synonymous with sexual depravity.
Queen Noor: Between Two Realms (集 12)
播出日期: 1999-11-01
概述: Chronicles the fairy-tale romance of Jordan's late King Hussein and all-American girl Lisa Halaby.
The Osmonds: Pure and Simple (集 13)
播出日期: 1999-09-09
Tanya Tucker: Country Rebel (集 14)
Susan Hayward: The Brooklyn Bombshell (集 15)
播出日期: 1998-12-02
The Carpenters: Harmony and Heartbreak (集 16)
播出日期: 1998-01-12
Peter O'Toole: Acting Out Loud (集 17)
播出日期: 1999-10-07
Wayne Newton: King of Las Vegas (集 18)
Dinah Shore: Sealed with a Kiss (集 19)
播出日期: 1998-10-19
Dorothy Dandridge: Little Girl Lost (集 20)
播出日期: 1999-08-23
Ida Lupino: Through the Lens (集 21)
播出日期: 1998-03-24
John Steinbeck: An American Author (集 22)
播出日期: 1999-03-23
概述: Profile of the American writer John Steinbeck, author of "The Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men," "East of Eden" and "Cannery Row."
Bob Fosse: Dancing on the Edge (集 23)
播出日期: 1999-08-24
William Holden: An Untamed Spirit (集 24)
播出日期: 1999-04-27
概述: Peter Graves narrates this account of the life and career of William Franklin Beedle, Jr., from his 1918 birth, in O'Fallon, Illinois, to his formative years in Monrovia and South Pasadena, California, where William enters Pasadena Playhouse to begin his acting career for which he would later become famous as screen star William Holden.
Angie Dickinson: Tinseltown's Classiest Broad (集 25)
播出日期: 1999-10-26
