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.
| Title | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Season 1 | 15 | 1987-04-06 | Season Only 1 |
| 2 | Season 2 | 1 | 1992-07-28 | Season Only 2 |
| 3 | Season 3 | 81 | — | Season Only 3 |
| 4 | Season 4 | 2 | — | Season Only 4 |
| 5 | Season 5 | 32 | 1996-01-04 | Season Only 5 |
| 6 | Season 6 | 51 | 1997-01-09 | Season Only 6 |
| 7 | Season 7 | 26 | 1998-03-23 | Season Only 7 |
| 8 | Season 8 | — | — | Season Only 8 |
| 9 | Season 9 | 2 | — | Season Only 9 |
| 10 | Season 10 | 31 | 1997-01-15 | Season Only 10 |
| 11 | Season 11 | 25 | 1999-09-08 | Season Only 11 |
| 12 | Season 12 | 3 | — | Season Only 12 |
| 13 | Season 13 | 2 | — | Season Only 13 |
| 14 | Season 14 | 1 | — | Season Only 14 |
| 15 | Season 15 | — | — | Season Only 15 |
| 16 | Season 16 | — | — | Season Only 16 |
| 17 | Season 17 | — | — | Season Only 17 |
| 18 | Season 18 | 29 | — | Season Only 18 |
| 19 | Season 19 | 2 | 2004-01-01 | Season Only 19 |
| 20 | Season 20 | 45 | 2005-09-23 | Season Only 20 |
| 21 | Season 21 | 2 | 2006-08-13 | Season Only 21 |
| 22 | Season 22 | — | — | Season Only 22 |
| 23 | Season 23 | — | — | Season Only 23 |
| 24 | Season 24 | 2 | 2011-12-23 | Season Only 24 |
| 25 | Season 25 | 1 | — | Season Only 25 |
| 26 | Season 26 | 1 | — | Season Only 26 |
| 27 | Season 27 | 1 | — | Season Only 27 |
