Biography (1987)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Biography is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Google Play Movies
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Cast & Crew.
Jack Perkins
Self - Host / Self - Narrator / Narrator
Jack Perkins
Self - Host / Self - Narrator / Narrator
Jack Perkins
Self - Host
Peter Graves
Self - Host
Harry Smith
Self - Host
Bill Mumy
Self - Narrator
Dave Hoffman
Narrator
Roddy McDowall
Self
Hillary Tullin
Producer
Alan Goldberg
Producer
Daniel J. Golden
Writer
Scott Lenz
Writer
David Wild
Self
Peter Jones
Writer
Agnes Nixon
Writer
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)
Dave Chappelle
Himself (archival footage)
Ken Tucker
Himself
Tanika Ray
Himself
Chuck Nice
Himself
Details.
Release DateApril 6, 1987
StatusReturning Series
Seasons17
Episodes318
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
Wiki.
Biography is an American documentary television series and media franchise created in the 1960s by David L. Wolper and owned by A&E Networks since 1987. Each episode depicts the life of a notable person with narration, on-camera interviews, photographs, and stock footage. The show originally ran in syndication in 1962–1964, and in 1979, on A&E from 1987 to 2006, and on The Biography Channel (later Bio, now FYI) from 2006 to 2012. After a five-year hiatus, the franchise was relaunched in 2017. Over the years, the Biography media franchise has expanded domestically and internationally, spinning off several cable television channels, a website, a children's program, a line of books and records, and a series of made-for-TV movies, specials, and miniseries, among other media properties. Biography has won a Peabody Award (1962) and three Emmy Awards (1997, 1999, 2002).
Biography began as an early 1960s syndicated television series produced by David Wolper and narrated by Mike Wallace. It won a Peabody Award, launched Wallace's journalism career, and became a standard in biography films, widely shown in classrooms. After a one-year revival in 1979, the show returned on A&E Networks in 1987. In 1990, A&E began producing new episodes, and expanded the show into a multimedia franchise. By the turn of the century, Biography became A&E's "flagship" program, winning three Emmy Awards, growing from one night per week to seven, and spawning its own cable television channel, several spin-off shows, a website, made-for-TV movies, mini-series, books, audio books, records, and even a board game. The show's ratings eventually slipped and its airtime was reduced to one night per week, then exclusive to The Biography Channel (now FYI). Production of new episodes ceased in 2011 and Biography was almost entirely off the air by 2012. In 2017, A&E relaunched the Biography franchise with a series of TV specials and miniseries. As of 2022, episodes are also shown on Story Television.