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Biography | EpisodesRatings

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Biography

1987-20127.7 IMDbEpisode avg 6.724 seasons · 426 rated episodes

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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Last updated 6/6/2026

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Best episode

S6E13 Bette Davis: If Looks Could Kill (9.3)

Consistency score

67/100

Std dev 1.67

Rated episodes

426

43,260 total votes

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Worst episode

S9E70 James Earl Ray: The Man and the Mystery (1.3)

Highest-rated season

Season 23 (8.1)

Lowest-rated season

Season 19 (5.3)

Average episode rating

6.7