Biography

The story

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.

Cast

P Peter GravesSelf - Host S Scarlett JohanssonSelf A Aileen WuornosSelf (archive footage) D Dawn BotkinsSelf - Aileen's Childhood Friend A Arlene PralleSelf S Steve GlazerSelf - Defense Attorney T Tyria MooreSelf - Aileen's Girlfriend D Donna Jay FulksAileen Wuornos (voice) E Eva BraunSelf (archive footage) A Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) P Paul KaupNarrator H Heinrich HoffmannSelf - Photographer (archive footage)

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N Nerin GunSelf - Biographer (archive footage) J Justin BarrettNarrator (voice) K Kevin Smith D Dave ChappelleHimself (archival footage) K Ken TuckerHimself T Tanika RayHimself C Chuck NiceHimself D Dion GrahamNarrator J John Wayne GacySelf (archive footage) B Barry BoschelliSelf - Childhood Friend R Ray CornellSelf - Fellow Inmate D David CramSelf - Former Gacy Employee D David HachmeisterSelf - Police Investigator K Karen KuzmaSelf - Sister T Terry SullivanSelf - Gacy Biographer H Helen MorrisonSelf - Psychiatrist A Arnold SchwarzeneggerSelf J James CaanSelf J Jim BelushiSelf I Ivan ReitmanSelf J Jonathan MostowSelf G George ButlerGeorge Butler G George ClooneyGeorge Clooney C Claire DanesSelf K Kristanna LokenSelf P Penelope Ann MillerSelf R Ronald ShusettSelf R Robin WilliamsSelf S Stan WinstonSelf M Maria ShriverSelf J Jeanine BasingerSelf - Film Historian P Pat ByrneSelf - Sister C Christina CassiniSelf - Daughter D David RaksinSelf - Composer 'Laura' G Gene TierneySelf R Richard WidmarkSelf - Actor O Oleg CassiniSelf - Former Husband R Richard KileyNarrator (voice) V Vincent PriceSelf (archive footage) L Lucy Chase WilliamsSelf - Vincent Price's Biographer V Victoria PriceSelf - Vincent Price's Daughter N Norman LloydSelf H Hazel CourtSelf D Dennis HopperSelf J Jane RussellSelf R Roger CormanSelf R Roddy McDowallSelf D Don MorrowNarrator B Birgitta WallaceSelf