Biography (1987 – ...)

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Biography — Season 6

51 episodes · Jan 9, 1997

1997

1. Anastasia: Her True Story

Jan 9, 1997 · 60m

2. Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero

Jan 16, 1997 · 60m

3. Augustus: First of the Emperors

Jan 23, 1997 · 60m

4. Ayatollah Khomeini: Holy Terror

Jan 30, 1997 · 60m

5. Caligula: Reign of Madness

Feb 6, 1997 · 60m

6. Charles Kuralt: A Life on the Road

Feb 13, 1997 · 60m

7. Constantine: The Christian Emperor

Feb 20, 1997 · 60m

8. David Copperfield: Master of Illusion

Feb 27, 1997 · 60m

9. Diana: The People's Princess

Mar 6, 1997 · 60m

10. Dow and Jones: Wizards of Wall Street

Mar 13, 1997 · 60m

11. Dutch Schultz: Menace to Society

Mar 20, 1997 · 60m

12. Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Psychic

Mar 27, 1997 · 60m

13. Edward R. Murrow: Voice of America

Apr 3, 1997 · 60m

14. Eliot Ness: Untouchable

Apr 10, 1997 · 60m

15. Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen

Apr 17, 1997 · 60m

16. Elizabeth: The Reluctant Monarch

Apr 24, 1997 · 60m

17. Erwin Rommel: The Last Knight

May 1, 1997 · 60m

18. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer

May 8, 1997 · 60m

19. Frank Costello: Prime Minister of the Mob

May 15, 1997 · 60m

20. General George C. Marshall: Soldier and Statesman

May 22, 1997 · 60m

21. George Armstrong Custer: America's Golden Cavalier

May 29, 1997 · 60m

22. Hadrian: Emperor of the Golden Age

Jun 5, 1997 · 60m

23. Ivan the Terrible: Might and Madness

Jun 12, 1997 · 60m

24. J.C. Penney: Main Street Millionaire

Jun 19, 1997 · 60m

25. JFK: A Personal Story

Jun 26, 1997 · 60m

26. Jimmy Stewart: His Wonderful Life

Jul 3, 1997 · 60m

27. Joseph Kennedy: Father of an American Dynasty

Jul 10, 1997 · 60m

28. Julius Caesar: Master of the Roman World

Jul 17, 1997 · 60m

29. Justinian: The Last of the Romans

Jul 24, 1997 · 60m

30. Katharine Graham: Pillar of the Post

Jul 31, 1997 · 60m

31. Leonardo Da Vinci: Renaissance Master

Aug 7, 1997 · 60m

32. Lucrezia Borgia: Pretty Poison

Aug 14, 1997 · 60m

33. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Man and the Dream

Aug 21, 1997 · 60m

34. Meyer Lansky: Mob Tycoon

Aug 28, 1997 · 60m

35. Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion

Sep 4, 1997 · 60m

36. Nancy Reagan: The President's Leading Lady

Sep 11, 1997 · 60m

37. Neiman Marcus: Last of the Merchant Kings

Sep 18, 1997 · 60m

38. Nelson Rockefeller: Passionate Millionaire

Sep 25, 1997 · 60m

39. Nero: The Power and the Madness

Oct 2, 1997 · 60m

40. Pancho Villa: Outlaw Hero

Oct 9, 1997 · 60m

41. R.H. Macy: Merchant Prince

Oct 16, 1997 · 60m

42. Sam Giancana

Oct 23, 1997 · 60m

43. Sam Walton: Bargain Billionaire

Oct 30, 1997 · 60m

44. Samuel Bronfman: Whiskey Man

Nov 6, 1997 · 60m

45. Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind

Nov 13, 1997 · 60m

46. Stanley & Livingstone: The Mercenary and the Missionary

Nov 20, 1997 · 60m

47. The Gambinos: First Family of Crime

Sep 21, 1997 · 91m

A profile of New York's Gambino crime family examines the rise of its founder, Carlo Gambino, and that of his successors, Paul Castellano and John Gotti.

48. The Marshall Fields: A Chicago Tradition

Dec 4, 1997 · 60m

49. The Woolworths: Five-and-Dime Fortune and Failure

Dec 11, 1997 · 60m

50. Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All

Dec 18, 1997 · 60m

51. Vladimir Lenin: Voice of the Revolution

Dec 25, 1997 · 60m