1952 - 1961
6.5 (11 votes)
9 Seasons
Genres
Documentary
Networks
NBC
This Is Your Life
Overview
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.
Key Crew
Producer: Ralph Edwards
Top Cast
Ralph Edwards
Self - Host
Seasons
Season 1 (1952)
No overview available.
38 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Laura Stone Marr
1952-10-01Episode 2: Jimmy McHugh
1952-10-08Episode 3: Joan Caulfield
1952-10-15Episode 4: Mary Ross
1952-10-22Episode 5: Casey Stengel
1952-10-29Episode 6: James Templeton
1952-11-05Episode 7: Jeanette MacDonald
1952-11-12Episode 8: Billie Clevenger
1952-11-19Episode 9: Jim McClain
1952-11-26Episode 10: Mrs. Gus Edwards
1952-12-03Episode 11: Sara Berner
1952-12-10Episode 12: Rock Hudson
1952-12-17Episode 13: Ruth Eiler
1952-12-24Episode 14: Nellie Lutcher
1952-12-31Episode 15: Frank Sparks
1953-01-07Episode 16: Roy Rogers
1953-01-14Episode 17: Harris Pottier
1953-01-21Episode 18: Nadia Scarpitti
1953-01-28Episode 19: Lillian Roth
1953-02-04Episode 20: Alett Radzai
1953-02-11Episode 21: Gene Biscailuz
1953-02-18Episode 22: Dinah Shore
1953-02-25Episode 23: Frank T. Coffyn
1953-03-04Episode 24: Helene Ruthling
1953-03-18Episode 25: Fifi D'Orsay
1953-03-25Episode 26: Arthur Franz
1953-04-01Episode 27: Virginia Marmaduke
1953-04-08Episode 28: Demetros Apostolon
1953-04-15Episode 29: Eva McGown
1953-04-22Episode 30: Eddie Janis
1953-04-29Episode 31: Don DeFore
1953-05-06Episode 32: Corny Pearson
1953-05-13Episode 33: Fran Allison
1953-05-20Episode 34: Hanna Bloch Kohner
1953-05-27Episode 35: Ed Wynn
1953-06-03Episode 36: Pat O'Brien
1953-06-10Episode 37: Vivian Cosby
1953-06-17Episode 38: Mary Healy
1953-06-24Season 2 (1953)
No overview available.
39 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Lily Pons
1953-09-30Episode 2: John Robinson Cates
1953-10-07Episode 3: Mrs. Robert L. Vann
1953-10-14Episode 4: Roy Keyser
1953-10-21Episode 5: Victor McLaglen
1953-10-28Episode 6: Lou Babcock
1953-11-04Episode 7: Eddie LeBaron
1953-11-11Episode 8: Rachel Mellinger
1953-11-18Episode 9: Martha Raye
1953-11-25Episode 10: Eugenia Russel
1953-12-02Episode 11: Toots Shor
1953-12-09Episode 12: Edna Gladney
1953-12-16Episode 13: Eddie Cantor
1953-12-23Episode 14: Pansy Stockton
1953-12-30Episode 15: Andrew Griffin
1954-01-06Episode 16: Hope Emerson
1954-01-13Episode 17: Douglas Stringfellow
1954-01-20Episode 18: Danny Thomas
1954-01-27Episode 19: Alice Marble
1954-02-03Episode 20: Ruby Bradley
1954-02-10Episode 21: Gregor Shelkan
1954-02-17Episode 22: Connie Haines
1954-02-24Episode 23: Thelma Morgan
1954-03-03Episode 24: Mack Sennett
1954-03-10Episode 25: Kate Pelham Newcomb
1954-03-17Episode 26: Smith Robinson
1954-03-24Episode 27: Jinx Falkenburg
1954-03-31Episode 28: Louis Silvie Zamperini
1954-04-07Episode 29: Hal Foster
1954-04-14Episode 30: Marjorie Williams
1954-04-21Episode 31: Jean Hersholt
1954-04-28Episode 32: George Mardikian
1954-05-05Episode 33: Emma Jo Wengert
1954-05-12Episode 34: Patrick Joseph Kelly
1954-05-19Episode 35: Alicia Alonso
1954-05-26Episode 36: Mary Ann
1954-06-02Episode 37: Tom Moore
1954-06-09Episode 38: Frances Nickmann
1954-06-16Episode 39: Gilda Gray
1954-06-23Season 3 (1954)
No overview available.
38 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Bebe Daniels Lyon
1954-09-29Episode 2: Kenneth Porter
1954-10-06Episode 3: Kenyon J. Scudder
1954-10-13Episode 4: Dorothy Lamour
1954-10-20Episode 5: Roy Davenport
1954-10-27Episode 6: Joe E. Brown
1954-11-03Episode 7: Ruth Lowe
1954-11-10Episode 8: Norman Vincent Peale
1954-11-17Episode 9: Nellie Logan Adkins
1954-11-24Episode 10: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
1954-12-01Episode 11: William A. Wellman
1954-12-08Episode 12: Laurence C. Jones
1954-12-15Episode 13: Clarinda Mason
1954-12-22Episode 14: Jennie Grossinger
1954-12-29Episode 15: Helen Ostrowski
1955-01-05Episode 16: Robert Richards
1955-01-12Episode 17: Eddie Hamilton
1955-01-26Episode 18: Andy Devine
1955-02-02Episode 19: Mae Williams
1955-02-09Episode 20: Samuel W. Magill
1955-02-16Episode 21: Yvonne Kennedy
1955-02-23Episode 22: Clyde Lamb
1955-03-02Episode 23: Carl J. Sedlmayr
1955-03-09Episode 24: Helen Kelleher
1955-03-16Episode 25: Mickey Walker
1955-03-23Episode 26: Walter Brennan
1955-03-30Episode 27: Wayman R. Presley
1955-04-06Episode 28: Viola Ruth
1955-04-13Episode 29: Gale Storm
1955-04-20Episode 30: Mark Clark
1955-04-27Episode 31: Rene Belbenoit
1955-05-04Episode 32: Kiyoshi Tanimoto
1955-05-11Episode 33: Marjorie Lawrence
1955-05-18Episode 34: Van Heflin
1955-05-25Episode 35: Belle Baker
1955-06-01Episode 36: George Gregory Jr.
1955-06-08Episode 37: Frankie Laine
1955-06-15Episode 38: George Foote Bond
1955-06-22Season 4 (1955)
No overview available.
39 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: George Burns
1955-09-28Episode 2: Llewellyn J. Scott
1955-10-05Episode 3: Kathleen Norris
1955-10-12Episode 4: John Weber Jr.
1955-10-19Episode 5: John Paul Stapp
1955-10-26Episode 6: Ilse Stanley
1955-11-02Episode 7: William Bendix
1955-11-09Episode 8: Julia Judge
1955-11-16Episode 9: Daniele Alberghetti
1955-11-23Episode 10: Ralph Veady
1955-11-30Episode 11: Alice Lloyd
1955-12-07Episode 12: Harold Lloyd
1955-12-14Episode 13: Mary Noyes Dunham
1955-12-21Episode 14: Marion Domenicali
1955-12-28Episode 15: Lew Ayres
1956-01-04Episode 16: Henry Clay Conner
1956-01-11Episode 17: Ruth Stromer
1956-01-18Episode 18: Mala Powers
1956-01-25Episode 19: William Hennessey
1956-02-01Episode 20: Bela Herskovits
1956-02-08Episode 21: Virginia Graham
1956-02-15Episode 22: Catherine MacFarlane
1956-02-22Episode 23: J. Harrison Heckman
1956-02-29Episode 24: Joseph Jacob Foss
1956-03-07Episode 25: Marguerita Sylva
1956-03-14Episode 26: H. Park Tucker
1956-03-21Episode 27: Marion Miller
1956-03-28Episode 28: Robert Cummings
1956-04-04Episode 29: Ruth Joiner
1956-04-11Episode 30: Dore Schary
1956-04-18Episode 31: Marjorie Rambeau
1956-04-25Episode 32: Joseph Anthony
1956-05-02Episode 33: Richard J. Finnegan
1956-05-09Episode 34: Myrna Loy
1956-05-16Episode 35: James B. Hendryx
1956-05-23Episode 36: Ruth Slenczynska
1956-05-30Episode 37: Milton Berle
1956-06-06Episode 38: Alice Middleton McDougall
1956-06-13Episode 39: Gilbert Roland
1956-06-20Season 5 (1956)
No overview available.
39 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Georgia Bowen
1956-09-26Episode 2: Red Nichols
1956-10-03Episode 3: Alexandra Tolstoy
1956-10-10Episode 4: Dean E. Hess
1956-10-17Episode 5: Ernest Borgnine
1956-10-24Episode 6: Darlene Miller
1956-10-31Episode 7: Agness Underwood
1956-11-07Episode 8: Ernest Breech
1956-11-14Episode 9: Lou Costello
1956-11-21Episode 10: Alice Princess Siwundhla
1956-11-28Episode 11: Phil Thatcher
1956-12-05Episode 12: Tennessee Ernie Ford
1956-12-12Episode 13: Pearl Routon
1956-12-19Episode 14: Thomas Orley
1956-12-26Episode 15: Mike Masaoka
1957-01-02Episode 16: Gladys Workman
1957-01-09Episode 17: Jack Dempsey
1957-01-16Episode 18: Gloria Swanson
1957-01-23Episode 19: Hugh Barr Miller Jr.
1957-01-30Episode 20: Constance Hope
1957-02-06Episode 21: Katya Skotnicki
1957-02-13Episode 22: Duke Kahanamoku
1957-02-20Episode 23: Arries Ann Ward
1957-02-27Episode 24: Lawrence Welk
1957-03-06Episode 25: Ivy Baker Priest
1957-03-13Episode 26: George Hays Gale
1957-03-20Episode 27: Maureen O'Hara
1957-03-27Episode 28: Buster Keaton
1957-04-03Episode 29: Tommy Sands
1957-04-10Episode 30: Edward N. Bliss Jr.
1957-04-17Episode 31: Lila Lee
1957-04-24Episode 32: Minnie Pearl
1957-05-01Episode 33: Ted Husing
1957-05-08Episode 34: Ruth Davis
1957-05-15Episode 35: Lee De Forest
1957-05-22Episode 36: Thelma White
1957-05-29Episode 37: Rachel Saint
1957-06-05Episode 38: Jesse L. Lasky
1957-06-12Episode 39: Guy Gabaldon
1957-06-19Season 6 (1957)
No overview available.
38 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Phil Harris
1957-09-25Episode 2: Vincent Tracy
1957-10-02Episode 3: Gladys Feldman Braham
1957-10-09Episode 4: Frank Lovejoy
1957-10-16Episode 5: Giselle MacKenzie
1957-10-23Episode 6: Ronnie Deauville
1957-11-06Episode 7: Billy Graham
1957-11-13Episode 8: Boris Karloff
1957-11-20Boris Karloff - Versatile and prolific actor who immortalized Frankenstein's monster and The Mummy. This live This Is Your Life episode shows the gentle man behind the make-up.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 9: Marie Killilea
1957-12-04Episode 10: Dennis Weaver
1957-12-11Episode 11: Lela Elliot
1957-12-18Episode 12: Ralph A. Edwards
1957-12-25Episode 13: Sue Sikking
1958-01-01Episode 14: James Gleason
1958-01-08Episode 15: Ida Lupino
1958-01-15Episode 16: Randall Harris
1958-01-22Episode 17: Frances Farmer
1958-01-29Episode 18: Dr. Dennis Branch
1958-02-05Episode 19: Jesse Stuart
1958-02-12Episode 20: Helen Kane
1958-02-19Episode 21: Martha Smith
1958-02-26Episode 22: Belden Paulson
1958-03-05Episode 23: Ben Alexander
1958-03-12Episode 24: Harry Warren
1958-03-19Episode 25: Donna Reed
1958-03-26Episode 26: Felix McCool
1958-04-02Episode 27: Neil Schaffner
1958-04-09Episode 28: Roberta Sherwood
1958-04-16Episode 29: Jessie Steward
1958-04-23Episode 30: Father Bernard Hubbard
1958-04-30Episode 31: Casey Tibbs
1958-05-07Episode 32: Hugh Bentley
1958-05-14Episode 33: Harry Momita
1958-05-21Episode 34: Kirk Douglas
1958-05-28Episode 35: Conrad Hilton
1958-06-04Episode 36: Harvey L. 'Mike' Fetters
1958-06-11Episode 37: Leo Seligman
1958-06-18Episode 38: James Garner
1958-06-25Season 7 (1958)
No overview available.
38 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Steve Allen
1958-09-24Episode 2: Roy Campanella
1958-10-01Episode 3: Mrs. Alfred Abeles
1958-10-08Episode 4: Eddie Albert
1958-10-15Episode 5: Chester Gould
1958-10-22Episode 6: Olga Little
1958-10-29Episode 7: Tim McCoy
1958-11-05Episode 8: Colleen Townsend
1958-11-12Episode 9: Sadie Glommen
1958-11-19Episode 10: Jim Backus
1958-11-26Episode 11: Samuel G. Fuqua
1958-12-03Episode 12: Lauritz Melchior
1958-12-10Episode 13: Coy and Goldie Watson
1958-12-17Episode 14: Danny Davey
1958-12-24Episode 15: Marie Wilson
1958-12-31Episode 16: Carlos Romulo
1959-01-07Episode 17: Harry and Allison Neal
1959-01-14Episode 18: Jimmie Rodgers
1959-01-21Episode 19: Robb White
1959-01-28Episode 20: William E. Powers
1959-02-04Episode 21: Desmond Doss
1959-02-18Episode 22: Zaddie Bunker
1959-02-25Episode 23: Ted Lewis
1959-03-04Episode 24: Serge Obolensky
1959-03-11Episode 25: Caleb Chu
1959-03-18Episode 26: Mungai Njoroge
1959-03-25Episode 27: Ann Blyth
1959-04-01Episode 28: Roger Williams
1959-04-08Episode 29: Leo Carrillo
1959-04-15Episode 30: Max Nussbaum
1959-04-22Episode 31: Sidonie Flacco
1959-04-29Episode 32: Holger Nelson Toftoy
1959-05-13Episode 33: Janet Blair
1959-05-20Episode 34: William H. Young
1959-05-27Episode 35: James Obenauf
1959-06-03Episode 36: Frank Capra
1959-06-10Episode 37: Lucille Warnecke
1959-06-17Episode 38: Dick Clark
1959-06-24Season 8 (1959)
No overview available.
12 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Lowell Thomas
1959-09-30Episode 14: Nat "King" Cole
1960-01-06Episode 16: Don McNeill
1960-01-20Episode 18: Stephen Boyd
1960-02-03Episode 21: Mervyn LeRoy
1960-03-02Episode 22: Harry Blackstone
1960-03-09Episode 24: Carl Reiner
1960-03-23Episode 25: Billy Barty
1960-03-30Episode 28: Rossano Brazzi
1960-04-20Episode 29: Jesse Owens
1960-04-27Episode 32: Ken Murray
1960-05-18Episode 37: Charles Coburn
1960-06-29Season 9 (1961)
No overview available.
8 episodes
