
This Is Your Life
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.
Seasons
1. Laura Stone Marr
Air Date: 1952-10-01
2. Jimmy McHugh
Air Date: 1952-10-08
3. Joan Caulfield
Air Date: 1952-10-15
4. Mary Ross
Air Date: 1952-10-22
5. Casey Stengel
Air Date: 1952-10-29
6. James Templeton
Air Date: 1952-11-05
7. Jeanette MacDonald
Air Date: 1952-11-12
8. Billie Clevenger
Air Date: 1952-11-19
9. Jim McClain
Air Date: 1952-11-26
10. Mrs. Gus Edwards
Air Date: 1952-12-03
11. Sara Berner
Air Date: 1952-12-10
12. Rock Hudson
Air Date: 1952-12-17
13. Ruth Eiler
Air Date: 1952-12-24
14. Nellie Lutcher
Air Date: 1952-12-31
15. Frank Sparks
Air Date: 1953-01-07
16. Roy Rogers
Air Date: 1953-01-14
17. Harris Pottier
Air Date: 1953-01-21
18. Nadia Scarpitti
Air Date: 1953-01-28
19. Lillian Roth
Air Date: 1953-02-04
20. Alett Radzai
Air Date: 1953-02-11
21. Gene Biscailuz
Air Date: 1953-02-18
22. Dinah Shore
Air Date: 1953-02-25
23. Frank T. Coffyn
Air Date: 1953-03-04
24. Helene Ruthling
Air Date: 1953-03-18
25. Fifi D'Orsay
Air Date: 1953-03-25
26. Arthur Franz
Air Date: 1953-04-01
27. Virginia Marmaduke
Air Date: 1953-04-08
28. Demetros Apostolon
Air Date: 1953-04-15
29. Eva McGown
Air Date: 1953-04-22
30. Eddie Janis
Air Date: 1953-04-29
31. Don DeFore
Air Date: 1953-05-06
32. Corny Pearson
Air Date: 1953-05-13
33. Fran Allison
Air Date: 1953-05-20
34. Hanna Bloch Kohner
Air Date: 1953-05-27
35. Ed Wynn
Air Date: 1953-06-03
36. Pat O'Brien
Air Date: 1953-06-10
37. Vivian Cosby
Air Date: 1953-06-17
38. Mary Healy
Air Date: 1953-06-24
1. Lily Pons
Air Date: 1953-09-30
2. John Robinson Cates
Air Date: 1953-10-07
3. Mrs. Robert L. Vann
Air Date: 1953-10-14
4. Roy Keyser
Air Date: 1953-10-21
5. Victor McLaglen
Air Date: 1953-10-28
6. Lou Babcock
Air Date: 1953-11-04
7. Eddie LeBaron
Air Date: 1953-11-11
8. Rachel Mellinger
Air Date: 1953-11-18
9. Martha Raye
Air Date: 1953-11-25
10. Eugenia Russel
Air Date: 1953-12-02
11. Toots Shor
Air Date: 1953-12-09
12. Edna Gladney
Air Date: 1953-12-16
13. Eddie Cantor
Air Date: 1953-12-23
14. Pansy Stockton
Air Date: 1953-12-30
15. Andrew Griffin
Air Date: 1954-01-06
16. Hope Emerson
Air Date: 1954-01-13
17. Douglas Stringfellow
Air Date: 1954-01-20
18. Danny Thomas
Air Date: 1954-01-27
19. Alice Marble
Air Date: 1954-02-03
20. Ruby Bradley
Air Date: 1954-02-10
21. Gregor Shelkan
Air Date: 1954-02-17
22. Connie Haines
Air Date: 1954-02-24
23. Thelma Morgan
Air Date: 1954-03-03
24. Mack Sennett
Air Date: 1954-03-10
25. Kate Pelham Newcomb
Air Date: 1954-03-17
26. Smith Robinson
Air Date: 1954-03-24
27. Jinx Falkenburg
Air Date: 1954-03-31
28. Louis Silvie Zamperini
Air Date: 1954-04-07
29. Hal Foster
Air Date: 1954-04-14
30. Marjorie Williams
Air Date: 1954-04-21
31. Jean Hersholt
Air Date: 1954-04-28
32. George Mardikian
Air Date: 1954-05-05
33. Emma Jo Wengert
Air Date: 1954-05-12
34. Patrick Joseph Kelly
Air Date: 1954-05-19
35. Alicia Alonso
Air Date: 1954-05-26
36. Mary Ann
Air Date: 1954-06-02
37. Tom Moore
Air Date: 1954-06-09
38. Frances Nickmann
Air Date: 1954-06-16
39. Gilda Gray
Air Date: 1954-06-23
1. Bebe Daniels Lyon
Air Date: 1954-09-29
2. Kenneth Porter
Air Date: 1954-10-06
3. Kenyon J. Scudder
Air Date: 1954-10-13
4. Dorothy Lamour
Air Date: 1954-10-20
5. Roy Davenport
Air Date: 1954-10-27
6. Joe E. Brown
Air Date: 1954-11-03
7. Ruth Lowe
Air Date: 1954-11-10
8. Norman Vincent Peale
Air Date: 1954-11-17
9. Nellie Logan Adkins
Air Date: 1954-11-24
10. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
Air Date: 1954-12-01
11. William A. Wellman
Air Date: 1954-12-08
12. Laurence C. Jones
Air Date: 1954-12-15
13. Clarinda Mason
Air Date: 1954-12-22
14. Jennie Grossinger
Air Date: 1954-12-29
15. Helen Ostrowski
Air Date: 1955-01-05
16. Robert Richards
Air Date: 1955-01-12
17. Eddie Hamilton
Air Date: 1955-01-26
18. Andy Devine
Air Date: 1955-02-02
19. Mae Williams
Air Date: 1955-02-09
20. Samuel W. Magill
Air Date: 1955-02-16
21. Yvonne Kennedy
Air Date: 1955-02-23
22. Clyde Lamb
Air Date: 1955-03-02
23. Carl J. Sedlmayr
Air Date: 1955-03-09
24. Helen Kelleher
Air Date: 1955-03-16
25. Mickey Walker
Air Date: 1955-03-23
26. Walter Brennan
Air Date: 1955-03-30
27. Wayman R. Presley
Air Date: 1955-04-06
28. Viola Ruth
Air Date: 1955-04-13
29. Gale Storm
Air Date: 1955-04-20
30. Mark Clark
Air Date: 1955-04-27
31. Rene Belbenoit
Air Date: 1955-05-04
32. Kiyoshi Tanimoto
Air Date: 1955-05-11
33. Marjorie Lawrence
Air Date: 1955-05-18
34. Van Heflin
Air Date: 1955-05-25
35. Belle Baker
Air Date: 1955-06-01
36. George Gregory Jr.
Air Date: 1955-06-08
37. Frankie Laine
Air Date: 1955-06-15
38. George Foote Bond
Air Date: 1955-06-22
1. George Burns
Air Date: 1955-09-28
2. Llewellyn J. Scott
Air Date: 1955-10-05
3. Kathleen Norris
Air Date: 1955-10-12
4. John Weber Jr.
Air Date: 1955-10-19
5. John Paul Stapp
Air Date: 1955-10-26
6. Ilse Stanley
Air Date: 1955-11-02
7. William Bendix
Air Date: 1955-11-09
8. Julia Judge
Air Date: 1955-11-16
9. Daniele Alberghetti
Air Date: 1955-11-23
10. Ralph Veady
Air Date: 1955-11-30
11. Alice Lloyd
Air Date: 1955-12-07
12. Harold Lloyd
Air Date: 1955-12-14
13. Mary Noyes Dunham
Air Date: 1955-12-21
14. Marion Domenicali
Air Date: 1955-12-28
15. Lew Ayres
Air Date: 1956-01-04
16. Henry Clay Conner
Air Date: 1956-01-11
17. Ruth Stromer
Air Date: 1956-01-18
18. Mala Powers
Air Date: 1956-01-25
19. William Hennessey
Air Date: 1956-02-01
20. Bela Herskovits
Air Date: 1956-02-08
21. Virginia Graham
Air Date: 1956-02-15
22. Catherine MacFarlane
Air Date: 1956-02-22
23. J. Harrison Heckman
Air Date: 1956-02-29
24. Joseph Jacob Foss
Air Date: 1956-03-07
25. Marguerita Sylva
Air Date: 1956-03-14
26. H. Park Tucker
Air Date: 1956-03-21
27. Marion Miller
Air Date: 1956-03-28
28. Robert Cummings
Air Date: 1956-04-04
29. Ruth Joiner
Air Date: 1956-04-11
30. Dore Schary
Air Date: 1956-04-18
31. Marjorie Rambeau
Air Date: 1956-04-25
32. Joseph Anthony
Air Date: 1956-05-02
33. Richard J. Finnegan
Air Date: 1956-05-09
34. Myrna Loy
Air Date: 1956-05-16
35. James B. Hendryx
Air Date: 1956-05-23
36. Ruth Slenczynska
Air Date: 1956-05-30
37. Milton Berle
Air Date: 1956-06-06
38. Alice Middleton McDougall
Air Date: 1956-06-13
39. Gilbert Roland
Air Date: 1956-06-20
1. Georgia Bowen
Air Date: 1956-09-26
2. Red Nichols
Air Date: 1956-10-03
3. Alexandra Tolstoy
Air Date: 1956-10-10
4. Dean E. Hess
Air Date: 1956-10-17
5. Ernest Borgnine
Air Date: 1956-10-24
6. Darlene Miller
Air Date: 1956-10-31
7. Agness Underwood
Air Date: 1956-11-07
8. Ernest Breech
Air Date: 1956-11-14
9. Lou Costello
Air Date: 1956-11-21
10. Alice Princess Siwundhla
Air Date: 1956-11-28
11. Phil Thatcher
Air Date: 1956-12-05
12. Tennessee Ernie Ford
Air Date: 1956-12-12
13. Pearl Routon
Air Date: 1956-12-19
14. Thomas Orley
Air Date: 1956-12-26
15. Mike Masaoka
Air Date: 1957-01-02
16. Gladys Workman
Air Date: 1957-01-09
17. Jack Dempsey
Air Date: 1957-01-16
18. Gloria Swanson
Air Date: 1957-01-23
19. Hugh Barr Miller Jr.
Air Date: 1957-01-30
20. Constance Hope
Air Date: 1957-02-06
21. Katya Skotnicki
Air Date: 1957-02-13
22. Duke Kahanamoku
Air Date: 1957-02-20
23. Arries Ann Ward
Air Date: 1957-02-27
24. Lawrence Welk
Air Date: 1957-03-06
25. Ivy Baker Priest
Air Date: 1957-03-13
26. George Hays Gale
Air Date: 1957-03-20
27. Maureen O'Hara
Air Date: 1957-03-27
28. Buster Keaton
Air Date: 1957-04-03
29. Tommy Sands
Air Date: 1957-04-10
30. Edward N. Bliss Jr.
Air Date: 1957-04-17
31. Lila Lee
Air Date: 1957-04-24
32. Minnie Pearl
Air Date: 1957-05-01
33. Ted Husing
Air Date: 1957-05-08
34. Ruth Davis
Air Date: 1957-05-15
35. Lee De Forest
Air Date: 1957-05-22
36. Thelma White
Air Date: 1957-05-29
37. Rachel Saint
Air Date: 1957-06-05
38. Jesse L. Lasky
Air Date: 1957-06-12
39. Guy Gabaldon
Air Date: 1957-06-19
1. Phil Harris
Air Date: 1957-09-25
2. Vincent Tracy
Air Date: 1957-10-02
3. Gladys Feldman Braham
Air Date: 1957-10-09
4. Frank Lovejoy
Air Date: 1957-10-16
5. Giselle MacKenzie
Air Date: 1957-10-23
6. Ronnie Deauville
Air Date: 1957-11-06
7. Billy Graham
Air Date: 1957-11-13
8. Boris Karloff
Air Date: 1957-11-20
Boris 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.
9. Marie Killilea
Air Date: 1957-12-04
10. Dennis Weaver
Air Date: 1957-12-11
11. Lela Elliot
Air Date: 1957-12-18
12. Ralph A. Edwards
Air Date: 1957-12-25
13. Sue Sikking
Air Date: 1958-01-01
14. James Gleason
Air Date: 1958-01-08
15. Ida Lupino
Air Date: 1958-01-15
16. Randall Harris
Air Date: 1958-01-22
17. Frances Farmer
Air Date: 1958-01-29
18. Dr. Dennis Branch
Air Date: 1958-02-05
19. Jesse Stuart
Air Date: 1958-02-12
20. Helen Kane
Air Date: 1958-02-19
21. Martha Smith
Air Date: 1958-02-26
22. Belden Paulson
Air Date: 1958-03-05
23. Ben Alexander
Air Date: 1958-03-12
24. Harry Warren
Air Date: 1958-03-19
25. Donna Reed
Air Date: 1958-03-26
26. Felix McCool
Air Date: 1958-04-02
27. Neil Schaffner
Air Date: 1958-04-09
28. Roberta Sherwood
Air Date: 1958-04-16
29. Jessie Steward
Air Date: 1958-04-23
30. Father Bernard Hubbard
Air Date: 1958-04-30
31. Casey Tibbs
Air Date: 1958-05-07
32. Hugh Bentley
Air Date: 1958-05-14
33. Harry Momita
Air Date: 1958-05-21
34. Kirk Douglas
Air Date: 1958-05-28
35. Conrad Hilton
Air Date: 1958-06-04
36. Harvey L. 'Mike' Fetters
Air Date: 1958-06-11
37. Leo Seligman
Air Date: 1958-06-18
38. James Garner
Air Date: 1958-06-25
1. Steve Allen
Air Date: 1958-09-24
2. Roy Campanella
Air Date: 1958-10-01
3. Mrs. Alfred Abeles
Air Date: 1958-10-08
4. Eddie Albert
Air Date: 1958-10-15
5. Chester Gould
Air Date: 1958-10-22
6. Olga Little
Air Date: 1958-10-29
7. Tim McCoy
Air Date: 1958-11-05
8. Colleen Townsend
Air Date: 1958-11-12
9. Sadie Glommen
Air Date: 1958-11-19
10. Jim Backus
Air Date: 1958-11-26
11. Samuel G. Fuqua
Air Date: 1958-12-03
12. Lauritz Melchior
Air Date: 1958-12-10
13. Coy and Goldie Watson
Air Date: 1958-12-17
14. Danny Davey
Air Date: 1958-12-24
15. Marie Wilson
Air Date: 1958-12-31
16. Carlos Romulo
Air Date: 1959-01-07
17. Harry and Allison Neal
Air Date: 1959-01-14
18. Jimmie Rodgers
Air Date: 1959-01-21
19. Robb White
Air Date: 1959-01-28
20. William E. Powers
Air Date: 1959-02-04
21. Desmond Doss
Air Date: 1959-02-18
22. Zaddie Bunker
Air Date: 1959-02-25
23. Ted Lewis
Air Date: 1959-03-04
24. Serge Obolensky
Air Date: 1959-03-11
25. Caleb Chu
Air Date: 1959-03-18
26. Mungai Njoroge
Air Date: 1959-03-25
27. Ann Blyth
Air Date: 1959-04-01
28. Roger Williams
Air Date: 1959-04-08
29. Leo Carrillo
Air Date: 1959-04-15
30. Max Nussbaum
Air Date: 1959-04-22
31. Sidonie Flacco
Air Date: 1959-04-29
32. Holger Nelson Toftoy
Air Date: 1959-05-13
33. Janet Blair
Air Date: 1959-05-20
34. William H. Young
Air Date: 1959-05-27
35. James Obenauf
Air Date: 1959-06-03
36. Frank Capra
Air Date: 1959-06-10
37. Lucille Warnecke
Air Date: 1959-06-17
38. Dick Clark
Air Date: 1959-06-24
1. Lowell Thomas
Air Date: 1959-09-30
14. Nat "King" Cole
Air Date: 1960-01-06
16. Don McNeill
Air Date: 1960-01-20
18. Stephen Boyd
Air Date: 1960-02-03
21. Mervyn LeRoy
Air Date: 1960-03-02
22. Harry Blackstone
Air Date: 1960-03-09
24. Carl Reiner
Air Date: 1960-03-23
25. Billy Barty
Air Date: 1960-03-30
28. Rossano Brazzi
Air Date: 1960-04-20
29. Jesse Owens
Air Date: 1960-04-27
32. Ken Murray
Air Date: 1960-05-18
37. Charles Coburn
Air Date: 1960-06-29
15. William Frawley
Air Date: 1961-01-08
16. Connie Francis
Air Date: 1961-01-09
17. Robert Horton
Air Date: 1961-01-22
19. Ole Olsen
Air Date: 1961-02-05
20. Peter Palmer
Air Date: 1961-02-12
21. Richard Arlen
Air Date: 1961-02-19
26. Debbie Reynolds
Air Date: 1961-03-26
30. Dale Robertson
Air Date: 1961-04-30
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Rating
6.3/10
Release Date
1952-10-01
Episodes
289 (9 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies

Ralph Edwards Productions