This Is Your Life

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.

Documentary

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

Ralph Edwards Productions