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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: Episode #1.1

6 April 1987

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Season 8

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Season 8, Episode 3: Crime Special: Abduction of Jaycee Dugard

7 October 2012

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Season 12

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Season 12, Episode 79: Mick Foley: Madman Unmasked

19 November 1999

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Season 20

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Season 20, Episode 32: Brat Pack

18 November 2007
The lives of Hollywood 'Brat Pack', the teen stars of the 1980s, including Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez and Andrew McCarthy.

Season 20, Episode 40: Donny and Marie Osmond

20 August 2008

Season 20, Episode 50: Beyoncé

18 October 2007

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Season 21

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Season 21, Episode 2: Jon Stewart

13 January 2008

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Season 24

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Season 24, Episode 0: Scarlett Johansson

23 December 2011

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Unknown Season

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A Munster Halloween

28 October 2001

ABBA

28 December 2005

Aaron Spelling

22 December 2006

Abbie Hoffman

22 November 2004
Radical activist and writer, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. After graduating from Brandeis University (1959) and earning a masters in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley (1960), he joined civil-rights workers in the South before returning to Worcester to work as a salesman for a pharmaceutical company. He cut his teeth as an activist in Worcester (c.1960-6), where he especially assisted minority youth. Moving to New York City (1966), he ran a theater and helped organize 'hippies' in the East Village. He came to national prominence as a Yippie leader during the violent anti-war demonstrations ('days of rage') in Chicago (1968) and the much-publicized Chicago Seven trial (1969). Arrested for possession of cocaine (1973), he went underground (1974) and assumed the name Barry Freed in Fineview, NY, where he worked on environmental concerns. Resurfacing on the television show '20/20' (1980), he surrendered to authorities and spent less than a year in prison. Among his several books are Steal this Book and Revolution for the Hell of It. His last public demonstration (1986) was in support of an anti-Central Intelligence Agency protest at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, along with President Jimmy Carter's daughter, Amy Carter. Evidently in a bout of depression, he committed suicide.

Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union

5 November 1996

Adam & Eve: Lost Innocence

12 February 1996

Adam Sandler

2008

Adam West: Behind the Cowl

4 September 2000

Admiral Chester Nimitz: Thunder of the Pacific

15 October 1996

Admiral Richard Byrd: The Last Explorer

18 July 1996

Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

5 December 1994

Adolf Eichmann: Hitler's Master of Death

1997

Adolfo Constanzo

6 January 2009

Adolfo Costanzo

2008

Aileen Wuornos

22 April 2003

Al Capone: Scarface

4 December 1995

Al Gore: A Burning Ambition

25 June 1997

Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa

30 November 2000

Al Pacino: Inside Out

14 May 2001
Biography of Al Pacino.

Al Qaeda

22 July 2005

Alan Alda: More Than Mr. Nice Guy

2 September 1997

Albert Einstein

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Alec Baldwin

2004
A profile of Alec Baldwin includes his childhood on Long Island, N.Y., and his acting career.

Alexander Graham Bell: Voice of Invention

6 August 1996

Alice Faye: The Star Next Door

24 October 1996

All My Children

8 September 2003

All the Presidents' Kids

14 September 2003

Allan Jackson

????

Allan Pinkerton: The Original Private Eye

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Alan Pinkerman was a Scotish immigrant who escaped the slums of Glasgow to found the first, and for a time, the world's most prominent detective agency in the United States. His many innovations to criminology, security and espionage are described.

Always the Star

1996

Alyssa Milano

2007

Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air

24 September 1996

America's 10 Most Hated

14 December 2011

Amy Winehouse

December 2008

Anastasia: Her True Story

24 November 1997
When the Communists took over in 1918, the royal family was executed. But many said that the young princess escaped. The program looks at recent evidence which clears up many questions surrounding the fate of the young woman, as well as the identity of the Anastasia in New York. Was she the genuine princess or a fake?

Andre Agassi

24 August 2004

Andre the Giant

13 January 1999
Documentary, released by the World Wrestling Federation, about the late wrestling superstar Andre the Giant, portraying his childhood in a small French village, his rise to fame as a professional wrestler, and his slow physical decline and eventual death in 1993. With commentaries by Vince McMahon, Classy Freddie Blassie, Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon, as well as Andre's brother and friends.

Andrew Carnegie: Prince of Steel

1 December 1995

Andrew Cunanan

17 September 1997

Andrew Jackson: A Man for the People

29 September 1995

Andrew: Portrait of a Prince

9 February 1993

Andy Gibb

31 August 2008

Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero

1 September 1997

Andy Kaufman

2000

Andy Kaufman's Really Big Show

27 December 1999

Andy Warhol: A Life at the Edge

8 June 1998

Andy Williams

23 November 2003

Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act

13 September 1998
Oscar nominations for evil roles typecast Angela Lansbury early on.

Angelina Jolie

9 December 2005

Angie Dickinson: Tinseltown's Classiest Broad

26 October 1999

Ann Landers: America's Confidante

2 February 1999

Ann Miller: I'm Still Here

13 January 2000

Ann-Margret: Sugar & Spice

20 July 1998
A profile of actress Ann-Margret, the sexy, red-haired starlet of the '60s who overcame alcohol dependency and depression.

Anna Nicole Smith

2007

Anna and the King: The Real Story of Anna Leonowens

20 December 1999
A biography of Anna Leonowens, the English schoolteacher who was hired to educate the children of the King of Thailand (then called Siam), and upon whose life the play and film "Anna and the King of Siam" were based.

Anne Frank: The Life of a Young Girl

8 January 2000

Anne Oakley: Crack Shot in Petticoats

2000

Anne Rice: Vampires, Witches and Best Sellers

23 October 2000

Annette Funicello

8 February 1996

Anthony Hopkins

11 July 2007
Anthony Hopkins turn his back on theater to do film career and earn fame at the early '90s and the present.

Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

11 January 1999

Anthony Quinn: A Lust for Life

1 July 1998

Aretha Franklin

16 August 2007

Ariel Sharon

16 August 2004

Arnold Schwarzenegger

28 June 2003

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Flex Appeal

18 March 1996

Art Buchwald: The Wit of Washington

16 February 1998

Arthur Godfrey: Broadcasting's Forgotten Giant

30 December 1996

Ashton Kutcher

2008

Attila the Hun: Scourge of God

27 February 1995

Audie Murphy: Great American Hero

1 July 1996

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

21 March 1997

Augustus: First of the Emperors

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Ava Gardner: Another Touch of Venus

12 December 2004

Ayatollah Khomeini: Holy Terror

11 September 1997

Baby Face Nelson

9 February 1998

Barbara Eden: Out of the Bottle

18 October 1999

Barbara Hutton

25 April 2006

Barbara Mandrell: Country's Do-Right Woman

28 April 1998

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

12 May 1997
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Zeigfield Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play -- and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck. Her first marriage was to vaudeville headliner, Frank Fay. When Hollywood beckoned, it was Fay who convinced Frank Capra to give Barbara her first real break. But as Stanwyck's career took off, Fay's sank. Fay's jealousy and drinking led to divorce. Barbara's greatest love was actor Robert Taylor, her second husband. But even that didn't last and she spent the greater part of her life alone. However, there was always the one love she could rely on: her work -- in over 80 feature films and a rich career in television. Included are clips from: Ladies of Leisure , Annie Oakley, Golden Boy, The Lady Eve, Meet John Doe, Double Indemnity, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers , Sorry, Wrong Number , Clash By Night and The Thorn Birds. Interviewed are: actors Robert Wagner, Robert Stack, Roddy McDowall, Ricardo Montalban and Charlton Heston, producer Aaron Spelling, director Edward Dymtryk, dress designer Nolan Miller, biographers Ella Smith and Bob Thomas.

Barbara Walters: A Driving Force

16 October 2000

Barbie

29 December 2006

Barrack Obama

2008

Barry Manilow

17 December 2005

Batman: Holy Batmania!

7 July 2003

Bea Arthur

23 November 2006

Bee Gees: This Is Where I Came In

10 December 2000

Beethoven: The Sound and the Fury

30 January 2001

Bela Lugosi: Hollywood's Dark Prince

27 October 1995

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner

4 June 2008

Ben Stein

16 January 2001

Ben Vereen: The Hard Way

10 October 2000

Ben and Jerry

2006

Benedict Arnold: Triumph and Treason

6 July 1995

Benjamin Franklin: Citizen of the World

15 September 1994

Benny Hill: Laughter and Controversy

19 January 2001
The life story of Benny Hill featuring archive footage and interviews with leading lady Louise English, Hill's Angel Sue Upton, and co-stars Henry McGee and Reg Varney.

Bernard Law Montgomery

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Bernard Law Montgomery: A Soldier's General

7 May 2000

Bernie Mac: TV's Family Man

1 July 2003

Bette Davis: If Looks Could Kill

13 September 1994

Bette Midler

9 June 2004

Betty Boop

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Betty Grable: Behind the Pin-up

8 May 1995

Betty White: Hollywood's Golden Girl

15 July 2003

Beyonce

21 November 2004

Bill Bixby: Chasing Perfection

13 June 2001

Bill Clinton: Hope, Charisma & Controversy

8 February 2001

Bill Cosby

15 November 2006

Bill Gates: Sultan of Software

29 September 1998

Bill Murray

2009

Bill O'Reilly

November 2002

Bill Robinson: Mr. Bojangles

26 February 1998

Billy Barty

12 December 2002

Billy Barty: Always Think Big

2001

Billy Bob Thornton

17 February 2008

Billy Crystal

2009

Billy Graham: A Personal Crusade

1 July 2000

Billy Idol

27 March 2008
The life of the rock star Billy Idol and his journey.

Billy Joel

18 November 2010

Billy Ray Cyrus

20 December 2007

Bing Crosby: America's Crooner

14 December 1993
A biography of Bing Crosby, one of America's most loved singers and movie stars from the golden age of Hollywood.

Bio's 15 Sexiest

8 October 2002

Biography Home Videos

15 May 2006

Biography of the Millennium

1999

Biography of the Year

13 December 1999

Biography of the Year 2000

11 December 2000

Biography of the Year 2004

15 December 2004

Biography: 15 Years and Counting

4 March 2002
"BIOGRAPHY: 15 YEARS AND COUNTING, the two-hour anniversary special, premiered on March 4, 2002. It takes viewers on a lively, entertaining, and sometimes moving, look back at the series that started as a once-a-week show on the young A&E Network. BIOGRAPHY: 15 YEARS AND COUNTING celebrates the 15 years of Biography with a treasury of the most revealing, the most poignant, and the funniest moments from all the shows A&E has telecast since 1987, as well as going behind the scenes to show how the programs are put together. The Biography series grew and changed to become not just a signature series for A&E, but a television industry trend-setter and an A&E brand with many extensions and offshoots - including Biography magazine, The Biography Channel, Biography books, videos, and a web site. The Biography series is now seen worldwide in more than 30 countries."

Black Sabbath

15 July 2010

Blake Edwards: Calling the Shots

29 August 2004

Blondie

9 December 2010

Bloomingdales

30 July 1999

Blow by Blow

8 November 2000

Bo Derek: The Perfect 10

1 September 2007
Actress Bo Derek leaves Hollywood to live on a ranch.

Bob Barker: Master of Ceremonies

7 December 1999

Bob Crane: Double Life

8 February 2000

Bob Dylan: The American Troubadour

13 August 2000

Bob Fosse: Dancing on the Edge

24 August 1999

Bob Hope: America's Entertainer

4 January 1998

Bob Marley: Catch a Fire

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Bob Newhart: The Last Sane Man...

7 January 2001
A documentary highlighting the life and career of stand-up comic/actor Bob Newhart. Included are clips from his various film and TV appearances and interviews with those who have worked with him over the years.

Bobby Darin: I Want to Be a Legend

29 August 2001

Bobby Fischer

17 November 2004

Bobby Rydell: Wild About Bobby

6 December 2001

Bobby Vinton: A Melody of Love

5 December 2001

Boris Karloff: The Gentle Monster

23 October 1995
Boris Karloff is known for his horror work "Frankenstein", but real-life as a friendly actor.

Boris Yeltsin

21 January 2000

Boss Tweed

9 December 2004

Boy George

12 October 2007

Boyz II Men

3 September 2009

Brad Pitt

7 December 2004
Actor Brad Pitt is more than a movie star, he is an international megastar. Brad Pitt has transcended movie star status made it to international phenomenon - ha can do no wrong. What Brad does is more important than what he is in. This is why his life is so interesting to his fans, he is much more than the movies he stars in. Brad Pitt is the worlds best known, sexiest star alive, loved my women and men alike.

Bram Stoker

11 December 2004

Brenda Lee: Little Miss Dynamite

4 December 2001

Bret Michaels

2008

Brigham Young: Architect of Faith

2 October 1995

Brigitte Bardot

27 October 1992
As the title implies, this Biography series documentary covers the life and times of French movie icon Brigitte Bardot.

Brigitte Bardot: Animal Attraction

14 July 2003

Brooke Shields

6 May 2005

Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon

18 January 1994
A video tribute to a martial arts legend, Bruce Lee. Examined are his early years in Hong Kong and his journey to Hollywood, his role of Kato on the TV series 'The Green Hornet', and his years as the martial arts instructor to the stars. Lee's spectacular rise to super stardom through his Kung Fu films is detailed, with a revealing look at both the on-screen action and behind the scenes controversy. Celebrity interviews include actor James Coburn talking about Lee as a teacher and collaborator, and actress Diane McBain on Lee's Kato years. Lee's successors in martial arts cinema are profiled, and theories offered about mysterious deaths of Bruce Lee and his son Brandon. Plus rare footage and more! Although his life was cut short at the age of 32, Bruce Lee-- through his movies and his teachings-- will forever be remembered as the Immortal Dragon!

Bruce Springsteen

6 August 2009

Bruce Willis

23 February 2005

Buck Owens: Acting Naturally

17 November 2000

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello: Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

29 April 1996

Buddy Ebsen

9 December 2005

Buddy Holly: Rave On

3 December 2001

Buffalo Bill: Showman of the West

26 July 1996

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Television with a Bite

14 May 2003
A&E's biography of the long running, hit series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Features interviews with the cast and crew.

Bugsy Siegel: Gambling on the Mob

1997

Burt Bacharach

31 August 2001

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

15 March 1996
Born November 2, 1913, he went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster - later Burt Lancaster - was one of five children of a New York City postal worker. Burt recalled family life as warm and mutually supportive. At the Union Settlement House, he and boyhood friend Nick Cravat formed an acrobatic team. By eighteen, Burt was 6'2'' and blessed with the athletic physique and dynamic good looks that helped make him famous. A basketball scholarship was not enough to keep him in NYU beyond his sophomore year. That's when he and the 5'2'' Cravat joined a circus, earning $3 weekly between them. A stint in the Army introduced Burt to acting and led him to Hollywood where his first release, The Killers (1946), propelled him to stardom at age 32. He took control of his own career and seldom faltered. He was married three times and had five children. Upon his death in 1994, four-time Academy Award-nominated Burt Lancaster was acknowledged as one of the greatest stars in the Hollywood firmament.

Buster Keaton: Genius in Slapshoes

13 December 1995

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

20 October 1995

Calamity Jane

1 January 2006

Caligula: Reign of Madness

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Calvin Klein: A Stylish Obsession

13 January 1998

Captain Bligh: Mutiny on the Bounty

6 May 1996
The famous commander of the Bounty has been immortalized in literature and film as the leader who was so onerous that his crew deposed him on the high seas. This documentary checks into the facts, and the factual Bligh is seen as much different person than the fictitious one. Journals, diaries, and the insights of scholars provide the facts of the actual mutiny.

Carl Sagan: A Cosmic Celebrity

11 July 1997

Carmen Miranda: The South American Way

31 December 1996

Carol Burnett: Just to Have a Laugh

28 May 1996

Carole Lombard: Hollywood's Profane Angel

13 September 2001

Carolyn Jones: Morticia and More

9 May 2002

Carrie Underwood

2009

Carroll O'Connor: All in a Lifetime

22 June 2001

Cary Grant: Hollywood's Leading Man

13 April 1993

Casanova: World's Greatest Lover

5 April 1998

Casey Anthony: How Did We Get Here?

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Cate Blanchett

25 May 2008

Catherine Zeta-Jones

17 December 2007

Catherine the Great

25 July 2002

Catwoman: Her Many Lives

20 July 2004

Ceausescu: The Unrepentant Tyrant

21 September 2000

Cecil B. DeMille

10 July 2005

Celebrity Mistresses

2011

Cesar Romero: In a Class by Himself

5 September 2000

Charles Atlas: Modern Day Hercules

29 September 1999

Charles Bronson: Brute Force

27 August 2002

Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice

5 February 2001

Charles Dickens: A Tale of Ambition and Genius

22 December 1995
A painful childhood fuels the ambition of the author.

Charles Kuralt: A Life on the Road

10 December 1997

Charles Lindbergh: Against the Wind

28 December 2000

Charles Manson: Journey Into Evil

11 September 1995

Charles Schulz: A Charlie Brown Life

25 December 1995

Charles Whitman

23 September 2004

Charles and Anne Lindbergh: Alone Together

3 April 2000

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

10 May 1998

Charlie Sheen: Born to Be Wild

7 May 2001

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

20 March 1995

Che Guevara: Restless Revolutionary

20 November 2000

Cheers

29 January 2004

Chelsea Handler

2011

Chevy Chase

25 June 2009

Chiang Kai-Shek

17 January 2001

Child Stars II: Growing Up Hollywood

26 August 2005

Chris Farley: Reckless Laughter

23 July 2002

Christa McAuliffe: Teacher in Space

11 July 1994

Christian Bale

28 December 2007
The life and rise of Batman star Christian Bale.

Christine Jorgensen

2 August 2004

Christopher Columbus: Explorer of the New World

9 October 1995

Christopher Reeve: Triumph, Tragedy and Courage

25 December 2001

Chuck Norris

23 September 2005

Cinque: Freedom Fighter

16 December 1997

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Silent Sexpot

9 July 2002

Clark Gable: The King of Hollywood

22 May 2003

Claus von Bülow: A Reasonable Doubt

1 November 1998

Cleopatra: Destiny's Queen

25 November 1994

Clint Eastwood: Gut Instinct

5 October 2003

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

11 December 1994
A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends, fellow actors and crew members who have worked with him over the years.

Close-Up: Sesame Street

2001

Colin Farrell

12 October 2008

Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King

6 December 1998

Condoleezza Rice

18 July 2004

Confucius: Words of Wisdom

27 March 1998

Connie Francis: America's Sweetheart of Song

25 October 1998

Conrad Hilton: Innkeeper to the World

22 April 1996

Constantine: The Christian Emperor

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Crazy Horse: The Last Warrior

30 June 1995

Criss Angel

28 July 2010

Crucibles of Courage

2007

Cybill Shepherd

27 January 2004

Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet

26 December 1997

Dale Carnegie: Man of Influence

????

Dana Plato

2008

Daniel Boone

27 June 1995

Daniel Craig

2007

Danny Bonaduce: Tabloids' Bad Boy

6 November 2006

Danny DeVito

1 September 2010

Danny Thomas: Make Room for Danny

5 September 1996

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

3 September 1995

Dave Chappelle

31 July 2006

Dave Thomas: Made to Order

8 December 1998

David Ben-Gurion: Lion of Judah

20 December 2004

David Berkowitz: Son of Sam

23 March 1998

David Bowie

11 December 2008

David Bowie: Sound and Vision

4 November 2002

David Cassidy: The Reluctant Idol

28 July 2004

David Copperfield: Master of Illusion

5 January 1998

David Hasselhoff: Driven

5 August 2005

David Koresh: Preacher of Fire

19 April 2000

David Letterman

17 September 2009

David and Goliath: A Biblical Battle

23 September 1996

Davy Crockett: American Frontier Legend

1 August 1994

Davy Jones

2 March 2012

Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody

4 September 1995

Deborah Kerr: Getting to Know Her

14 June 2000

Demi Moore

2007

Denis Leary

2007

Dennis Franz: Out of the Blue

2 May 2001

Denzel Washington: The Preacher's Son

4 August 1998

Diahann Carroll: No Strings

20 July 2000

Dian Fossey

????

Diana: The True Story

12 April 1998

Diane Keaton: On Her Own

17 March 2003
The life and work of actress Diane Keaton.

Dick Powell: Thanks a Million

8 June 2000

Dick Van Dyke: Put on a Happy Face

2 January 2000
2 hour special for A&E includes interviews with Mary Tyler Moore and Carl Reiner.

Dick Van Patten: The Sure Bet

14 June 2001

Diego Rivera

2005

Diff'rent Strokes

2009

Dinah Shore: Sealed with a Kiss

19 October 1998

Dinner @ 8

25 June 2002

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

28 August 2001

Doc Holliday

October 2004

Dolly Parton

28 April 2006

Don Adams: Would You Believe?

29 September 2004

Don Ameche: Hollywood's Class Act

1 October 1999

Don Johnson

2008

Don Knotts: Nervous Laughter

5 January 2000

Donald O'Connor: Make 'Em Laugh

29 December 1999

Donald Rumsfeld: Top Gun

29 November 2002

Donald Trump: Master of the Deal

21 July 1994

Donna Karan

????

Donna Reed: I'll Take the Moon

22 June 1998

Donna Summer: From Disco to Diva

9 February 1995

Doris Day: It's Magic

18 October 1998
Doris Day starts as a singer with Les Brown's Band of Renown, then moves on to movies.

Dorothy Dandridge: Little Girl Lost

23 August 1999

Dorothy Stratten

25 January 2005

Dow and Jones: Wizards of Wall Street

5 March 1997

Dr. Benjamin Spock: Growing Up the Hard Way

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Dr. Joyce Brothers

5 February 1999

Dr. Laura Schlessinger: Tough Talker

1 February 1999

Dr. Ruth Westheimer: Speaking of Sex

30 June 1997

Dr. Seuss: Rhymes & Reasons

30 November 2003

Drew Barrymore: Bea