This Is Your Life

Oct 01, 1952 (en) Documentary [90] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 01, 1952
  • Production
    Ralph Edwards Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    64%
  • Original title
    This Is Your Life
  • Release
    Oct 01, 1952
  • en
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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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Ralph Edwards

    Producer

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  1. Ralph Edwards

    Self - Host

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 1 / Crews : 1

Season 1 ( 1952-10-01)

Laura Stone Marr

Episode: 1

Jimmy McHugh

Episode: 2

Joan Caulfield

Episode: 3

Mary Ross

Episode: 4

Casey Stengel

Episode: 5

James Templeton

Episode: 6

Jeanette MacDonald

Episode: 7

Billie Clevenger

Episode: 8

Jim McClain

Episode: 9

Mrs. Gus Edwards

Episode: 10

Sara Berner

Episode: 11

Rock Hudson

Episode: 12

Ruth Eiler

Episode: 13

Nellie Lutcher

Episode: 14

Frank Sparks

Episode: 15

Roy Rogers

Episode: 16

Harris Pottier

Episode: 17

Nadia Scarpitti

Episode: 18

Lillian Roth

Episode: 19

Alett Radzai

Episode: 20

Gene Biscailuz

Episode: 21

Dinah Shore

Episode: 22

Frank T. Coffyn

Episode: 23

Helene Ruthling

Episode: 24

Fifi D'Orsay

Episode: 25

Arthur Franz

Episode: 26

Virginia Marmaduke

Episode: 27

Demetros Apostolon

Episode: 28

Eva McGown

Episode: 29

Eddie Janis

Episode: 30

Don DeFore

Episode: 31

Corny Pearson

Episode: 32

Fran Allison

Episode: 33

Hanna Bloch Kohner

Episode: 34

Ed Wynn

Episode: 35

Pat O'Brien

Episode: 36

Vivian Cosby

Episode: 37

Mary Healy

Episode: 38

Season 2 ( 1953-09-30)

Lily Pons

Episode: 1

John Robinson Cates

Episode: 2

Mrs. Robert L. Vann

Episode: 3

Roy Keyser

Episode: 4

Victor McLaglen

Episode: 5

Lou Babcock

Episode: 6

Eddie LeBaron

Episode: 7

Rachel Mellinger

Episode: 8

Martha Raye

Episode: 9

Eugenia Russel

Episode: 10

Toots Shor

Episode: 11

Edna Gladney

Episode: 12

Eddie Cantor

Episode: 13

Pansy Stockton

Episode: 14

Andrew Griffin

Episode: 15

Hope Emerson

Episode: 16

Douglas Stringfellow

Episode: 17

Danny Thomas

Episode: 18

Alice Marble

Episode: 19

Ruby Bradley

Episode: 20

Gregor Shelkan

Episode: 21

Connie Haines

Episode: 22

Thelma Morgan

Episode: 23

Mack Sennett

Episode: 24

Kate Pelham Newcomb

Episode: 25

Smith Robinson

Episode: 26

Jinx Falkenburg

Episode: 27

Louis Silvie Zamperini

Episode: 28

Hal Foster

Episode: 29

Marjorie Williams

Episode: 30

Jean Hersholt

Episode: 31

George Mardikian

Episode: 32

Emma Jo Wengert

Episode: 33

Patrick Joseph Kelly

Episode: 34

Alicia Alonso

Episode: 35

Mary Ann

Episode: 36

Tom Moore

Episode: 37

Frances Nickmann

Episode: 38

Gilda Gray

Episode: 39

Season 3 ( 1954-09-29)

Bebe Daniels Lyon

Episode: 1

Kenneth Porter

Episode: 2

Kenyon J. Scudder

Episode: 3

Dorothy Lamour

Episode: 4

Roy Davenport

Episode: 5

Joe E. Brown

Episode: 6

Ruth Lowe

Episode: 7

Norman Vincent Peale

Episode: 8

Nellie Logan Adkins

Episode: 9

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Episode: 10

William A. Wellman

Episode: 11

Laurence C. Jones

Episode: 12

Clarinda Mason

Episode: 13

Jennie Grossinger

Episode: 14

Helen Ostrowski

Episode: 15

Robert Richards

Episode: 16

Eddie Hamilton

Episode: 17

Andy Devine

Episode: 18

Mae Williams

Episode: 19

Samuel W. Magill

Episode: 20

Yvonne Kennedy

Episode: 21

Clyde Lamb

Episode: 22

Carl J. Sedlmayr

Episode: 23

Helen Kelleher

Episode: 24

Mickey Walker

Episode: 25

Walter Brennan

Episode: 26

Wayman R. Presley

Episode: 27

Viola Ruth

Episode: 28

Gale Storm

Episode: 29

Mark Clark

Episode: 30

Rene Belbenoit

Episode: 31

Kiyoshi Tanimoto

Episode: 32

Marjorie Lawrence

Episode: 33

Van Heflin

Episode: 34

Belle Baker

Episode: 35

George Gregory Jr.

Episode: 36

Frankie Laine

Episode: 37

George Foote Bond

Episode: 38

Season 4 ( 1955-09-28)

George Burns

Episode: 1

Llewellyn J. Scott

Episode: 2

Kathleen Norris

Episode: 3

John Weber Jr.

Episode: 4

John Paul Stapp

Episode: 5

Ilse Stanley

Episode: 6

William Bendix

Episode: 7

Julia Judge

Episode: 8

Daniele Alberghetti

Episode: 9

Ralph Veady

Episode: 10

Alice Lloyd

Episode: 11

Harold Lloyd

Episode: 12

Mary Noyes Dunham

Episode: 13

Marion Domenicali

Episode: 14

Lew Ayres

Episode: 15

Henry Clay Conner

Episode: 16

Ruth Stromer

Episode: 17

Mala Powers

Episode: 18

William Hennessey

Episode: 19

Bela Herskovits

Episode: 20

Virginia Graham

Episode: 21

Catherine MacFarlane

Episode: 22

J. Harrison Heckman

Episode: 23

Joseph Jacob Foss

Episode: 24

Marguerita Sylva

Episode: 25

H. Park Tucker

Episode: 26

Marion Miller

Episode: 27

Robert Cummings

Episode: 28

Ruth Joiner

Episode: 29

Dore Schary

Episode: 30

Marjorie Rambeau

Episode: 31

Joseph Anthony

Episode: 32

Richard J. Finnegan

Episode: 33

Myrna Loy

Episode: 34

James B. Hendryx

Episode: 35

Ruth Slenczynska

Episode: 36

Milton Berle

Episode: 37

Alice Middleton McDougall

Episode: 38

Gilbert Roland

Episode: 39

Season 5 ( 1956-09-26)

Georgia Bowen

Episode: 1

Red Nichols

Episode: 2

Alexandra Tolstoy

Episode: 3

Dean E. Hess

Episode: 4

Ernest Borgnine

Episode: 5

Darlene Miller

Episode: 6

Agness Underwood

Episode: 7

Ernest Breech

Episode: 8

Lou Costello

Episode: 9

Alice Princess Siwundhla

Episode: 10

Phil Thatcher

Episode: 11

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Episode: 12

Pearl Routon

Episode: 13

Thomas Orley

Episode: 14

Mike Masaoka

Episode: 15

Gladys Workman

Episode: 16

Jack Dempsey

Episode: 17

Gloria Swanson

Episode: 18

Hugh Barr Miller Jr.

Episode: 19

Constance Hope

Episode: 20

Katya Skotnicki

Episode: 21

Duke Kahanamoku

Episode: 22

Arries Ann Ward

Episode: 23

Lawrence Welk

Episode: 24

Ivy Baker Priest

Episode: 25

George Hays Gale

Episode: 26

Maureen O'Hara

Episode: 27

Buster Keaton

Episode: 28

Tommy Sands

Episode: 29

Edward N. Bliss Jr.

Episode: 30

Lila Lee

Episode: 31

Minnie Pearl

Episode: 32

Ted Husing

Episode: 33

Ruth Davis

Episode: 34

Lee De Forest

Episode: 35

Thelma White

Episode: 36

Rachel Saint

Episode: 37

Jesse L. Lasky

Episode: 38

Guy Gabaldon

Episode: 39

Season 6 ( 1957-09-25)

Phil Harris

Episode: 1

Vincent Tracy

Episode: 2

Gladys Feldman Braham

Episode: 3

Frank Lovejoy

Episode: 4

Giselle MacKenzie

Episode: 5

Ronnie Deauville

Episode: 6

Billy Graham

Episode: 7

Boris Karloff

Episode: 8

Marie Killilea

Episode: 9

Dennis Weaver

Episode: 10

Lela Elliot

Episode: 11

Ralph A. Edwards

Episode: 12

Sue Sikking

Episode: 13

James Gleason

Episode: 14

Ida Lupino

Episode: 15

Randall Harris

Episode: 16

Frances Farmer

Episode: 17

Dr. Dennis Branch

Episode: 18

Jesse Stuart

Episode: 19

Helen Kane

Episode: 20

Martha Smith

Episode: 21

Belden Paulson

Episode: 22

Ben Alexander

Episode: 23

Harry Warren

Episode: 24

Donna Reed

Episode: 25

Felix McCool

Episode: 26

Neil Schaffner

Episode: 27

Roberta Sherwood

Episode: 28

Jessie Steward

Episode: 29

Father Bernard Hubbard

Episode: 30

Casey Tibbs

Episode: 31

Hugh Bentley

Episode: 32

Harry Momita

Episode: 33

Kirk Douglas

Episode: 34

Conrad Hilton

Episode: 35

Harvey L. 'Mike' Fetters

Episode: 36

Leo Seligman

Episode: 37

James Garner

Episode: 38

Season 7 ( 1958-09-24)

Steve Allen

Episode: 1

Roy Campanella

Episode: 2

Mrs. Alfred Abeles

Episode: 3

Eddie Albert

Episode: 4

Chester Gould

Episode: 5

Olga Little

Episode: 6

Tim McCoy

Episode: 7

Colleen Townsend

Episode: 8

Sadie Glommen

Episode: 9

Jim Backus

Episode: 10

Samuel G. Fuqua

Episode: 11

Lauritz Melchior

Episode: 12

Coy and Goldie Watson

Episode: 13

Danny Davey

Episode: 14

Marie Wilson

Episode: 15

Carlos Romulo

Episode: 16

Harry and Allison Neal

Episode: 17

Jimmie Rodgers

Episode: 18

Robb White

Episode: 19

William E. Powers

Episode: 20

Desmond Doss

Episode: 21

Zaddie Bunker

Episode: 22

Ted Lewis

Episode: 23

Serge Obolensky

Episode: 24

Caleb Chu

Episode: 25

Mungai Njoroge

Episode: 26

Ann Blyth

Episode: 27

Roger Williams

Episode: 28

Leo Carrillo

Episode: 29

Max Nussbaum

Episode: 30

Sidonie Flacco

Episode: 31

Holger Nelson Toftoy

Episode: 32

Janet Blair

Episode: 33

William H. Young

Episode: 34

James Obenauf

Episode: 35

Frank Capra

Episode: 36

Lucille Warnecke

Episode: 37

Dick Clark

Episode: 38

Season 8 ( 1959-09-30)

Lowell Thomas

Episode: 1

Nat "King" Cole

Episode: 14

Don McNeill

Episode: 16

Stephen Boyd

Episode: 18

Mervyn LeRoy

Episode: 21

Harry Blackstone

Episode: 22

Carl Reiner

Episode: 24

Billy Barty

Episode: 25

Rossano Brazzi

Episode: 28

Jesse Owens

Episode: 29

Ken Murray

Episode: 32

Charles Coburn

Episode: 37

Season 9 ( 1961-01-08)

William Frawley

Episode: 15

Connie Francis

Episode: 16

Robert Horton

Episode: 17

Ole Olsen

Episode: 19

Peter Palmer

Episode: 20

Richard Arlen

Episode: 21

Debbie Reynolds

Episode: 26

Dale Robertson

Episode: 30
Oct 01, 1952 (en)
Documentary
[90] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 01, 1952
  • Production
    Ralph Edwards Productions
  • Rotten tomato 64%
Original Title This Is Your Life
en

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Ralph Edwards

    Producer