This Is Your Life (1952)

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.

This Is Your Life

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Ralph Edwards
Ralph Edwards
as Self - Host
Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore
as Self
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
as Self
Fran Allison
Fran Allison
as Self
Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd
as Self
James Gleason
James Gleason
as Self
Edgar Bergen
Edgar Bergen
as Self
Jack Webb
Jack Webb
as Self
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
as Self
Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor
as Self
Dick Powell
Dick Powell
as Self
Andy Devine
Andy Devine
as Self
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy
as Self
Tommy Sands
Tommy Sands
as Self
Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford
as Self
Spike Jones
Spike Jones
as Self
Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd
as Self
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tennessee Ernie Ford
as Self
Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen
as Self
Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun
as Self
Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson
as Self
Harriet Nelson
Harriet Nelson
as Self
Jean Hersholt
Jean Hersholt
as Self
Johnny Weissmüller
Johnny Weissmüller
as Self
Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer
as Self
Ken Murray
Ken Murray
as Self
Robert Young
Robert Young
as Self
Louise Dresser
Louise Dresser
as Self
Don Grady
Don Grady
as Self
Robert Horton
Robert Horton
as Self
Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi
as Self
Dennis Morgan
Dennis Morgan
as Self
Ray Evans
Ray Evans
as Self
Richard L. Bare
Richard L. Bare
as Self
Ricardo Cortez
Ricardo Cortez
as Self
Peter Palmer
Peter Palmer
as Self
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk
as Self
Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
as Self
Imogene Coca
Imogene Coca
as Self
Ed Wynn
Ed Wynn
as Self
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz
as Self
Patricia Owens
Patricia Owens
as Self
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
as Self
Connie Francis
Connie Francis
as Self
William T. Orr
William T. Orr
as Self
Harry von Zell
Harry von Zell
as Self
Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
as Self
Wallace Ford
Wallace Ford
as Self
Marlo Thomas
Marlo Thomas
as Self
Ozzie Nelson
Ozzie Nelson
as Self
Burr Tillstrom
Burr Tillstrom
as Self
Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn
as Self
Mitzi Gaynor
Mitzi Gaynor
as Self
Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage
as Self
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
as Self
Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn
as Self
Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn
as Self
George Montgomery
George Montgomery
as Self
Donald Crisp
Donald Crisp
as Self
Billy Barty
Billy Barty
as Self
Dale Robertson
Dale Robertson
as Self
Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas
as Self
Al Capp
Al Capp
as Self
Louis Nye
Louis Nye
as Self
Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston
as Self
Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
as Self
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin
as Self
Don DeFore
Don DeFore
as Self
Tom Brown
Tom Brown
as Self
James Bacon
James Bacon
as Self
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner
as Self
Arthur Lake
Arthur Lake
as Self
Jack Carson
Jack Carson
as Self
Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs
as Self
Rose Marie Mantell Thomas
Rose Marie Mantell Thomas
as Self
Chester Conklin
Chester Conklin
as Self
Linda Darnell
Linda Darnell
as Self
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
as Self
Fay Wray
Fay Wray
as Self
Nancy Carroll
Nancy Carroll
as Self
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
as Self
James Garner
James Garner
as Self
Tim Considine
Tim Considine
as Self
Rose Marie
Rose Marie
as Self
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Tracy Keenan Wynn
as Self
Francis X. Bushman
Francis X. Bushman
as Self
Rosemary DeCamp
Rosemary DeCamp
as Self
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
as Self
Red Skelton
Red Skelton
as Self
Chic Johnson
Chic Johnson
as Self
Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
as Self
Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack Brown
as Self
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor
as Self
Billy Curtis
Billy Curtis
as Self
Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie
as Self
Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas
as Self
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson
as Self
Anita Louise
Anita Louise
as Self
Jack Kelly
Jack Kelly
as Self
Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
as Self
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
as Self
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
as Self
Howard Morris
Howard Morris
as Self
Penny Singleton
Penny Singleton
as Self
Jack Benny
Jack Benny
as Self
Monte Blue
Monte Blue
as Self
George O'Brien
George O'Brien
as Self
Buddy Adler
Buddy Adler
as Self
Pat O’Brien
Pat O’Brien
as Self
Andy Clyde
Andy Clyde
as Self
Stanley Livingston
Stanley Livingston
as Self
Minta Durfee
Minta Durfee
as Self
Raymond Hatton
Raymond Hatton
as Self
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier
as Self
Don Fedderson
Don Fedderson
as Self
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh
as Self
Sally Eilers
Sally Eilers
as Self
Louise Fazenda
Louise Fazenda
as Self
William Frawley
William Frawley
as Self
Jack Warden
Jack Warden
as Self
Jack Haley
Jack Haley
as Self
Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner
as Self
Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis
as Self
Greer Garson
Greer Garson
as Self
Louella Parsons
Louella Parsons
as Self
Joan Caulfield
Joan Caulfield
as Self
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald
as Self
Sara Berner
Sara Berner
as Self
Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
as Self
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers
as Self
Lillian Roth
Lillian Roth
as Self
Fifi D'Orsay
Fifi D'Orsay
as Self
Mary Healy
Mary Healy
as Self
Lily Pons
Lily Pons
as Self
Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen
as Self
Martha Raye
Martha Raye
as Self
Toots Shor
Toots Shor
as Self
Hope Emerson
Hope Emerson
as Self
Jinx Falkenburg
Jinx Falkenburg
as Self
Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels
as Self
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds
as Self
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour
as Self
Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian
as Self
Joe E. Brown
Joe E. Brown
as Self
Steve Broidy
Steve Broidy
as Self
Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
as Self
Jack Haley Jr.
Jack Haley Jr.
as Self
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy
as Self
Margaret Whiting
Margaret Whiting
as Self
William A. Wellman
William A. Wellman
as Self
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher
as Self
Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan
as Self
Todd Fisher
Todd Fisher
as Self
Gale Storm
Gale Storm
as Self
Van Heflin
Van Heflin
as Self
Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine
as Self
George Burns
George Burns
as Self
Don Wilson
Don Wilson
as Self
Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis
as Self
Casey Stengel
Casey Stengel
as Self
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Season 6

Season 6

Season 7

Season 7

Season 8

Season 8

Season 9

Season 9

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Laura stone marr

  • 1x2

    Jimmy mchugh

  • 1x3

    Joan caulfield

  • 1x4

    Mary ross

  • 1x5

    Casey stengel

  • 1x6

    James templeton

  • 1x7

    Jeanette macdonald

  • 1x8

    Billie clevenger

  • 1x9

    Jim mcclain

  • 1x10

    Mrs. gus edwards

  • 1x11

    Sara berner

  • 1x12

    Rock hudson

  • 1x13

    Ruth eiler

  • 1x14

    Nellie lutcher

  • 1x15

    Frank sparks

  • 1x16

    Roy rogers

  • 1x17

    Harris pottier

  • 1x18

    Nadia scarpitti

  • 1x19

    Lillian roth

  • 1x20

    Alett radzai

  • 1x21

    Gene biscailuz

  • 1x22

    Dinah shore

  • 1x23

    Frank t. coffyn

  • 1x24

    Helene ruthling

  • 1x25

    Fifi d'orsay

  • 1x26

    Arthur franz

  • 1x27

    Virginia marmaduke

  • 1x28

    Demetros apostolon

  • 1x29

    Eva mcgown

  • 1x30

    Eddie janis

  • 1x31

    Don defore

  • 1x32

    Corny pearson

  • 1x33

    Fran allison

  • 1x34

    Hanna bloch kohner

  • 1x35

    Ed wynn

  • 1x36

    Pat o'brien

  • 1x37

    Vivian cosby

  • 1x38

    Mary healy

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Lily pons

  • 2x2

    John robinson cates

  • 2x3

    Mrs. robert l. vann

  • 2x4

    Roy keyser

  • 2x5

    Victor mclaglen

  • 2x6

    Lou babcock

  • 2x7

    Eddie lebaron

  • 2x8

    Rachel mellinger

  • 2x9

    Martha raye

  • 2x10

    Eugenia russel

  • 2x11

    Toots shor

  • 2x12

    Edna gladney

  • 2x13

    Eddie cantor

  • 2x14

    Pansy stockton

  • 2x15

    Andrew griffin

  • 2x16

    Hope emerson

  • 2x17

    Douglas stringfellow

  • 2x18

    Danny thomas

  • 2x19

    Alice marble

  • 2x20

    Ruby bradley

  • 2x21

    Gregor shelkan

  • 2x22

    Connie haines

  • 2x23

    Thelma morgan

  • 2x24

    Mack sennett

  • 2x25

    Kate pelham newcomb

  • 2x26

    Smith robinson

  • 2x27

    Jinx falkenburg

  • 2x28

    Louis silvie zamperini

  • 2x29

    Hal foster

  • 2x30

    Marjorie williams

  • 2x31

    Jean hersholt

  • 2x32

    George mardikian

  • 2x33

    Emma jo wengert

  • 2x34

    Patrick joseph kelly

  • 2x35

    Alicia alonso

  • 2x36

    Mary ann

  • 2x37

    Tom moore

  • 2x38

    Frances nickmann

  • 2x39

    Gilda gray

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Bebe daniels lyon

  • 3x2

    Kenneth porter

  • 3x3

    Kenyon j. scudder

  • 3x4

    Dorothy lamour

  • 3x5

    Roy davenport

  • 3x6

    Joe e. brown

  • 3x7

    Ruth lowe

  • 3x8

    Norman vincent peale

  • 3x9

    Nellie logan adkins

  • 3x10

    Stan laurel and oliver hardy

  • 3x11

    William a. wellman

  • 3x12

    Laurence c. jones

  • 3x13

    Clarinda mason

  • 3x14

    Jennie grossinger

  • 3x15

    Helen ostrowski

  • 3x16

    Robert richards

  • 3x17

    Eddie hamilton

  • 3x18

    Andy devine

  • 3x19

    Mae williams

  • 3x20

    Samuel w. magill

  • 3x21

    Yvonne kennedy

  • 3x22

    Clyde lamb

  • 3x23

    Carl j. sedlmayr

  • 3x24

    Helen kelleher

  • 3x25

    Mickey walker

  • 3x26

    Walter brennan

  • 3x27

    Wayman r. presley

  • 3x28

    Viola ruth

  • 3x29

    Gale storm

  • 3x30

    Mark clark

  • 3x31

    Rene belbenoit

  • 3x32

    Kiyoshi tanimoto

  • 3x33

    Marjorie lawrence

  • 3x34

    Van heflin

  • 3x35

    Belle baker

  • 3x36

    George gregory jr.

  • 3x37

    Frankie laine

  • 3x38

    George foote bond

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    George burns

  • 4x2

    Llewellyn j. scott

  • 4x3

    Kathleen norris

  • 4x4

    John weber jr.

  • 4x5

    John paul stapp

  • 4x6

    Ilse stanley

  • 4x7

    William bendix

  • 4x8

    Julia judge

  • 4x9

    Daniele alberghetti

  • 4x10

    Ralph veady

  • 4x11

    Alice lloyd

  • 4x12

    Harold lloyd

  • 4x13

    Mary noyes dunham

  • 4x14

    Marion domenicali

  • 4x15

    Lew ayres

  • 4x16

    Henry clay conner

  • 4x17

    Ruth stromer

  • 4x18

    Mala powers

  • 4x19

    William hennessey

  • 4x20

    Bela herskovits

  • 4x21

    Virginia graham

  • 4x22

    Catherine macfarlane

  • 4x23

    J. harrison heckman

  • 4x24

    Joseph jacob foss

  • 4x25

    Marguerita sylva

  • 4x26

    H. park tucker

  • 4x27

    Marion miller

  • 4x28

    Robert cummings

  • 4x29

    Ruth joiner

  • 4x30

    Dore schary

  • 4x31

    Marjorie rambeau

  • 4x32

    Joseph anthony

  • 4x33

    Richard j. finnegan

  • 4x34

    Myrna loy

  • 4x35

    James b. hendryx

  • 4x36

    Ruth slenczynska

  • 4x37

    Milton berle

  • 4x38

    Alice middleton mcdougall

  • 4x39

    Gilbert roland

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    Georgia bowen

  • 5x2

    Red nichols

  • 5x3

    Alexandra tolstoy

  • 5x4

    Dean e. hess

  • 5x5

    Ernest borgnine

  • 5x6

    Darlene miller

  • 5x7

    Agness underwood

  • 5x8

    Ernest breech

  • 5x9

    Lou costello

  • 5x10

    Alice princess siwundhla

  • 5x11

    Phil thatcher

  • 5x12

    Tennessee ernie ford

  • 5x13

    Pearl routon

  • 5x14

    Thomas orley

  • 5x15

    Mike masaoka

  • 5x16

    Gladys workman

  • 5x17

    Jack dempsey

  • 5x18

    Gloria swanson

  • 5x19

    Hugh barr miller jr.

  • 5x20

    Constance hope

  • 5x21

    Katya skotnicki

  • 5x22

    Duke kahanamoku

  • 5x23

    Arries ann ward

  • 5x24

    Lawrence welk

  • 5x25

    Ivy baker priest

  • 5x26

    George hays gale

  • 5x27

    Maureen o'hara

  • 5x28

    Buster keaton

  • 5x29

    Tommy sands

  • 5x30

    Edward n. bliss jr.

  • 5x31

    Lila lee

  • 5x32

    Minnie pearl

  • 5x33

    Ted husing

  • 5x34

    Ruth davis

  • 5x35

    Lee de forest

  • 5x36

    Thelma white

  • 5x37

    Rachel saint

  • 5x38

    Jesse l. lasky

  • 5x39

    Guy gabaldon

Episodes season 6

  • 6x1

    Phil harris

  • 6x2

    Vincent tracy

  • 6x3

    Gladys feldman braham

  • 6x4

    Frank lovejoy

  • 6x5

    Giselle mackenzie

  • 6x6

    Ronnie deauville

  • 6x7

    Billy graham

  • 6x8

    Boris karloff

  • 6x9

    Marie killilea

  • 6x10

    Dennis weaver

  • 6x11

    Lela elliot

  • 6x12

    Ralph a. edwards

  • 6x13

    Sue sikking

  • 6x14

    James gleason

  • 6x15

    Ida lupino

  • 6x16

    Randall harris

  • 6x17

    Frances farmer

  • 6x18

    Dr. dennis branch

  • 6x19

    Jesse stuart

  • 6x20

    Helen kane

  • 6x21

    Martha smith

  • 6x22

    Belden paulson

  • 6x23

    Ben alexander

  • 6x24

    Harry warren

  • 6x25

    Donna reed

  • 6x26

    Felix mccool

  • 6x27

    Neil schaffner

  • 6x28

    Roberta sherwood

  • 6x29

    Jessie steward

  • 6x30

    Father bernard hubbard

  • 6x31

    Casey tibbs

  • 6x32

    Hugh bentley

  • 6x33

    Harry momita

  • 6x34

    Kirk douglas

  • 6x35

    Conrad hilton

  • 6x36

    Harvey l. 'mike' fetters

  • 6x37

    Leo seligman

  • 6x38

    James garner

Episodes season 7

  • 7x1

    Steve allen

  • 7x2

    Roy campanella

  • 7x3

    Mrs. alfred abeles

  • 7x4

    Eddie albert

  • 7x5

    Chester gould

  • 7x6

    Olga little

  • 7x7

    Tim mccoy

  • 7x8

    Colleen townsend

  • 7x9

    Sadie glommen

  • 7x10

    Jim backus

  • 7x11

    Samuel g. fuqua

  • 7x12

    Lauritz melchior

  • 7x13

    Coy and goldie watson

  • 7x14

    Danny davey

  • 7x15

    Marie wilson

  • 7x16

    Carlos romulo

  • 7x17

    Harry and allison neal

  • 7x18

    Jimmie rodgers

  • 7x19

    Robb white

  • 7x20

    William e. powers

  • 7x21

    Desmond doss

  • 7x22

    Zaddie bunker

  • 7x23

    Ted lewis

  • 7x24

    Serge obolensky

  • 7x25

    Caleb chu

  • 7x26

    Mungai njoroge

  • 7x27

    Ann blyth

  • 7x28

    Roger williams

  • 7x29

    Leo carrillo

  • 7x30

    Max nussbaum

  • 7x31

    Sidonie flacco

  • 7x32

    Holger nelson toftoy

  • 7x33

    Janet blair

  • 7x34

    William h. young

  • 7x35

    James obenauf

  • 7x36

    Frank capra

  • 7x37

    Lucille warnecke

  • 7x38

    Dick clark

Episodes season 8

  • 8x1

    Lowell thomas

  • 8x14

    Nat "king" cole

  • 8x16

    Don mcneill

  • 8x18

    Stephen boyd

  • 8x21

    Mervyn leroy

  • 8x22

    Harry blackstone

  • 8x24

    Carl reiner

  • 8x25

    Billy barty

  • 8x28

    Rossano brazzi

  • 8x29

    Jesse owens

  • 8x32

    Ken murray

  • 8x37

    Charles coburn

Episodes season 9

  • 9x15

    William frawley

  • 9x16

    Connie francis

  • 9x17

    Robert horton

  • 9x19

    Ole olsen

  • 9x20

    Peter palmer

  • 9x21

    Richard arlen

  • 9x26

    Debbie reynolds

  • 9x30

    Dale robertson

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