This Is Your Life (1970)★ 7.4/10
- Reality TV
- Biography
Directed by: Jim Washburn, Bill Carruthers
Written by: Axel Gruenberg, Ed Haas, Kendis Rochlen, Snag Werris, Ralph Edwards
This Is Your Life each episode was a biographical tribute in which host Ralph Edwards surprised a guest and guided them through the story of their life, using interviews, archival memories, and appearances by family, and friends.
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Cast & crew
Ralph EdwardsSelf - Host
Nanette FabraySelf
Bette DavisSelf
Peter GravesSelf
Carol ChanningSelf
Greg MorrisSelf
Dick MartinSelf
Arte JohnsonSelf
Rose MarieSelf
Chad EverettSelf
Sheldon LeonardSelf
Craig StevensSelf
Jerry HermanSelf
Bob HopeSelf
Jack CarterSelf
Jerry LewisSelf
June AllysonSelf
Barbara EdenSelf
Anne BaxterSelf
Dana AndrewsSelf
Ruth BuzziSelf - Honoree
Karen CarpenterSelf - Honoree
James BrolinSelf - Honoree
Andy GriffithSelf - Honoree
Cliff RobertsonSelf - Honoree
Shirley JonesSelf - Honoree
Bill BixbySelf - Honoree
Ruth GordonSelf - Honoree
Phyllis DillerSelf - Honoree
Irene RyanSelf - Honoree
Johnny CashSelf - Honoree
Jonathan WintersSelf - Honoree
Ethel MermanSelf - Honoree
Pat BooneSelf
Junior SamplesSelf - Honoree
Joe FrazierSelf - Honoree
Richard HughesSelf - Honoree
Omar N. BradleySelf - Honoree
Leroy 'Satchel' PaigeSelf - Honoree
Earl WilsonSelf - HonoreeStan MusialSelf - HonoreeRay MaySelf - Honoree football star
Don RicklesSelf - Honoree
Joel McCreaSelf - Honoree
Richard CrennaSelf - Honoree
Suzanne PleshetteSelf - Honoree
Ken CurtisSelf - Honoree
Jackie CooganSelf - Honoree
Mary MartinSelf - Honoree
Vikki CarrSelf - Honoree
David HartmanSelf - HonoreeLouise TracySelf - Honoree wife of Spencer Tracy
Johnny BenchSelf - HonoreeHarold KrentsSelf - Honoree
Vincent PriceSelf - Honoree
Glenn FordSelf
Peggy LeeSelf - Honoree
Richard CarpenterSelf - Honoree
Gene KellySelf
Dom DeLuiseSelf
Marlo ThomasSelf
Burt BacharachSelf
Dan RowanSelf
Rudy ValleeSelf
Herb AlpertSelf - Head of A & M RecordsDoug StrawnSelf - band member of the CarpentersGary SimsSelf - band member of the Carpenters
Josh BrolinSelf
Natalie WoodSelf
Ron HowardSelf
Robert WagnerSelf
Ann-MargretSelf
William WindomSelf
James ArnessSelf
Olivia de HavillandSelf
Buddy EbsenSelf
Susan OliverSelf
Karl MaldenSelf - Guest
Ray WalstonSelf
William WylerSelf
Pat ButtramSelf
Susan DeySelf
Donna DouglasSelf
Jack CassidySelf
Cameron MitchellSelf
Van JohnsonSelf
Bud CortSelf
Dina MerrillSelf
Ken BerrySelf
Sue Ane LangdonSelf
Jane WymanSelf
David CassidySelf
Elia KazanSelf
Gloria DeHavenSelf
Michele LeeSelf
Paul LyndeSelf
Lola AlbrightSelf
Margaret O'BrienSelf
Shaun CassidySelf
Paul HenreidSelf
Brenda BenetSelf
Jim BackusSelf
Sid CaesarSelf
Victor BuonoSelf
George BurnsSelf
Jim NaborsSelf
Raymond MasseySelf
Danny BonaduceSelf
Don DeForeSelf
Stanley KramerSelf
Patrick CassidySelf
Cab CallowaySelf
Judith AndersonSelf
Don MurraySelfJane Cameron AgeeSelf - wife of James Brolin
William CastleSelf
Brandon CruzSelf
Lisa ToddSelf
Roger BowenSelf
Wally CoxSelf
Suzanne CroughSelf
Dinah ShoreSelf
Roger SmithSelf
Merv GriffinSelf
Jay RobinsonSelf - actor
Peter MarshallSelf
Beulah BondiSelf
Edith HeadSelf
Pearl BaileySelf
Roosevelt GrierSelf
Frank FaylenSelf
June Carter CashSelf
Alice PlaytenSelf
Muhammad AliSelf
Benny BakerSelf
Jeremy GelbwaksSelf
Herschel BernardiSelf
Sammy CahnSelf
Edgar BergenSelf
George KeymasSelf
Debby BooneSelf
Madge KennedySelf
Miyoshi UmekiSelf
Ryan CassidySelf
Boris SagalSelf
George MurphySelf
Arthur LakeSelf
Cliff ArquetteSelf
Jack SmightSelf
Sugar Ray RobinsonSelf
George SidneySelf
James KomackSelf
Bibi OsterwaldSelf
Garson KaninSelf - husband of Ruth Gordon
Richard RodgersSelf
George FennemanSelfPaul HenningSelf
Edith FellowsSelf
Garry MooreSelf
Perry ComoSelf
Allan CarrSelf
Vince BarnettSelf
Ethel WatersSelf
Archie MooreSelfRanald MacDougallSelf
John Carter CashSelf
Marty AllenSelf
Richard PowellSelf
George BushSelf - U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
Meredith WillsonSelf
Anita LoosSelf
Billy GrahamSelf
Warde DonovanSelf - husband of Phyllis DillerDan BartonSelf
Russell NypeSelf - actorStephanie RobertsonSelfArchie CampbellSelf
Benay VenutaSelf
Rosanne CashSelf
Barbara HellerSelf
Herb JeffriesSelf
Joe LouisSelfWilliam KerwinSelfHelen BeverleySelf
Carlene CarterSelf
Kathy CashSelf
Viola DanaSelfCharles LoweSelf - husband of Carol Channing and TV producer - writer - manager
Tara CashSelfJack BernardiSelfEileen WintersSelf
Jule StyneSelf
Frank TallmanSelf
Joe PasternakSelfAlex SegalSelfLucinda WintersSelf
Tony Joe WhiteSelf
Joe HansardSelfChris BeardeSelf
Louie BellsonSelf
Frank DuncanSelf - former Negro League baseball player
Eddie ParksSelfDavid VictorSelf - Creator and Executive Producer of 'Marcus Welby, M.D.'
Bill BaileySelfBarbara DavisSelfPeter MaxwellSelfJohn AylesworthSelfFrank PeppiattSelfErnest D. GlucksmanSelfRichard O. LinkeSelfMother Maybelle CarterSelfBernard SmithSelf - Film ProducerLou MorheimSelf - producer
Noble SissleSelf - bandleaderBob FinkelSelfKitty BuhlerSelfVida BlueSelf - pitcher with Oakland A'sBrian BruderlinSelfTed J. KentSelfJames S. HenersonSelfTemple TexasSelf - former actress and press agentDavid MerrickSelf - Broadway producerDick ValentineSelf
Earl Wilson Jr.SelfLorraine 'Frenchy' TrydelleSelf
Hank GrantSelf - Columnist for the Hollywood ReporterPerle MestaSelfGus SchirmerSelf - Theatrical AgentVincent Sardi Jr.Self - restaurant ownerOliver SmithSelf - producer and scenic designerRoy JeffersonSelf - football wide receiverTom HawkinsSelf - former basketball playerYank DurhamSelfJohn McKaySelf - football coach at USCBud FurilloSelf - Sports Editor of L.A. Herald ExaminerPatricia EltingeSelf - USC drama studentKathy SamplesSelfDavid EvansSelf - actorReba HancockSelfSally HutchinsonSelf - stand-in for Bette Davis in 35 moviesBowie KuhnSelf - baseball commissionerMel DurslagSelfJames BeardSelf - actorRed SchoendienstSelfEnos SlaughterSelf - former outfielderChet HansenSelfAl CampanisSelf - baseball executiveRonald YoungSelf - actorFay BernardiSelfLou BoudreauSelf - player-manager of the Cleveland IndiansKenneth CarrSelfDick DudleySelfGlen WallichsSelf - Head of Capitol RecordsTed PageSelf - former Negro League baseball playerCharles GaynorSelf - writer of theatrical revue 'Lend an Ear'Lowell PurvisSelf - Broadway actorHans HuberSelf - boxerEdgar HayesSelf - BandleaderLarry SamplesSelfRip SewellSelf - former baseball pitcherJames Oliver BrownSelf - literary agent for author of 'No Time for Sergeants'Dovie PerrySelfJim MorrisonSelfPaul GibsonSelfEmory SamplesSelfHal CookSelf - former national sales manager for Capitol RecordsGrace HansardSelfLamarr SamplesSelfJeff RobinsonSelfSue SamplesSelfBill RewaltSelfGrace SamplesSelfJack RolandSelfOdessa SamplesSelfHoward SamplesSelfTootie ClarkSelfMaudie FrickertSelfJack WymerSelfAlex StouteSelfNewt AllenSelf - former Negro League baseball playerJoe PrevratilSelf - Director of Movieland Wax MuseumChester ArnoldSelf - former Negro League baseball playerWilliam LoweSelf - former Negro League baseball playerCharles JonesSelf - Hollywood songwriterPaul StevensonSelfJim MaloneySelf - pitcher with Cincinnati RedsLewis BridgeSelfMelanie DorseySelfJim MurraySelf - sportswriter with L.A. TimesJack StevensonSelf - sportswriter with Associated PressJoe HelmsSelf - actorBob GoodfriedSelf - Head of publicity for ParamountPaul SannSelfPaul BerneSelf - actorJames N. MaherSelf - actorRichard CrowleySelf - actorOllie VanekSelf - former Monessa, PA minor league managerBob BaumanSelf - trainer of the St. Louis CardinalsRoy RheubenSelfJames FittsSelfJohnny Van De MeerSelf - former baseball pitcherBoniface ObichereSelfYvonne SchourupSelfBob FryerSelfFrank LipskisSelfJoe SciaccaSelfRandy WoodSelf - founder of Dot RecordsBill SchourupSelfMike BuchananSelf - CBS Publicity DirectorVivian 'Vee' RheubenSelfFord OwensSelfRosemary 'B.W.' WilsonSelfKen PadvineSelf - Vice President of Brentwood-San Vicente AssnSusan WilsonSelfJanice Risher BrandsSelfLois OvermanSelfKeith RockwellSelf - owner of The Purple Onion night club in San FranciscoPeetney RedmanSelf - widow of musical arranger Don RedmanLloyd PhilipsSelf - pianistDan BroomSelf - President of Brentwood-San Vicente AssnJim PendletonSelf - football coach at Los Angeles High SchoolEdward T. MickeySelf - Childhood FriendGarnet SteeleSelf - Childhood Friend
Kirk DouglasSelf
Walter BrennanSelf
Bob NewhartSelf - Guest
Carolyn JonesSelf
Ricardo MontalbanSelf
Phil MorrisSelf
Carroll O'ConnorSelf
Keith CooganSelf
Buck TaylorSelf
Jo Ann PflugSelf
Michael AnsaraSelf
Eve ArdenSelf
Ronald ReaganSelf
Walter PidgeonSelf
Red ButtonsSelf
Eddie AlbertSelf
Ross MartinSelf
Amanda BlakeSelf
Edward AlbertSelf
Madlyn RhueSelf
Jackie CooperSelf
Alexis SmithSelf
E.G. MarshallSelf
Milburn StoneSelf
Robert WiseSelf
Lloyd NolanSelf
Iona MorrisSelf
Milton BerleSelf
Don AdamsSelf
Shug FisherSelf
Glenn StrangeSelf
Danny ThomasSelf
Meredith MacRaeSelf
Peter LupusSelf
Frances DeeSelf
Gale GordonSelf
MargoSelf
Glen CampbellSelf
Andrew V. McLaglenSelf
Jody McCreaSelf
Lori NelsonSelf
Janet GaynorSelf
Gloria LoringSelf
Tony BennettSelf
William A. WellmanSelf
Gene AutrySelf
Georgiana YoungSelfRichard Anthony CrennaSelf
Ursula ThiessSelf
Tim McCoySelf
Sidney SheldonSelf
Edward NorrisSelf
Binnie BarnesSelf
Ed SullivanSelf
Hy AverbackSelfDavid McCreaSelf
Dorothy MackaillSelf
Jan MurraySelfBarbara RicklesSelf
Jimmy CrossSelf
Dick WinslowSelfLee MorrisSelf
William T. OrrSelfSidney LanfieldSelfBobby GoldsboroSelfLarry MahanSelf
Bob CousySelf
Robert CooganSelfLinda MorrisSelfPepe CallahanSelfHenry WillsonSelfHerbert F. SolowSelf - Head of Production for Desilu StudiosRichard HallidaySelf - husband of Mary MartinM.J. FrankovichSelf
David HorowitzSelf
Babe LondonSelfJoseph ScandoreSelfJuan MarichalSelf
Willie McCoveySelfMilton KrentsSelf
Lloyd PerrymanSelfBobby BondsSelfHerb SteinbergSelfTito FuentesSelfSherrill C. CorwinSelf - Owner of Orpheum TheatreDon ZimmerSelfPat CorralesSelfGene PleshetteSelf - father and Executive VP of Don Reid ProductionsDon CarrithersSelfGene KeeneSelf - directorEdith CrennaSelf - mother of Richard Crenna
Walter CunninghamSelf - astronautThe ChaparralsThemselves - mariachi groupSteve StoneSelfFrank CondronSelf - Representative of the Rosemary Awards AssociationChris SpeierSelfFred KendallSelfMilo HamiltonSelfSam McDowellSelfAmanda MorrisSelfDavid HallSelfJasper AckermanSelfJerry RicklesSelfEtta RicklesSelfAl GallagherSelfDavid Van PuttenSelf - choir director, Washington High School, L.A.Paul HeinbergSelfTillman BauknightSelfAnne Marie WaiteSelfJane WahlersSelfPhillip WaiteSelfJean King RichSelfHank RobertsSelf - talent agentClem GlassSelf - original MC of Richard Crenna's first radio show 'Boy Scout Jamboree'Bill WahlersSelfJack KellySelf - Director of the Bureau of NarcoticsHorace StonehamSelfGloria McKenzieSelfJohn StehlinSelfChris HartmanSelfFrank RebergerSelfManny FerrisSelfWalter SurreySelfLarry KrentsSelfLarry BeaserSelfClare Standering SchoenfelderSelfDick LarsenSelfIrma KrentsSelfRaymond BinderSelfKit KrentsSelfBabby KrentsSelfDouglas BlairSelf
Rita HayworthSelf - Actress via MAZ
Mary WickesSelf
Jane WyattSelf
John GavinSelf
Richard DeaconSelf
Penny FullerSelf
Hans ConriedSelf
Max ShowalterSelf
Dorothy McGuireSelf
Helen HayesSelf
Anne SeymourSelf
Kay MedfordSelf
Larry MathewsSelf
Harold RussellSelf
Morey AmsterdamSelf
Dorothy AdamsSelf
Alan KingSelf
George MarshallSelf - DirectorPeter FordSelf - Son
Samuel Z. ArkoffSelf
Victoria PriceSelf
Benny GoodmanSelf (on tape)
Duke EllingtonSelf
Mary LawrenceSelfVincent Barrett PriceSelf
Nicki Lee FosterSelfMary GrantSelf
John SwopeSelf
Casey TibbsSelf - ActorLynda Jean GundersenSelf - Daughter in lawRini PriceSelfGreg AmsterdamSelfLawrence KashaSelfChuck BarclaySelf - hired Peggy Lee to sing when she first came to Hollywood
Leonard FeatherSelfElmo ZumwaltSeld - Admiral via MAZLucille ArmstrongSelf - widow of Louis Armstrong
Harold CliftonSelf - FriendOscar HoweSelf - Native American painterRobert C.C. McCullochSelfGrace HicksonSelf - Theatre ActressBill McCormickSelf - Pilot Teacher
Lewis WaltSelf - GeneralHannah Wood Mitchell FordSelf - MotherWilma VictorSelf - Assistant for Indian Affairs of the InteriorTed ThomasSelfDonna WhitewingSelf - Native American poetBarrett PriceSelfVincent GrahamSelf - Vice President of Sears Roebuck