About this season
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.
Episodes (39)
1. Lily Pons
Aired 30 September 1953
2. John Robinson Cates
Aired 7 October 1953
3. Mrs. Robert L. Vann
Aired 14 October 1953
4. Roy Keyser
Aired 21 October 1953
5. Victor McLaglen
Aired 28 October 1953
6. Lou Babcock
Aired 4 November 1953
7. Eddie LeBaron
Aired 11 November 1953
8. Rachel Mellinger
Aired 18 November 1953
9. Martha Raye
Aired 25 November 1953
10. Eugenia Russel
Aired 2 December 1953
11. Toots Shor
Aired 9 December 1953
12. Edna Gladney
Aired 16 December 1953
13. Eddie Cantor
Aired 23 December 1953
14. Pansy Stockton
Aired 30 December 1953
15. Andrew Griffin
Aired 6 January 1954
16. Hope Emerson
Aired 13 January 1954
17. Douglas Stringfellow
Aired 20 January 1954
18. Danny Thomas
Aired 27 January 1954
19. Alice Marble
Aired 3 February 1954
20. Ruby Bradley
Aired 10 February 1954
21. Gregor Shelkan
Aired 17 February 1954
22. Connie Haines
Aired 24 February 1954
23. Thelma Morgan
Aired 3 March 1954
24. Mack Sennett
Aired 10 March 1954
25. Kate Pelham Newcomb
Aired 17 March 1954
26. Smith Robinson
Aired 24 March 1954
27. Jinx Falkenburg
Aired 31 March 1954
28. Louis Silvie Zamperini
Aired 7 April 1954
29. Hal Foster
Aired 14 April 1954
30. Marjorie Williams
Aired 21 April 1954
31. Jean Hersholt
Aired 28 April 1954
32. George Mardikian
Aired 5 May 1954
33. Emma Jo Wengert
Aired 12 May 1954
34. Patrick Joseph Kelly
Aired 19 May 1954
35. Alicia Alonso
Aired 26 May 1954
36. Mary Ann
Aired 2 June 1954
37. Tom Moore
Aired 9 June 1954
38. Frances Nickmann
Aired 16 June 1954
39. Gilda Gray
Aired 23 June 1954