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. Georgia Bowen
Aired 26 September 1956
2. Red Nichols
Aired 3 October 1956
3. Alexandra Tolstoy
Aired 10 October 1956
4. Dean E. Hess
Aired 17 October 1956
5. Ernest Borgnine
Aired 24 October 1956
6. Darlene Miller
Aired 31 October 1956
7. Agness Underwood
Aired 7 November 1956
8. Ernest Breech
Aired 14 November 1956
9. Lou Costello
Aired 21 November 1956
10. Alice Princess Siwundhla
Aired 28 November 1956
11. Phil Thatcher
Aired 5 December 1956
12. Tennessee Ernie Ford
Aired 12 December 1956
13. Pearl Routon
Aired 19 December 1956
14. Thomas Orley
Aired 26 December 1956
15. Mike Masaoka
Aired 2 January 1957
16. Gladys Workman
Aired 9 January 1957
17. Jack Dempsey
Aired 16 January 1957
18. Gloria Swanson
Aired 23 January 1957
19. Hugh Barr Miller Jr.
Aired 30 January 1957
20. Constance Hope
Aired 6 February 1957
21. Katya Skotnicki
Aired 13 February 1957
22. Duke Kahanamoku
Aired 20 February 1957
23. Arries Ann Ward
Aired 27 February 1957
24. Lawrence Welk
Aired 6 March 1957
25. Ivy Baker Priest
Aired 13 March 1957
26. George Hays Gale
Aired 20 March 1957
27. Maureen O'Hara
Aired 27 March 1957
28. Buster Keaton
Aired 3 April 1957
29. Tommy Sands
Aired 10 April 1957
30. Edward N. Bliss Jr.
Aired 17 April 1957
31. Lila Lee
Aired 24 April 1957
32. Minnie Pearl
Aired 1 May 1957
33. Ted Husing
Aired 8 May 1957
34. Ruth Davis
Aired 15 May 1957
35. Lee De Forest
Aired 22 May 1957
36. Thelma White
Aired 29 May 1957
37. Rachel Saint
Aired 5 June 1957
38. Jesse L. Lasky
Aired 12 June 1957
39. Guy Gabaldon
Aired 19 June 1957