The BEST episodes of Biography season 1999

#1 - Richard Speck: Natural Born Killer

Season 1999 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/19/1999

In 1966, Richard Speck committed one of the most horrifying mass murders in American history when he brutalized and killed eight student nurses living on Chicago's South Side.

#2 - John Wayne Gacy: A Monster in Disguise

Season 1999 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/4/1999

John Wayne Gacy is on record as the worst serial killer in United States history, with 33 victims.

#3 - Jerry Springer: In the Center Ring

Season 1999 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/22/1999

#4 - John F. Kennedy, Jr.: The Death of an American Prince

Season 1999 - Episode 49 - Aired 7/26/1999

#5 - Wayne Newton: King of Las Vegas

Season 1999 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/25/1999

#6 - William Holden: An Untamed Spirit

Season 1999 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/27/1999

#7 - Angie Dickinson: Tinseltown's Classiest Broad

Season 1999 - Episode 33 - Aired 10/26/1999

#8 - Andy Kaufman's Really Big Show

Season 1999 - Episode 34 - Aired 12/27/1999

A profile of comic Andy Kaufman (1949-84) recalls his offbeat brand of humor and eccentric behavior, which caused controversy on the sets of “Taxi” and “Fridays”; his obsession with professional wrestling; and his fight against lung cancer. Included: comments from Jim Carrey, Cindy Williams and Jeff Conaway.

#9 - Heinz: The Ketchup Kings

Season 1999 - Episode 35 - Aired 4/12/1999

Profile of three generations of the family that built an international business giant, and became well-known philanthropists, giving generously to their city and country.

#10 - Lesley Ann Warren: A Cinderella Story

Season 1999 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/5/1999

Actress Lesley Ann Warren

#11 - Jimmy Doolittle: King of the Sky

Season 1999 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/3/1999

The dazzling career of the aviation pioneer who led WWII's most hair-raising air raids, and whose perilous experiments with blind flying helped usher in the era of commercial aviation. Experts and members of his family shed light on his daring exploits, which included the first American raid on Tokyo during the war.

#12 - Tony Robbins The Secret of His Success

Season 1999 - Episode 38 - Aired 2/3/1999

#13 - Kris Kristofferson

Season 1999 - Episode 39 - Aired 11/22/1999

#14 - Tammy Wynette

Season 1999 - Episode 40 - Aired 1/27/1999

#15 - The Judds: Country's Dynamic Duo

Season 1999 - Episode 41 - Aired 1/1/1999

#16 - Slobodan Milosevic Servia

Season 1999 - Episode 42 - Aired 4/9/1999

#17 - Stone Cold Steve Austin

Season 1999 - Episode 43 - Aired 11/15/1999

#18 - Susan Sarandon: Rebel with a Cause

Season 1999 - Episode 47 - Aired 8/10/1999

From the virginal Janet in The Rocky Horror Picture Show to a gun-toting outlaw in Thelma & Louise, she has managed to mix sensuality, social activism and a Hollywood husband...

#19 - The Tiffanys: Mark of Excellence

Season 1999 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/28/1999

#20 - Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is

Season 1999 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1999

#21 - Drew Barrymore: Beating the Odds

Season 1999 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1999

#22 - Elizabeth Montgomery: A Touch of Magic

Season 1999 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/15/1999

Elizabeth Montgomery was born into show business. Her parents were screen actor Robert Montgomery and Broadway actress Elizabeth Bryan Allen. Elizabeth graduated from the Spence School in New York City and attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. After three years intensive training, she made her TV debut at the age of 19 in her father's 1950s playhouse series 'Robert Montgomery Presents'. She also tried her hand at Broadway, and 'Late Love' was her debut. She married at the age of 21, to TV director Frederic Cammann, but the marriage did not last. Her big screen break came with 'The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell' in 1955. In 1960, Elizabeth portrayed Rusty Heller, in an episode of 'The Untouchables', and was nominated for her first Emmy. In 1956, she met her second husband, actor Gig Young, fourteen years her senior and an abusive alcoholic. They were divorced in time for her to marry producer William Asher in 1963. Their union produced three children. Her most famous role was Samantha Stephens, the nose twitching sorceress married to a mortal. 'Bewitched' lasted eight seasons on ABC, and garnered the cast and crew many Emmy nominations and awards, five alone for Elizabeth. After 'Bewitched', Liz went on to make a number of TV movies. She portrayed Lizzie Borden in 'The Legend of Lizzie Borden', for which she received another Emmy nomination. Elizabeth Montgomery was not only a versatile television actress but also an AIDS and Gay Rights activist. She had very liberal political views and narrated a series of documentaries in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including 'Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair' (1988) and the Academy Award winning 'The Panama Deception' (1992). She died of cancer in May 1995. She passed away just eight weeks after her cancer diagnosis. Peter Graves (Host) Rebecca Asher William Asher Dominick Dunne Robert Foxworth Sandra Gould Elizabeth Montgomery Liz Sheridan

#23 - Fred Gywnne: More than a Munster

Season 1999 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/1999

Harry Smith narrates this account of the life and multifaceted career of Frederick Hubbard Gwynne.

#24 - Andre the Giant

Season 1999 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/13/1999

Documentary, released by the World Wrestling Federation, about the late wrestling superstar Andre the Giant, portraying his childhood in a small French village, his rise to fame as a professional wrestler, and his slow physical decline and eventual death in 1993. With commentaries by Vince McMahon, Classy Freddie Blassie, Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon, as well as Andre's brother and friends.

#25 - Ceausescu: The Unrepentant Tyrant

Season 1999 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/13/1999

The life of the despotic communist ruler who rose from the poor fields of rural Romania to the luxurious heights of political power. From loved and respected leader, he turned into a despised tyrant, and his execution in 1989.