This Is Your Life
Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse to a location near the studio. The celebrity would then be surprised with the news that they are to be the featured guest. Next, the celebrity was escorted into the studio, and one by one, people who were significant in the guest's life would be brought out to offer anecdotes. At the end of the show, family members and friends would surround the guest, who would then be presented with gifts. These usually included jewelry, a scrapbook of memories, a home 16 mm projector and a camera.
- 1950-1993
- 9 seasons
- NBC
- Documentary, Family, Talk & Interview
Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse to a location near the studio. The celebrity would then be surprised with the news that they are to be the featured guest. Next, the celebrity was escorted into the studio, and one by one, people who were significant in the guest's life would be brought out to offer anecdotes. At the end of the show, family members and friends would surround the guest, who would then be presented with gifts. These usually included jewelry, a scrapbook of memories, a home 16 mm projector and a camera.
Season 4 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1955 - 1956
Episode 1
George Burns
Wed, Sep 28, 1955
Episode 2
Llewellyn J. Scott
Wed, Oct 5, 1955
Episode 3
Kathleen Norris
Wed, Oct 12, 1955
Episode 4
John Weber Jr
Wed, Oct 19, 1955
Episode 5
Colonel John Paul Stapp
Wed, Oct 26, 1955
Episode 6
Ilse Stanley
Wed, Nov 2, 1955
Episode 7
William Bendix
Wed, Nov 9, 1955 30 mins
Episode 8
Julia Judge
Wed, Nov 16, 1955
Episode 9
Daniele Alberghetti
Wed, Nov 23, 1955
Episode 10
Ralph Veady
Wed, Nov 30, 1955
Episode 11
Alice Lloyd
Wed, Dec 7, 1955
Episode 12
Harold Lloyd
Wed, Dec 14, 1955
Tonight's subject is Harold Lloyd, the silent screen's most financially successful comedian, who talks about how he created the famous 'glasses' character which gradually catapulted him to the top in 1920s Hollywood.
Episode 13
Mary Noyes Dunham
Wed, Dec 21, 1955
Episode 14
Marion Domenicali
Wed, Dec 28, 1955
Episode 15
Lew Ayres
Wed, Jan 4, 1956
Episode 16
Henry Clay Conner
Wed, Jan 11, 1956
Episode 17
Ruth Stromer
Wed, Jan 18, 1956
Episode 18
Mala Powers
Wed, Jan 25, 1956
Episode 19
William Hennessey
Wed, Feb 1, 1956
Episode 20
Cantor Bela Herskovits
Wed, Feb 8, 1956
Episode 21
Virginia Graham
Wed, Feb 15, 1956
Episode 22
Dr. Catherine MacFarlane
Wed, Feb 22, 1956
Episode 23
J. Harrison Heckman
Wed, Feb 29, 1956
Episode 24
Joseph Jacob Foss
Wed, Mar 7, 1956
Episode 25
Madame Marguerita Sylva
Wed, Mar 14, 1956
Episode 26
Reverend H. Park Tucker
Wed, Mar 21, 1956
Episode 27
Marion Miller
Wed, Mar 28, 1956
Episode 28
Robert Cummings
Wed, Apr 4, 1956
Episode 29
Ruth Joiner
Wed, Apr 11, 1956
Episode 30
Dore Schary
Wed, Apr 18, 1956
Episode 31
Marjorie Rambeau
Wed, Apr 25, 1956
Episode 32
Joseph Anthony
Wed, May 2, 1956
Episode 33
Richard J. Finnegan
Wed, May 9, 1956 30 mins
Posthumous tribute to Richard J. Finnegan, editor of the Chicago Daily Journal (later Chicago Daily Times, then Chicago Sun Times) newspaper and President of the Board of La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago. Patients from La Rabida pay tribute to Mr. Finnegan, including future movie star Joe Mantegna.
Episode 34
Myrna Loy
Wed, May 16, 1956
Movie star Myrna Loy is surprised by family, friends, and associates.
Episode 35
James B. Hendryx
Wed, May 23, 1956
Episode 36
Ruth Slenczynska
Wed, May 30, 1956
Episode 37
Milton Berle
Wed, Jun 6, 1956
Berle is caught eating at the Brown Derby restaurant eating with Martn and Lewis. His family members, his four brothers and his sister all appear, as well as his early dance partners from vaudeville. Old costars from his Ziegfeld days like Ben Gruer, and Lillian Roth (via kinescope) are seen. Jan Murray recollects how Milton helped him at the start of his career. Phil Silvers talks about Milton inspiring him when he created "Top Bannana".
Episode 38
Alice Middleton McDougall
Wed, Jun 13, 1956
Episode 39
Gilbert Roland
Wed, Jun 20, 1956 30 mins