EVERY SUNDAY Biography

Meet the trailblazers, trendsetters, and architects of change. It’s the remarkable story of real people who made a real impact, from small towns to around the globe.

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May 10, 2026

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Mary Kay

Chronicles the amazing rise to success and wealth of cosmetics queen Mary Kay Ash. As a young woman, Kay quit her job when she was regularly passed over for promotion by men and began her own cosmetics sales company. Beginning with just a $5,000 investment, her business grew into a multi-national company with over $2 billion in annual sales by the time she died in 2001, and her philosophy of "praising people to success" helped many women on her sales force to realize their own dreams of success.

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Farrah Fawcett Forever

A Biography Special. A celebration of the life of actress Farrah Fawcett, an American icon whose influence on pop culture has been underestimated. After moving to Los Angeles, she found success as a model and began acting. Her career exploded when she landed a starring role in one of the biggest TV hits of the '70s, Charlie's Angels, and released her iconic bathing suit poster. Fawcett shocked the industry when she pursued roles against type in serious movies like "The Burning Bed." She continued to defy expectations, becoming a sculptor and showing it was possible to be sexy at 50. She lived life on her own terms, documenting her most important moments as she fearlessly battled cancer. Features interviews with Alana Stewart, Jaclyn Smith, Suzanne de Passe, Robert Duvall, Sherry Lansing, and Cicely Tyson. Includes never-before-seen family photographs and footage of Fawcett's art project with sculptor Keith Edmier, as well as intimate film footage of her cancer battle.

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Reese Witherspoon

A look at the career of the privileged daughter of a surgeon and a nurse/college professor who started out in local commercials in Nashville but quickly graduated to Hollywood. Early roles established her as a starlet unafraid to take on edgier parts, and her winning performances in Election, Legally Blonde, and Sweet Home Alabama made her a bankable star. Then Witherspoon became true Hollywood royalty when she brought home the Oscar for her memorable portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line.

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Meredith Vieira

A woman of passion, resilience, and amazing success, Meredith Vieira has been in the spotlight for more than thirty years. Along with the highs of her career, (including winning seven Emmy Awards for her work on West 57th, 60 Minutes, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) Meredith has also been in the center of controversy. Through it all, Vieira's personal life has been top priority, and she stays focused on her three children and her husband, producer Richard Cohen.

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Anne Rice: Vampires, Witches, and Bestsellers

Anne Rice wrote supernatural novels. Her most famous series was the "Vampire Chronicles," which included the book "Interview with the Vampire.         

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Hedda Hopper: Hollywood's Gossip Queen

Chronicles the career of the controversial Hollywood columnist who became one of the first queens of gossip. Includes her failed acting career and how she turned to writing; her long, bitter feud with rival Louella Parsons; her love of hats; and the power of her column, which she used to make stars and blacklist political enemies.

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Gloria Vanderbilt: An Heir of Style

Portrait of the "Jeans Queen" who has endured seven decades of fame, including the great custody battle which raged over her when she was America's "poor little rich girl" in the 1930s. Gloria and designer Bill Blass are interviewed.

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