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Best Biography TV Series of 1980

13 Biography series that started in 1980, ranked by popularity

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13 series

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

★ 7.5
2K 2 1980–present
Biography · Drama

Hollywood

★ 9.3
931 13 1980–1980
Biography · Comedy · Documentary

Oppenheimer

★ 8.1
798 7 1980–1980
Biography · Drama · History

A Rumor of War

★ 6.6
392 2 1980–1980
Biography · Drama · War

The Last Outlaw

★ 8.3
147 4 1980–1980
Biography · Crime · Drama

Królowa Bona

★ 7.7
95 12 1980–present
Biography · Drama · History

Otkrytaya kniga

★ 7.3
75 9 1980–1980
Biography · Drama

Karl Marks. Molodye gody

★ 6.7
51 7 1980–1981
Biography · Drama · History

A Change of Sex

★ 7.0
46 5 1980–1999
Biography · Documentary

Svetozar Markovic

★ 7.7
42 7 1980–1981
Biography · Drama · History

Ireland: A Television History

★ 8.7
33 13 1980–1981
Biography · Documentary · Drama

Tennou no ryouriban

★ 7.9
11 19 1980–1981
Biography · Drama

The British Greats

★ 6.2
9 5 1980–present
Biography
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