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biodrama

American  
[bahy-oh-drah-muh, -dram-uh] / ˈbaɪ oʊˌdrɑ mə, -ˌdræm ə /

noun

Television.
  1. a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.


Etymology

Origin of biodrama

bio- (in sense “biographical”) + drama

Example Sentences

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Escola’s Mary Todd isn’t the American first lady that Julie Harris received a Tony Award for playing in “The Last of Mrs. Lincoln,” James Prideaux’s 1972 Broadway biodrama.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

‘Amadeus’ Live in Concert The music of Mozart will fill the air as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Pacific Chorale perform live-to-picture to accompany Miloš Forman’s Oscar-winning 1984 biodrama about the 18th-century Austrian composer.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022

This is no conventional biodrama about the tortured artist, but very much the film that lovers of Wallace’s dazzlingly perspicacious fiction and essays would want.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2015

It is helped by a weak slate of challengers, though Lucky Guy — Nora Ephron’s slender but enjoyable biodrama on New York newspaper columnist Mike McAlary — would be a better choice.

From Time • Jun. 8, 2013

ABC's Elvis, though a failure in the ratings, deconstructed the rock king's life into fresh, evocative snippets of biodrama.

From Time Magazine Archive