The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)

TV Series · Documentary, History, War & Politics · 1 season · Rated 7.8/10 on TMDB · First aired September 14, 2014 · Ended

Overview

Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.

Created by Ken Burns

Cast

• Peter Coyote as Narrator (voice)
• David McCullough as Self - Historian
• Meryl Streep as Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
• Edward Herrmann as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
• Paul Giamatti as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
• Theodore Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
• Doris Kearns Goodwin as Self - Historian
• Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
• John Lithgow as James Roosevelt (voice)
• Eleanor Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)

Seasons

• Miniseries · 7 episodes · 2014

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