The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

First aired

September 14, 2014

Ended

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
EnglishDocumentaryHistoryWar & Politics

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.

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Cast & Crew

  • Peter Coyote

    Peter Coyote

    Narrator (voice)

  • David McCullough

    David McCullough

    Self - Historian

  • Meryl Streep

    Meryl Streep

    Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)

  • Edward Herrmann

    Edward Herrmann

    Franklin Roosevelt (voice)

  • Paul Giamatti

    Paul Giamatti

    Theodore Roosevelt (voice)

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt

    Self (archive footage)

  • Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Self - Historian

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Self (archive footage)

  • John Lithgow

    John Lithgow

    James Roosevelt (voice)

  • Eleanor Roosevelt

    Eleanor Roosevelt

    Self (archive footage)

  • Ken Burns

    Ken Burns

    Director

  • Ken Burns

    Ken Burns

    Writer

  • GW

    Geoffrey C. Ward

    Writer

Media

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