The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
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
Writer
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
Cast
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Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
David McCullough
Historian
Meryl Streep
Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
Edward Herrmann
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
Paul Giamatti
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
Theodore Roosevelt
(archive footage)
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Historian
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(archive footage)
John Lithgow
James Roosevelt (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt
(archive footage)
Seasons
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