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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

  • Documentary
  • History
  • War & Politics

1 Seasons

undefined minutes per episode

Ended

2014 - 2014

7.9

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.

Cast

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)

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