The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
September 14, 2014
1 Season
7 Episodes
TV-PG
Ended
Documentary
History
War & Politics
7.7
User Score
37 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Ended
Created by:
Ken Burns
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Network:
PBS
Aired:
2014–2014
Top Cast
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
David McCullough
Self - Historian
Meryl Streep
Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
Edward Herrmann
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
Paul Giamatti
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self - Historian
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
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