The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

DocumentaryHistory2014TV-PG7 episodes1 seasonMiniseries

First aired: 2014-09-14

Synopsis

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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Casting

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