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.

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Overview

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)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)