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