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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History(2014)
77%
37 Votes
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.
Type: Miniseries
Status: Ended
Languages: English
Countries:
United States of America
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Top 10 Billed 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)
John Lithgow
James Roosevelt (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
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