The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

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.

Cast for The Roosevelts: An Intimate History...

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