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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.
First Aired
Sep 14, 2014
Last Aired
Sep 20, 2014
Seasons
1
Episodes
7
Network
PBS
Studio
Florentine Films, WETA
Cast
Full credits →P
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
D
David McCullough
Self - Historian
M
Meryl Streep
Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
E
Edward Herrmann
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
P
Paul Giamatti
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
T
Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
D
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self - Historian
F
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
J
John Lithgow
James Roosevelt (voice)
E
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
