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.
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Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice) -
David McCulloughSelf - Historian -
Meryl StreepEleanor Roosevelt (voice) -
Edward HerrmannFranklin Roosevelt (voice) -
Paul GiamattiTheodore Roosevelt (voice) -
Theodore RooseveltSelf (archive footage) -
Doris Kearns GoodwinSelf - Historian -
Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage) -
John LithgowJames Roosevelt (voice) -
Eleanor RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
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