The Roosevelts: An Intimate History's primary photo
  • The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014–2014)
  • TV-14
    TV Mini-series | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014–2014)
TV-14
TV Mini-series | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Weaves together the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics.
Seasons
1   See all
Director
Ken Burns
Producers
Jim Corbley (producer) | Erik Ewers (producer) | Katie Wilson (producer) | Ken Burns (producer) & 3 more
Composer
David Cieri
Cinematographers
Allen Moore | Buddy Squires
Editors
Erik Ewers (supervising editor) | Paul Barnes | Tricia Reidy | Daniel J. White
See all filmmakers & crew
Trending & News

Become a member to see MOVIEmeter and news information about The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.
Status
Edit Released
Updated Sep 14, 2014
Release date (First episode)
Sep 14, 2014 (United States)
Awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.

Cast

 + Add Cast
79 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
7
The President's Mystery (1936)
Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
7
Simple Gifts (1978)
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
7
Bitter Moon (1992)
Paul Giamatti
Self - Theodore Roosevelt Self - Theodore Roosevelt   See fewer
7
Sideways (2004)
George F. Will
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
7
Baseball (1994)
Geoffrey C. Ward
Self - Biographer Self - Biographer   See fewer
7
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
7
Lincoln (2012)
Meryl Streep
Self - Eleanor Roosevelt (voice) Self - Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)   See fewer
7
Out of Africa (1985)
Edward Herrmann
Self - Franklin Roosevelt (voice) Self - Franklin Roosevelt (voice)   See fewer
7
Overboard (1987)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
6
Women in Defense (1941)
John Lithgow
Self - Miscelleaneous / Self - James Roosevelt (voice) Self - Miscelleaneous / Self - James Roosevelt (voice)   See fewer
6
The World According to Garp (1982)
Kevin Conway
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
5
Gettysburg (1993)
Patricia Clarkson
Self - Daisy Suckley / Self - Margaret 'Daisy' Suckley (voice) Self - Daisy Suckley / Self - Margaret 'Daisy' Suckley (voice)   See fewer
5
The Station Agent (2003)
David McCullough
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
5
Seabiscuit (2003)
H.W. Brands
Self - Biographer Self - Biographer   See fewer
5
The American West (2016)
Jon Meacham
Self Self   See fewer
5
The Front Runner (2018)
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Self - Biographer Self - Biographer   See fewer
5
The First Lady (2022)
Jonathan Alter
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
4
Alpha House (2013)
Pamela Reed
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
3
Proof of Life (2000)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
3
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Marguerite LeHand
Self (archive footage) (as Missy LeHand) Self (archive footage) (as Missy LeHand)   See fewer
3
Clay Jenkinson
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
3
The American Buffalo (2023)
Amy Madigan
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
3
Streets of Fire (1984)
Joanne Tucker
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
3
The Report (I) (2019)
Billy Bob Thornton
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
2
Sling Blade (1996)
Ed Harris
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
2
Appaloosa (2008)
Keith Carradine
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
2
Nashville (1975)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin)   See fewer
2
One Inch from Victory (1944)
Woodrow Wilson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
George C. Marshall
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Victory at Sea (1952)
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Launch of the Kaiser's Yacht 'Meteor' (1902)
Harry Hopkins
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Krymskaya konferentsiya (1945)
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) (as Sarah Roosevelt) Self (archive footage) (as Sarah Roosevelt)   See fewer
2
Women in the White House (2009)
Margaret Suckley
Self (archive footage) (as Daisy Suckley) Self (archive footage) (as Daisy Suckley)   See fewer
2
Fala: The President's Dog (1943)
William Leuchtenburg
Self - Historian (as William E. Leuchtenburg) Self - Historian (as William E. Leuchtenburg)   See fewer
2
Baseball (1994)
Patricia O'Toole
Self - Biographer Self - Biographer   See fewer
2
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Eli Wallach
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
2
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Marion Dunn
Self - Warm Springs / Self - Push Boy Self - Warm Springs / Self - Push Boy   See fewer
2
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Edna Gurewitsch
Self - Family Friend Self - Family Friend   See fewer
2
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Dorothy Height
Self - Civil Rights Activist Self - Civil Rights Activist   See fewer
2
Before the Memories Fade: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement (2012)
Josh Lucas
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
1
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Carl Lumbly
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
1
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Carolyn McCormick
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
1
Law & Order (1990)
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Self - Wilson (archive footage) Self - Wilson (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Dark Victory (1939)
Alexander Knox
Self - Wilson (archive footage) Self - Wilson (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Wilson (1944)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Matinee Theatre (1955)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Hundred Days (1935)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Royal Banners Over Ottawa (1939)
King George VI
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' (1943)
Charles A. Lindbergh
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Hirohito
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Arrivée du prince du Japon Hiro Hito (1921)
J.P. Morgan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Mutual Weekly, No. 3 (1913)
Herbert Hoover
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Public Be Damned (1917)
William F. Halsey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Showtime, U.S.A. (1950)
Calvin Coolidge
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Screen Snapshots, Series 9, No. 14 (1930)
Frances Perkins
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Hearst-Pathé News, No. 43 (1917)
William Howard Taft
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The President's Pardon (1913)
William Jennings Bryan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Prohibition (1915)
Henry L. Stimson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped (1995)
Lucy Mercer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Warren G. Harding
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Selig-Tribune, No. 30 (1916)
Wendell Willkie
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
World Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Buddy Baer (1942)
James Roosevelt Jr.
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The American President (2000)
Evan Thomas
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
1
Untitled Robert F. Kennedy Project
Mary McLeod Bethune
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Frank Knox
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Al Smith
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
James M. Cox
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
For the People (1914)
Lorena Hickock
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Massimiliano Pala
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
1
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Louis Howe
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Michael Klug
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
1
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Earl Miller
Self (archive footage) (as Corpoal Earl Miller) Self (archive footage) (as Corpoal Earl Miller)   See fewer
1
Anna Seagraves
Self (archive footage) (as Anna Roosevelt Dall) Self (archive footage) (as Anna Roosevelt Dall)   See fewer
1
Suzanne Pike
Self - Former Patient Self - Former Patient   See fewer
1
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Kathleen Dalton
Self - Biographer Self - Biographer   See fewer
1
Theodore Roosevelt (2022)
Candice Millard
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
1
Death by Lightning (2025)
Adam Arkin
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
1
Get Shorty (2017)
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.

MOVIEmeter

Members only

Become a member to access additional data

Ratings Breakdown

6 external reviews & 6 more links