Plot: FDR brings the same optimism and energy to the White House that his cousin Theodore displayed. Aimed at ending the Depression, his sweeping New Deal restores the people’s self-confidence and transforms the relationship between them and their government
Cast
Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)Peter Coyote was 72 in The Roosevelts An Intimate History - Season 1 - The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Episode 5).
Birthday: Fri, Oct 10 1941
David McCulloughSelf - HistorianDavid McCullough was 81 in The Roosevelts An Intimate History - Season 1 - The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Episode 5).
Birthday: Fri, Jul 07 1933
Sun, Aug 07 2022
Sun, Aug 07 2022
Meryl StreepEleanor Roosevelt (voice)Meryl Streep was 65 in The Roosevelts An Intimate History - Season 1 - The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Episode 5).
Birthday: Wed, Jun 22 1949
Edward HerrmannFranklin Roosevelt (voice)Edward Herrmann was 71 in The Roosevelts An Intimate History - Season 1 - The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Episode 5).
Birthday: Wed, Jul 21 1943
Wed, Dec 31 2014
Wed, Dec 31 2014
Paul GiamattiTheodore Roosevelt (voice)Paul Giamatti was 47 in The Roosevelts An Intimate History - Season 1 - The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Episode 5).
Birthday: Tue, Jun 06 1967
Theodore RooseveltSelf (archive footage)Theodore Roosevelt would be no older than 60 in The Roosevelts An Intimate History - Season 1 - The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Episode 5).
Birthday: Wed, Oct 27 1858
Mon, Jan 06 1919
Mon, Jan 06 1919
Doris Kearns GoodwinSelf - HistorianDoris Kearns Goodwin was 71 in The Roosevelts An Intimate History - Season 1 - The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Episode 5).
Birthday: Mon, Jan 04 1943
Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)Franklin D. Roosevelt would be no older than 63 in The Roosevelts An Intimate History - Season 1 - The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Episode 5).
Birthday: Mon, Jan 30 1882
Thu, Apr 12 1945
Thu, Apr 12 1945
John LithgowJames Roosevelt (voice)John Lithgow was 68 in The Roosevelts An Intimate History - Season 1 - The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Episode 5).
Birthday: Fri, Oct 19 1945
Eleanor RooseveltSelf (archive footage)Eleanor Roosevelt would be no older than 78 in The Roosevelts An Intimate History - Season 1 - The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Episode 5).
Birthday: Sat, Oct 11 1884
Wed, Nov 07 1962
Wed, Nov 07 1962