Quick Facts
Born:
1943-01-04
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits:
22 Total Roles
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Acting
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Biography
Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator.
Goodwin has written biographies of several U.S. presidents, including Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream; The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga; Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; and The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995.
Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington.
Goodwin has written biographies of several U.S. presidents, including Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream; The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga; Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; and The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995.
Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington.
Known For
The Simpsons
Doris Kearns Goodwin (voice)
American Horror Story
Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Daily Show
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Spielberg
Self
The Colbert Report
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kevin Costner's The West TV | Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian |
| 2022 | Abraham Lincoln TV | Self (Commentary) |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover TV | Self |
| 2017 | Spielberg MOVIE | Self |
| 2017 | The Obama Years: The Power of Words MOVIE | Self - Historian |
| 2017 | Presidents In Crisis MOVIE | Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV | Self |
| 2014 | Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All MOVIE | Self |
| 2014 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History TV | Self - Historian |
| 2011 | American Horror Story TV | Doris Kearns Goodwin |