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Eleanor and Franklin (miniseries)

Eleanor and Franklin is a 1976 American television miniseries starring Edward Herrmann as Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) and Jane Alexander as Eleanor Roosevelt which was broadcast on ABC on January 11 and 12, 1976. It is the first part in a two-part "biopic" miniseries based on Joseph P. Lash's biography and history from 1971, Eleanor and Franklin, based on their correspondence and recently opened archives. Joseph Lash was Eleanor's personal secretary and confidant. He wrote several books on the Roosevelts including some on both Eleanor and Franklin individually and was also a controversial activist in his own right in leftist, liberalism, social and labor issues of the era.

Cast
Edward HerrmannFranklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) • Jane AlexanderEleanor RooseveltRosemary MurphySara Delano Roosevelt, FDR's mother • Pamela FranklinAnna Hall Roosevelt, Eleanor's mother • David HuffmanElliott Roosevelt I, Eleanor's father • Irene Tedrow — Mary Ludlow Hall, Eleanor's grandmother who raised her • John BurnettHall Roosevelt, Eleanor's brother and nephew to Theodore RooseveltLinda KelseyLucy Mercer, FDR's mistress • William PhippsTheodore Roosevelt, Uncle to Eleanor, 5th cousin once removed of FDR and 26th President of the United StatesLinda PurlAlice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Teddy, Eleanor's 1st cousin • Devon EricsonCorinne Robinson, Teddy's niece and 1st cousin to Eleanor and Alice • Teresa SteenhoekAnna Roosevelt Halsted, FDR's daughter • Lilia SkalaMarie Souvestre, Teacher, mentor, close friend of Eleanor's from Allenswood Boarding AcademyEd FlandersLouis Howe, intimate friend and political advisor to FDR and Eleanor • Arthur Adams — Arthur Prettyman, FDR's personal valet • Helen KleebMargaret Daisy Suckley, neighbor, friend, 6th cousin of FDR • Peggy McCayGrace Tully, private secretary of FDR • Anna Lee — Laura Delano, FDR's cousin at the Little White House when he passed • Harry HolcombeSteve Early, political advisor to FDR and future White House Press SecretaryNed WilsonEndicott Peabody, FDR's headmaster at Groton's School for Boys and officiated his wedding • Len Wayland — Admiral Ross McIntire, FDR's personal doctor • Lindsay Crouse — Marjorie Bennett, Eleanor's roommate at Allenswood • Edward Winter — Joe McCall, reporter on funeral train with Eleanor • Mackenzie Phillips — Eleanor, age 14 ==DVD==
DVD
Eleanor and Franklin was released on DVD by HBO Video in 2005 as a single disc feature, and in 2013 as a two-disc set with Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years featured on the second disc. ==See also==
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