Doris Kearns Goodwin
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.
Known For
TV
The Simpsons
Doris Kearns Goodwin (voice)
1989
TV
The Daily Show
Self
1996
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
TV
American Horror Story
Doris Kearns Goodwin
2011
TV
The Colbert Report
Self
2005
TV
Kevin Costner's The West
Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian
2025
TV
American Experience
Self
1988
TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
TV
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Self
2018
TV
Meet the Press
1947
TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TV
Baseball
Self
1994
TV
CNN Special Report
Self
1980
Film
Spielberg
Self
2017
TV
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Self - Historian
2014
TV
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Self
2010
TV
Abraham Lincoln
Self (Commentary)
2022
Film
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Self
2017
Filmography
2025TVKevin Costner's The Westas Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian2022TVAbraham Lincolnas Self (Commentary)2018TVFiring Line with Margaret Hooveras Self2017FilmSpielbergas Self2017FilmJFK: The Lost Inaugural Galaas Self2017FilmThe Obama Years: The Power of Wordsas Self - Historian2017FilmPresidents In Crisis2015TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self2014FilmBombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It Allas Self2014TVThe Roosevelts: An Intimate Historyas Self - Historian2011TVAmerican Horror Storyas Doris Kearns Goodwin2010TVBaseball: The Tenth Inningas Self2005TVThe Colbert Reportas Self2005TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Fergusonas Self1996TVThe Daily Showas Self1994TVBaseballas Self1993TVLate Night with Conan O'Brienas Self - Guest1992TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno1989TVThe Simpsonsas Doris Kearns Goodwin (voice)1988TVAmerican Experienceas Self1980TVCNN Special Reportas Self1962TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas Self1947TVMeet the Press