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Doris Kearns Goodwin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

January 4, 1943 (age 83)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin

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

Filmography

2025TVKevin Costner's The Westas Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian 2022TVAbraham Lincolnas Self (Commentary)2018TVFiring Line with Margaret Hooveras Self 2017FilmSpielbergas Self 2017FilmThe Obama Years: The Power of Wordsas Self - Historian 2017FilmPresidents In Crisis 2015TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self 2014FilmBombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It Allas Self 2014TVThe Roosevelts: An Intimate Historyas Self - Historian 2011TVAmerican Horror Storyas Doris Kearns Goodwin 2010TVBaseball: The Tenth Inningas Self 2005TVThe Colbert Reportas Self 2005TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Fergusonas Self 1996TVThe Daily Showas Self 1994TVBaseballas Self 1993TVLate Night with Conan O'Brienas Self - Guest 1992TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1989TVThe Simpsonsas Doris Kearns Goodwin (voice)1988TVAmerican Experienceas Self 1980TVCNN Special Reportas Self 1962TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas Self 1947TVMeet the Press