Doris Kearns Goodwin
January 4, 1943 (82 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
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- 2022 ·Abraham Lincolnas Self (Commentary)
- 2018 ·Firing Line with Margaret Hooveras Self
- 2017 ·Spielbergas Self
- 2017 ·The Obama Years: The Power of Wordsas Self - Historian
- 2017 ·Presidents In Crisisas
- 2015 ·The Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self
- 2014 ·Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It Allas Self
- 2014 ·The Roosevelts: An Intimate Historyas Self - Historian
- 2011 ·American Horror Storyas Doris Kearns Goodwin
- 2010 ·Baseball: The Tenth Inningas Self
- 2005 ·The Colbert Reportas
- 2005 ·The Late Late Show with Craig Fergusonas Self
- 1996 ·The Daily Showas Self
- 1994 ·Baseballas Self
- 1993 ·Late Night with Conan O'Brienas Self - Guest
- 1992 ·The Tonight Show with Jay Lenoas
- 1989 ·The Simpsonsas Doris Kearns Goodwin (voice)
- 1980 ·CNN Special Reportas Self
- 1962 ·The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas Self
- 1947 ·Meet the Pressas