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Doris Kearns Goodwin
AKA: Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin
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Born: 1943
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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
Kevin Costner's The West
Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian
2025 · US
FDR
Executive Producer
2023 · US
Abraham Lincoln
Self (Commentary)
2022 · US
Washington
Executive Producer
2020 · US
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Self
2018 · US
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015 · US
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Self - Historian
2014 · US
American Horror Story
Doris Kearns Goodwin
2011 · US
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Costner's The West | 2025 | Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian |
| Kevin Costner's The West | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| FDR | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Abraham Lincoln | 2022 | Self (Commentary) |
| Abraham Lincoln | 2022 | Novel |
| Washington | 2020 | Executive Producer |
| Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | 2018 | Self |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2015 | Self |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | 2014 | Self - Historian |
| American Horror Story | 2011 | Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| Baseball: The Tenth Inning | 2010 | Self |
| The Colbert Report | 2005 | Self |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2005 | Self |
| The Daily Show | 1996 | Self |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1993 | Self - Guest |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1992 | Contributor |
| The Simpsons | 1989 | Doris Kearns Goodwin (voice) |
| American Experience | 1988 | Self |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1962 | Self |
| Meet the Press | 1947 | Contributor |