Doris Kearns Goodwin

Actor, producer and writer · Born January 4, 1943 (83) · Brooklyn, New York City, 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.

What are Doris Kearns Goodwin's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Society

29%

Self

28%

Morality

26%

Power

11%

Survival

6%

Ambition3 Duty2 Legacy3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative

4

Hopeful

3

Tense

1

Elegiac

1

Bittersweet

1

Other

1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 Rousing2 Hopeful2

How their films end

Happy1
Bittersweet3
Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Doris Kearns Goodwin's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

HISTORY Vault5 titles, show their 5 titles on HISTORY Vault
Curiosity University1 title, show their title on Curiosity University
FOX One1 title, show their title on FOX One

Subscription and free streaming for Doris Kearns Goodwin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

13 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Kevin Costner's the West(2025)
Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
FDR(2023)
Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Abraham Lincoln(2022)
Show 3 episodes · Novel · Producer · as Self (Commentary)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Theodore Roosevelt(2022)
Show Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Washington(2020)
Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Presidents In Crisis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Actor
Lincoln(2012)
Book
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
American Horror Story(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Doris Kearns Goodwin
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
FDR (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Creative Consultant · as Self — Biographer
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 1 episode · Actor
The Kennedys of Massachusetts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Show 3 episodes · Novel
The Simpsons(1989)
Show 1 episode · as Doris Kearns Goodwin (voice)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Book · Producer