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DORIS KEARNS

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Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator.
BORN January 4, 1943
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HEIGHT 5'8" (1.73 m)
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NATIONALITY American
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YEARS ACTIVE 1947 – Present
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN

🏆 AWARDS & ACCOLADES

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1990
ACADEMY AWARDS

Best Lead Performance (The Simpsons)

WINNER
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1963
GOLDEN GLOBES

Best Actor/Actress in a Motion Picture (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson)

WINNER
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1997
BAFTA FILM AWARDS

Outstanding Cinematic Achievement (The Daily Show)

WINNER
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2016
CRITICS' CHOICE

Best Performance (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)

WINNER

👤 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.

🗉 QUICK FACTS

  • Nick Name Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin
  • Born January 4, 1943
  • Height 5'8" (1.73 m)
  • Nationality American
  • Citizenship American
  • Education Studied Dramatic Arts / Private performance training
  • Current Status Active (Recently in Kevin Costner's The West)
  • Years Active 1947 – Present
  • Occupation Actress
  • Family Background Private Family Background
  • Early Career Began active theatrical and commercial performances in early adulthood.
  • Partner Private
  • Children 2
  • Social

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