Eleanor, First Lady of the World

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1982

1h 40m

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Eleanor Roosevelt (Jean Stapleton) becomes a U.N. delegate after the 1945 death of her husband the president.

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An enchanting movie with the most surprising performance by the stellar Jean Stapleton. She takes a great lady enshrined in history, and makes her most human, in this post war, post FDR movie. She became a delegate at Truman's behest and asked for a declaration of human rights, which of course, fails. Instead of an all encompassing biography of the former first lady, we have a slice of her life post first lady and we see a great human being, a great diplomat, and a fierce woman that all women should study.

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John Erman

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Jean Stapleton

Eleanor Roosevelt

E.G. Marshall

John Foster Dulles

Coral Browne

Lady Reading

Joyce Van Patten

`'Tommy'` Thompson

Gail Strickland

Anna Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt (Jean Stapleton) becomes a U.N. delegate after the 1945 death of her husband the president.

Director: John Erman
Producer: Virginia L. Carter, Fern Feld
Screenwriter: Caryl Ledner
Production Co: Embassy Television
Rating: G
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 40m

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