
Kennedy is a five-hour miniseries written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard. The miniseries was produced by Central Independent Television and originally aired in the United States starting on 20 November 1983 around the time of the 20th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. The TV miniseries was a biography of the 1961-1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy. The mini-series stars Martin Sheen as President John F. Kennedy, John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy, Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy, E.G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy, Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover and Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith amongst many others. The series was broadcast on NBC, and was also sold to 50 Countries, with 27 of them broadcasting the series simultaneous. The series was nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 4 BAFTA, and won Baftas for Best Drama Series and Best Make Up.
First Aired: 11/20/1983
Languages: English
Type: Miniseries
Companies: ITV Central, Alan Landsburg Productions
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
The momentous presidential years and the lives, loves, and triumphs of one of the most controversial families of the twentieth-century.

Martin Sheen
John F. Kennedy

Kevin Conroy
Ted Kennedy

Nesbitt Blaisdell
Lyndon B. Johnson

Peter Boyden
Pierre Salinger

Kent Broadhurst
Richard Paul Pavlick
James Burge
Peter Lawford

William Cain
Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer

Joanne Camp
Eunice Shriver

Kelsey Grammer
Stephen Smith
Veronica Castang
Evelyn Lincoln

Frances Conroy
Jean Smith
Al Conti
Sargent Shriver
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