Plot
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.
Cast
as John F. Kennedy
as Ted Kennedy
as Martin Luther King Jr.
as Lyndon B. Johnson
as Pierre Salinger
as Richard Paul Pavlick
as Peter Lawford
as Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer
as Eunice Shriver
as Stephen Smith
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
November 20, 1983
Last Aired Date
November 20, 1983
Production Companies
ITV Central
Alan Landsburg Productions
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
7
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