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Kennedy

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.

1983 |1 Season  | 1h 30m |  Drama, War & Politics

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Martin Sheen

John F. Kennedy

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Kevin Conroy

Ted Kennedy

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Nesbitt Blaisdell

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Peter Boyden

Pierre Salinger

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Kent Broadhurst

Richard Paul Pavlick

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William Cain

Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer

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Joanne Camp

Eunice Shriver

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Kelsey Grammer

Stephen Smith

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Frances Conroy

Jean Smith

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John Shea

Robert F. Kennedy

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E.G. Marshall

Joseph P. Kennedy

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Geraldine Fitzgerald

Rose Kennedy

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Vincent Gardenia

J. Edgar Hoover

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Blair Brown

Jacqueline Kennedy

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NBC