Biography

The Astors: High Society (Season 8, Episode 72)

TV-14

TV Episode | 47 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Their name is synonymous with wealth and glamour. Their saga is marked by five generations of tragedy, family feuds and philanthropy.

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Sep 10, 1996 (United States)

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
John Jacob Astor Self (This Is John Jacob Astor Vi) (archive footage) Self (This Is John Jacob Astor Vi) (archive footage) See fewer	Col. John Jacob Astor, Staff and Veterans of the Spanish-American War (1899)
Mrs. Vincent Astor Self Self See fewer	Bill Cunningham: New York (2010)
Nancy Astor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Regal Cavalcade (1935)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Charles Dickens Self (photo) Self (photo) See fewer	Great Expectations (1946)
Brendan Gill Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Playdate (1961)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)