
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
5.9|29 Jan, 1979|135 min
The classic miniseries about two remarkable women and the eight First Families they served
5.9|29 Jan, 1979|135 min
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Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
Seasons
Season 1 (1979)4
Keywords
the white house
miniseries
historical drama
usa politics
domestic worker
Casts

Olivia Cole
Maggie Rogers

Leslie Uggams
Lillian Rogers Parks

Louis Gossett Jr.
Levi Mercer, Houseman

Robert Hooks
John Mays

Leslie Nielsen
Ike Hoover

Cloris Leachman
Mrs. Jaffray

Paul Winfield
Emmett Rogers Sr.

Julie Harris
Helen 'Nellie' Taft

Victor Buono
Pres. William Howard Taft

Robert Vaughn
Pres. Woodrow Wilson

Kim Hunter
Ellen Wilson

Claire Bloom
Edith Galt Wilson

Celeste Holm
Florence Harding

George Kennedy
Pres. Warren G. Harding

Ed Flanders
Pres. Calvin Coolidge

Lee Grant
Grace Coolidge

Larry Gates
Pres. Herbert Hoover

Jan Sterling
Lou Hoover

Eileen Heckart
Eleanor Roosevelt

John Anderson
Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Harry Morgan
Pres. Harry S. Truman

Estelle Parsons
Bess Truman

Barbara Barrie
Mamie Eisenhower

Andrew Duggan
Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hari Rhodes
Coates, Butler
Bill Overton
Jackson, Doorman

Helena Carroll
Annie Gilhooley, First Maid

David Downing
Dixon, Butler

James A. Watson, Jr
Fraser, Houseman

Dana Wynter
Mrs. Colgate

John Randolph
Mr. Johnson

Barry Sullivan
Atty. Gen. Harry Daugherty

Ford Rainey
Navy Secretary

Diane Shalet
Mrs. Long, Housekeeper

Kathleen Doyle
Bridgit

Harrison Page
Wheatley Parks

Tom Clancy
Alexander Woolcott
Richard Roat
Krim, Chief Usher

Louise Latham
Miss Nesbitt, Housekeeper
Marged Wakeley
Mrs. Walker, Housekeeper
Crews

Paul Dubov
Writer

Ed Friendly
Executive Producer
Michael O'Herlihy
Producer
Gwen Bagni
Writer
Michael O'Herlihy
Director
Robert L. Morrison
Director of Photography
Richard Y. Haman
Art Direction

Bill Thomas
Costume Design
Robert Enrietto
Associate Producer
Lillian Rogers Parks
Book

Ed Friendly
Producer
Anne D. McCulley
Set Decoration
Morton Stevens
Music
Paul LaMastra
Editor
Frances Spatz Leighton
Book
Roy E. Peterson
Editor
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