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Backstairs at the White House

5.9

TV Series (1979 - 1979)Runtime 2h 15min

Number of seasons 1Total episodes 4

The classic miniseries about two remarkable women and the eight First Families they served

Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.

Genre

Drama

War & Politics

Networks

NBC

Production Companies

Ed Friendly Productions

Production Countries

United States of America

Created By

Paul Dubov

Gwen Bagni

Episodes

Season

Cast

Olivia ColeMaggie Rogers

Leslie UggamsLillian Rogers Parks

Louis Gossett Jr.Levi Mercer, Houseman

Robert HooksJohn Mays

Leslie NielsenIke Hoover

Cloris LeachmanMrs. Jaffray

Paul WinfieldEmmett Rogers Sr.

Julie HarrisHelen 'Nellie' Taft

Victor BuonoPres. William Howard Taft

Robert VaughnPres. Woodrow Wilson

Kim HunterEllen Wilson

Claire BloomEdith Galt Wilson

Celeste HolmFlorence Harding

George KennedyPres. Warren G. Harding

Ed FlandersPres. Calvin Coolidge

Lee GrantGrace Coolidge

Larry GatesPres. Herbert Hoover

Jan SterlingLou Hoover

Eileen HeckartEleanor Roosevelt

John AndersonPres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Harry MorganPres. Harry S. Truman

Estelle ParsonsBess Truman

Barbara BarrieMamie Eisenhower

Andrew DugganPres. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hari RhodesCoates, Butler

Bill OvertonJackson, Doorman

Helena CarrollAnnie Gilhooley, First Maid

David DowningDixon, Butler

James A. Watson, JrFraser, Houseman

Dana WynterMrs. Colgate

John RandolphMr. Johnson

Barry SullivanAtty. Gen. Harry Daugherty

Ford RaineyNavy Secretary

Diane ShaletMrs. Long, Housekeeper

Kathleen DoyleBridgit

Harrison PageWheatley Parks

Tom ClancyAlexander Woolcott

Richard RoatKrim, Chief Usher

Louise LathamMiss Nesbitt, Housekeeper

Marged WakeleyMrs. Walker, Housekeeper

Crew

Michael O'HerlihyDirector

Gwen BagniWriter

Paul DubovWriter

Lillian Rogers ParksBook

Frances Spatz LeightonBook

Ed FriendlyExecutive Producer

Michael O'HerlihyProducer

Robert EnriettoAssociate Producer

Ed FriendlyProducer

Morton StevensMusic

Robert L. MorrisonDirector of Photography

Bill ThomasCostume Design

Anne D. McCulleySet Decoration

Richard Y. HamanArt Direction

Paul LaMastraEditor

Roy E. PetersonEditor

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