Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
![Leslie Uggams](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4684-leslie-uggams.webp)
Leslie Uggams
Lillian Rogers / Lillian Rogers Parks
![Olivia Cole](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/83908-olivia-cole.webp)
Olivia Cole
Maggie Rogers
![Louis Gossett Jr.](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4317-louis-gossett-jr.webp)
Louis Gossett Jr.
Houseman Levi Mercer
![Leslie Nielsen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9064-leslie-nielsen.webp)
Leslie Nielsen
Ike Hoover
![Robert Hooks](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6684-robert-hooks.webp)
Robert Hooks
Doorman and Presidential Barber John Mays / Chief Barber John Mays
![Gwen Bagni](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gwen Bagni
Writer
![Cloris Leachman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8898-cloris-leachman.webp)
Cloris Leachman
Mrs. Jaffray
![Paul Dubov](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26656-paul-dubov.webp)
Paul Dubov
Writer
![Paul Winfield](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2060-paul-winfield.webp)
Paul Winfield
Emmett Rogers Sr.
![Bill Overton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bill Overton
Doorman Jackson
![Julie Harris](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/32458-julie-harris.webp)
Julie Harris
Helen 'Nellie' Taft
![David Downing](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/95865-david-downing.webp)
David Downing
Butler Dixon
![Victor Buono](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3600-victor-buono.webp)
Victor Buono
Pres. William Howard Taft
![Robert Vaughn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4426-robert-vaughn.webp)
Robert Vaughn
Pres. Woodrow Wilson
![Celeste Holm](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37590-celeste-holm.webp)
Celeste Holm
Mrs. Florence Harding
![Kim Hunter](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3550-kim-hunter.webp)
Kim Hunter
Ellen Wilson
![Lee Grant](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3036-lee-grant.webp)
Lee Grant
Mrs. Grace Coolidge
![Claire Bloom](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40095-claire-bloom.webp)
Claire Bloom
Edith Galt Wilson
![George Kennedy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3354-george-kennedy.webp)
George Kennedy
Pres. Warren G. Harding
![Ed Flanders](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4177-ed-flanders.webp)
Ed Flanders
Pres. Calvin Coolidge
![Larry Gates](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3039-larry-gates.webp)
Larry Gates
Pres. Herbert Hoover
![Jan Sterling](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40287-jan-sterling.webp)
Jan Sterling
Lou Hoover
![Eileen Heckart](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37382-eileen-heckart.webp)
Eileen Heckart
Eleanor Roosevelt
![John Anderson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/138-john-anderson.webp)
John Anderson
Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
![Harry Morgan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/35988-harry-morgan.webp)
Harry Morgan
Pres. Harry S. Truman
![Estelle Parsons](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36478-estelle-parsons.webp)
Estelle Parsons
Bess Truman
![Barbara Barrie](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/33660-barbara-barrie.webp)
Barbara Barrie
Mamie Eisenhower
![Andrew Duggan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19658-andrew-duggan.webp)
Andrew Duggan
Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower
![Hari Rhodes](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3581-hari-rhodes.webp)
Hari Rhodes
Coates, Butler
![Helena Carroll](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/254033-helena-carroll.webp)
Helena Carroll
Annie Gilhooley, First Maid
![James A. Watson, Jr](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9080-james-a-watson-jr.webp)
James A. Watson, Jr
Fraser, Houseman
![Dana Wynter](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/15314-dana-wynter.webp)
Dana Wynter
Mrs. Colgate
![John Randolph](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3558-john-randolph.webp)
John Randolph
Mr. Johnson
![Barry Sullivan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/23630-barry-sullivan.webp)
Barry Sullivan
Atty. Gen. Harry Daugherty
![Ford Rainey](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4870-ford-rainey.webp)
Ford Rainey
Navy Secretary
![Diane Shalet](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/408354-diane-shalet.webp)
Diane Shalet
Mrs. Long, Housekeeper
![Kathleen Doyle](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/62195-kathleen-doyle.webp)
Kathleen Doyle
Bridgit
![Harrison Page](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/18489-harrison-page.webp)
Harrison Page
Wheatley Parks
![Tom Clancy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tom Clancy
Alexander Woolcott
![Richard Roat](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Richard Roat
Krim, Chief Usher
Media.
![Backstairs at the White House](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/63818-backstairs-at-the-white-house.webp)
Details.
Release DateJanuary 29, 1979
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes4
Running Time2h 15m
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Backstairs at the White House is a 1979 NBC television miniseries based on the 1961 book My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House by Lillian Rogers Parks (with Frances Spatz Leighton). The series, produced by Ed Friendly Productions, is the story of behind-the-scenes workings of the White House and the relationship between the staff and the First Families.
This mini-series was nominated for 11 Emmy Awards in 31st Primetime Emmy Awards, winning for Outstanding Achievement in Make-up (Mark Bussan, Tommy Cole and Ron Walters) and nominated for Outstanding Limited Series (Ed Friendly, Executive Producer; Ed Friendly, Producer; Michael O'Herlihy, Producer), Best Actress (Olivia Cole), Best Actor (Louis Gossett Jr.), Best Supporting Actress (both Eileen Heckart and Celeste Holm), Best Supporting Actor (both Ed Flanders and Robert Vaughn), Outstanding Teleplay (Part 1) (Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov), Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration (Part 1) (Richard Y. Haman, Art Director; Anne D. McCulley, Set Decorator), and Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling (Susan Germaine, Lola Kemp and Vivian McAteer).
The series was notable for its all-star cast: Leslie Uggams starred as Lillian Rogers Parks and Olivia Cole played her mother Maggie Rogers. Other White House staffers were played by Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Hooks, Cloris Leachman, Leslie Nielsen, and Hari Rhodes. The first episode featured Paul Winfield as Emmett Rogers Sr.
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