Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Leslie Uggams
Lillian Rogers / Lillian Rogers Parks
Olivia Cole
Maggie Rogers
Louis Gossett Jr.
Houseman Levi Mercer
Leslie Nielsen
Ike Hoover
Robert Hooks
Doorman and Presidential Barber John Mays / Chief Barber John Mays
Gwen Bagni
Writer
Cloris Leachman
Mrs. Jaffray
Paul Dubov
Writer
Paul Winfield
Emmett Rogers Sr.
Bill Overton
Doorman Jackson
Julie Harris
Helen 'Nellie' Taft
David Downing
Butler Dixon
Victor Buono
Pres. William Howard Taft
Robert Vaughn
Pres. Woodrow Wilson
Celeste Holm
Mrs. Florence Harding
Kim Hunter
Ellen Wilson
Lee Grant
Mrs. Grace Coolidge
Claire Bloom
Edith Galt Wilson
George Kennedy
Pres. Warren G. Harding
Ed Flanders
Pres. Calvin 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
Helena Carroll
Annie Gilhooley, First Maid
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
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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.