Backstairs at the White House (1979)

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.

Backstairs at the White House

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as Maggie Rogers

as Lillian Rogers Parks

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Levi Mercer, Houseman

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

as Mrs. Jaffray

as Emmett Rogers Sr.

as Helen 'Nellie' Taft

as Pres. William Howard Taft

as Pres. Woodrow Wilson

as Ellen Wilson

as Edith Galt Wilson

as Florence Harding

as Pres. Warren G. Harding

as Pres. Calvin Coolidge

as Grace Coolidge

as Pres. Herbert Hoover

as Eleanor Roosevelt

as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

as Pres. Harry S. Truman

Estelle Parsons

Estelle Parsons

as Mamie Eisenhower

as Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Coates, Butler

as Jackson, Doorman

as Annie Gilhooley, First Maid

as Dixon, Butler

James A. Watson, Jr

James A. Watson, Jr

as Fraser, Houseman

as Mrs. Colgate

as Atty. Gen. Harry Daugherty

as Navy Secretary

as Mrs. Long, Housekeeper

as Wheatley Parks

as Alexander Woolcott

as Krim, Chief Usher

as Miss Nesbitt, Housekeeper

as Mrs. Walker, Housekeeper

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