TV series · 1979
Backstairs at the White House
“The classic miniseries about two remarkable women and the eight First Families they served”
First aired 29 January 1979 Drama / War & Politics TMDB ↗
Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
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Celeste Holm
as Florence Harding
Kim Hunter
as Ellen Wilson
Julie Harris
as Helen 'Nellie' Taft
Leslie Nielsen
as Ike Hoover
Cloris Leachman
as Mrs. Jaffray
Robert Vaughn
as Pres. Woodrow Wilson
Ed Flanders
as Pres. Calvin Coolidge
Robert Hooks
as John Mays
Paul Winfield
as Emmett Rogers Sr.
Olivia Cole
as Maggie Rogers
Leslie Uggams
as Lillian Rogers Parks
Everyone else (17) ↓
Barry Sullivan
as Atty. Gen. Harry Daugherty
John Randolph
as Mr. Johnson
Eileen Heckart
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Jan Sterling
as Lou Hoover
John Anderson
as Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Duggan
as Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Kennedy
as Pres. Warren G. Harding
Lee Grant
as Grace Coolidge
Helena Carroll
as Annie Gilhooley, First Maid
Dana Wynter
as Mrs. Colgate
Claire Bloom
as Edith Galt Wilson
Hari Rhodes
as Coates, Butler
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Levi Mercer, Houseman
Victor Buono
as Pres. William Howard Taft
Harrison Page
as Wheatley Parks
James A. Watson, Jr
as Fraser, Houseman
Kathleen Doyle
as Bridgit