Backdrop

Backstairs at the White House

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

1979 |1 Season  | 2h 15m |  Drama, War & Politics

Cast

cast

Olivia Cole

Maggie Rogers

cast

Leslie Uggams

Lillian Rogers Parks

cast

Louis Gossett Jr.

Levi Mercer, Houseman

cast

Robert Hooks

John Mays

cast

Leslie Nielsen

Ike Hoover

cast

Cloris Leachman

Mrs. Jaffray

cast

Paul Winfield

Emmett Rogers Sr.

cast

Julie Harris

Helen 'Nellie' Taft

cast

Victor Buono

Pres. William Howard Taft

cast

Robert Vaughn

Pres. Woodrow Wilson

cast

Kim Hunter

Ellen Wilson

cast

Claire Bloom

Edith Galt Wilson

cast

Celeste Holm

Florence Harding

cast

George Kennedy

Pres. Warren G. Harding

cast

Ed Flanders

Pres. Calvin Coolidge

cast

Lee Grant

Grace Coolidge

cast

Larry Gates

Pres. Herbert Hoover

cast

Jan Sterling

Lou Hoover

cast

Eileen Heckart

Eleanor Roosevelt

cast

John Anderson

Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

cast

Harry Morgan

Pres. Harry S. Truman

cast

Estelle Parsons

Bess Truman

cast

Barbara Barrie

Mamie Eisenhower

cast

Andrew Duggan

Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower

cast

Hari Rhodes

Coates, Butler

cast

Helena Carroll

Annie Gilhooley, First Maid

cast

David Downing

Dixon, Butler

cast

James A. Watson, Jr

Fraser, Houseman

cast

Dana Wynter

Mrs. Colgate

cast

John Randolph

Mr. Johnson

cast

Barry Sullivan

Atty. Gen. Harry Daugherty

cast

Ford Rainey

Navy Secretary

cast

Diane Shalet

Mrs. Long, Housekeeper

cast

Kathleen Doyle

Bridgit

cast

Harrison Page

Wheatley Parks

cast

Louise Latham

Miss Nesbitt, Housekeeper

More Details

Creator

Paul Dubov

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

NBC