That White House

**That White House**

**Gallery**

"**That White House**" is the first episode of the first season of *The First Lady*.

## Summary

After Franklin’s sudden polio diagnosis, Eleanor Roosevelt commits to enabling his political future despite pressure from her mother-in-law, Sara. As the Watergate scandal unfolds, Betty Ford unexpectedly becomes Second Lady upon Jerry’s nomination as Vice President and she clashes with his staff over her newly public role. Following the historic 2008 election, Michelle Obama wrestles with the expectations and dangers that Barack and their children face as the first Black family to live in the White House.

## Cast

### Starring

* Viola Davis as Michelle Obama
* Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford
* Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt
* O. T. Fagbenle as Barack Obama
* Dakota Fanning as Susan Ford
* Lily Rabe as Lorena Hickok
* Regina Taylor as Marian Shields Robinson
* with Kiefer Sutherland as Franklin D. Roosevelt
* and Aaron Eckhart as Gerald Ford

### Guest Starring

* Clea DuVall as Malvina Thompson
* Jackie Earle Haley as Louis Howe
* Jayme Lawson as Michelle Obama (young)
* Kate Mulgrew as Susan Sher
* Derek Cecil as Donald Rumsfeld
* Michael Potts as Fraser C. Robinson III
* Rhys Wakefield as Dick Cheney
* and Ellen Burstyn as Sara Roosevelt

### Co-starring

* Jeremy Bobb as Theodore Roosevelt
* Donna Lynne Champlin as Mel Winter
* Vivien Lyra Blair as Little Eleanor Roosevelt
* Tristan Borders as John Roosevelt
* Olivia Cannon as Young Anna Roosevelt
* Tordy Clark as Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
* John Patrick Connor as Radio Operator
* Chuck Cooper as Martin Luther King Sr.
* Kelvin John Davis as Wilson Roosevelt Jerman
* Eric Esquer as Day Drinker
* Tom Galantich as Michael Riordan
* Kathleen Garrett as Laura Bush
* Chelsea Hayes as East Room Aide
* Tiffany Hobbs as Amy Sherald
* Wyatt Hunt as Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.
* Martha King as Rumsfeld Secretary
* Darius Ledbetter as Craig Robinson
* Raphael Luce as Young James Roosevelt
* Judy Ann McDowell as Pat Nixon
* Boris McGiver as Morley Safer
* Jordyn McIntosh as Young Sasha Obama
* Susan Macke Miller as Congressional Club President
* Mark Moses as George W. Bush
* Evan Parke as Secret Service Agent Allen Taylor
* Max Ragone as Elliot Roosevelt Jr.
* Michael Shenefelt as James Roosevelt
* Lancer Shull as Steve Early
* Zane Stephens as Elliot Roosevelt
* Story Walker as Young Malia Obama
* Paul Wilson as Richard Nixon

## Appearances

**By type**

Characters

* George H. W. Bush (portrait only)
* George W. Bush (first appearance)
* Laura Bush (first appearance)
* Dick Cheney (first appearance)
* Betty Ford (first appearance)
* Gerald Ford (first appearance)
* Susan Ford (first appearance)
* Lyndon B. Johnson (portrait only)
* John F. Kennedy (portrait only)
* William McKinley (portrait only)
* Richard Nixon (first appearance)
* Barack Obama (first appearance)
* Malia Obama (first appearance)
* Michelle Obama (first appearance)
* Sasha Obama (first appearance)
* Eleanor Roosevelt (first appearance)
* Elliott Roosevelt (first appearance)
* Franklin D. Roosevelt (first appearance)
* Sara Roosevelt (first appearance)
* Theodore Roosevelt (first appearance)
* Donald Rumsfeld (first appearance)
* William Howard Taft (portrait only)
* Harry S. Truman (portrait only)
* George Washington (portrait only)
* Martha Washington (portrait only)
* Woodrow Wilson (portrait only)

Locations

	+ United States (first appearance)
		- Illinois (first appearance)
			* Chicago (first appearance)
		- New York (first appearance)
			* Tivoli (first appearance)
		- Virginia (first appearance)
			* Alexandria (first appearance)
		- Washington, D.C. (first appearance)
			* United States Capitol (first appearance)
			* Washington Monument (first appearance)
			* White House (first appearance)

Organizations and titles

* President of the United States (first appearance)
* United States Marine Corps (first appearance)

Sentient species

Miscellanea

	+ 1892 (first appearance)
	+ 1921 (first appearance)
	+ 2008 (first appearance)

## Links and references

### External links

* *The First Lady* - "That White House" - official site
* *The First Lady* - "That White House" at the Internet Movie Database

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