Backstairs at the White House (1979 miniseries)

***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.

## Cast

* Leslie Uggams - Lillian Rogers Parks
* Olivia Cole - Maggie Rogers
* Louis Gossett Jr. - Houseman Levi Mercer
* Robert Hooks - Doorman and Presidential Barber John Mays
* Bill Overton - Doorman Jackson
* David Downing - Butler Dixon
* Celeste Holm - Mrs. Florence Harding
* Lee Grant - Mrs. Grace Coolidge
* Larry Gates - President Herbert Hoover
* Jan Sterling - Mrs. Lou Hoover
* Eileen Heckart - Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
* John Anderson - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
* Harry Morgan - President Harry S. Truman
* Estelle Parsons - Mrs. Bess Truman
* Barbara Barrie - Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower
* Andrew Duggan - President Dwight D. Eisenhower
* Leslie Neilson - Chief Usher Ike Hoover
* Hari Rhodes - Butler Coates
* George Kennedy - President Warren G. Harding
* Ed Flanders - President Calvin Coolidge
* Tom Scott - Roach
* Kathleen Doyle - Moira
* Kevin Hooks - Emmett Rogers Jr.
* Helena Carroll - First Maid Annie Gilhooley
* Louise Latham - Housekeeper Nesbitt]]
* James A. Watson Jr. - Houseman Fraser
* Richard Roat - Chief Usher Crim
* Cloris Leachman - Mrs. Jaffray
* Victor Buono - President William Howard Taft
* Kim Hunter - Mrs. Ellen Wilson
* Claire Bloom - Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson
* Diane Shalet - Housekeeper Long
* John Randolph - Senator Albert B. Fall
* Gerry Black - Prettyman
* Bebe Drake - Sevilla
* Lee Kessler - Secretary
* Marged Wakeley - Housekeeper Walker
* Paul Winfield - Emmett Rogers Sr.
* Julie Harris - Mrs. Helen 'Nellie' Taft
* Barry Sullivan - Attorney General Harry Daugherty
* Robert Vaughn - President Woodrow Wilson
* Nancy Morgan - Margaret Truman
* Ann Doran - Ellen Truman
* Heather Angel - Mrs. Wallace
* Harrison Page - Wheatley Parks
* Betty A. Bridges - Vietta
* Tania Johnson - Young Lillian Rogers
* Bibi Besch - Marguerite 'Missy' LeHand
* Murphy Robinson - Young Emmett
* Dana Wynter - Mrs. Colgate
* James Crittenden - Roy Clayton
* Woodrow Parfrey - Louis Howe
* Bill Quinn - Andrew Mellon
* Henry G. Sanders - Moaney
* Anna Mathias - Maureen
* Harry Townes - Judge Jesse Smith
* Tom Clancy - Alexander Woolcott
* Ron Kelly - Secret Service
* Noble Willingham - Charles Cramer
* Matthew 'Stymie' Beard - Luke Henry
* Brendan Dillon - Kearney
* Marilyn Chris - Diane Clare
* Francis X. McCarthy - Charles Forbes
* Joe Lowry - Michaels
* Ford Rainey - Edwin N. Denby
* Dan Mason - Dr. Irving
* Gary Bordon - Charlie Taft
* Carson Sipes - Calvin Coolidge Jr.
* Guy Christopher - Secret Service
* Bill Barrett - John Coolidge
* Ron Recasner - Veteran
* Emmaline Henry - Lady
* Ramon Sison - Monico Lubao

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Ian Abercrombie - British Valet (uncredited)
* Sara Ballantine - Woodrow Wilson's Daughter (uncredited)
* Gregory Itzin - White House Tour Guide (uncredited)
* Pamela Munro - Margaret Wilson (uncredited)