Backstairs at the White House

Synopsis

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

Cast

Olivia Cole

Maggie Rogers

Leslie Uggams

Lillian Rogers Parks

Louis Gossett Jr.

Levi Mercer, Houseman

Robert Hooks

John Mays

Leslie Nielsen

Ike Hoover

Cloris Leachman

Mrs. Jaffray

Paul Winfield

Emmett Rogers Sr.

Julie Harris

Helen 'Nellie' Taft

Victor Buono

Pres. William Howard Taft

Robert Vaughn

Pres. Woodrow Wilson

Kim Hunter

Ellen Wilson

Claire Bloom

Edith Galt Wilson

Celeste Holm

Florence Harding

George Kennedy

Pres. Warren G. Harding

Ed Flanders

Pres. Calvin Coolidge

Lee Grant

Grace Coolidge

Larry Gates

Pres. Herbert Hoover

Jan Sterling

Lou Hoover

Eileen Heckart

Eleanor Roosevelt

John Anderson

Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Crew

Art

• Richard Y. Haman Art Direction
• Anne D. McCulley Set Decoration

Camera

• Robert L. Morrison Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Bill Thomas Costume Design

Directing

• Michael O'Herlihy Director

Editing

• Paul LaMastra Editor
• Roy E. Peterson Editor

Production

• Ed Friendly Executive Producer
• Michael O'Herlihy Producer
• Ed Friendly Producer
• Robert Enrietto Associate Producer

Sound

• Morton Stevens Music

Writing

• Gwen Bagni Writer
• Paul Dubov Writer
• Frances Spatz Leighton Book
• Lillian Rogers Parks Book

Seasons & episodes