Backstairs at the White House

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Backstairs at the White House is a 1979 television miniseries that dramatizes the lives and experiences of domestic staff serving U.S. presidents across several administrations.

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instanceOf drama television series
television miniseries
adaptationOf memoir by Lillian Rogers Parks
authorOfSourceWork Frances Spatz Leighton
Lillian Rogers Parks
awardNomination Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series
basedOn Backstairs at the White House self-linksurface differs
surface form: My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
broadcastFormat two-part, four-episode miniseries
composer Jerry Goldsmith
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts U.S. presidential administrations
domestic staff of the White House
director Michael O'Herlihy
distributor NBC
firstAired 1979
format miniseries
genre biographical drama
historical drama
medium television
numberOfEpisodes 4
originalChannel NBC
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork NBC
originalReleaseYear 1979
portraysCharacter Lillian Rogers Parks
Maggie Rogers
producer Ed Friendly
productionCompany Ed Friendly Productions
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 100 minutes
screenwriter Gwen Bagni
Paul Dubov
settingLocation White House
stars Andrew Duggan
Cloris Leachman
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Uggams
Louis Gossett Jr.
Olivia Cole
Robert Hooks
subjectMatter behind-the-scenes view of U.S. presidents
life of White House maids and butlers
timePeriodCovered Eisenhower administration
Herbert Hoover
surface form: Hoover administration

Johnson administration
Kennedy administration
Nixon administration
Roosevelt administration
Truman administration

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Celeste Holm performedIn Backstairs at the White House
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this entity surface form: My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
Maggie Rogers appearsIn Backstairs at the White House
Lillian Rogers Parks notableWork Backstairs at the White House
this entity surface form: My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
Lillian Rogers Parks inspiredWork Backstairs at the White House
Olivia Cole notableWork Backstairs at the White House
Frances Spatz Leighton notableWork Backstairs at the White House
Frances Spatz Leighton notableWork Backstairs at the White House
this entity surface form: My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
Frances Spatz Leighton coAuthorOf Backstairs at the White House
Frances Spatz Leighton coAuthorOf Backstairs at the White House
this entity surface form: My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
Frances Spatz Leighton basedOn Backstairs at the White House
this entity surface form: Backstairs at the White House (television miniseries)
Frances Spatz Leighton basedOn Backstairs at the White House
subject surface form: Backstairs at the White House (television miniseries)