Backstairs at the White House

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drama television series television miniseries

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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Predicate	Object
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	My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House →
broadcastFormat	two-part, four-episode miniseries →
composer	Jerry Goldsmith →
countryOfOrigin	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 → Hoover administration → Johnson administration → Kennedy administration → Nixon administration → Roosevelt administration → Truman administration →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frances Spatz Leighton → Frances Spatz Leighton ("My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House") → Lillian Rogers Parks ("My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House") → Olivia Cole →	notableWork
Backstairs at the White House ("My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House") → Backstairs at the White House (television miniseries) → Frances Spatz Leighton ("Backstairs at the White House (television miniseries)") →	basedOn
Frances Spatz Leighton → Frances Spatz Leighton ("My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House") →	coAuthorOf
Maggie Rogers →	appearsIn
Lillian Rogers Parks →	inspiredWork
Celeste Holm →	performedIn