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Backstairs at the White House

on BBC Two England

The. last of the sensational' four-part dramatisation of the private lives of eight American Presidents. starring as the Presidents and First Ladies: and as the servants:
Maggie retired in 1939 and some of the White House staff lost their lives in World War II, but Lillian. continues to serve backstairs through Roosevelt's short-lived fourth term, the Truman years and the Eisenhower administration - though Mamie Eisenhower's eccentricities prove too much for Lillian!
Screenplay by GWEN BAGNI and PAUL DUBOV Produced by ; ED FRIENDLY and MICHAEL O'HERLIRY Directed by MICHAEL O'HERLIRY

Contributors

Unknown:
Gwen Bagni
Directed By:
Michael O'Herliry
Harry Truman:
Harry Morgan
Bess Truman:
Estelle Parsons
Dwight Eisenhower:
Andrew Duggan
Mamfe Eisenhower:
Barbara Barrle
Franklin D Roosevelt:
John Anderson
Eleanor Roosevelt:
Eileen Heckart
Lillian Rogers:
Leslie Uggams
Maggie Rogers:
Olivia Cole
Mercer:
Louis Gossett Jr
Mays:
Robert Hooks

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