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29 January 1979 (USA) more
Plot:
Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there. full summary
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 10 nominations more
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Nice Music Score more (27 total)
Cast
(Series Cast [36])| Olivia Cole | ... | Maggie Rogers (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Leslie Uggams | ... | Lillian Rogers Parks (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | ... | Houseman Levi Mercer (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Robert Hooks | ... | Doorman and Presidential Barber Mays / ... (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Bill Overton | ... | Doorman Jackson (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| David Downing | ... | Butler Dixon (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Celeste Holm | ... | Mrs. Florence Harding (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Lee Grant | ... | Mrs. Grace Coolidge (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Larry Gates | ... | President Herbert Hoover (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Jan Sterling | ... | Mrs. Lou Hoover (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Eileen Heckart | ... | Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| John Anderson | ... | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Harry Morgan | ... | President Harry S. Truman (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Estelle Parsons | ... | Mrs. Bess Truman (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Barbara Barrie | ... | Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Andrew Duggan | ... | President Dwight D. Eisenhower (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Leslie Nielsen | ... | Ike Hoover / ... (3 episodes, 1979) | |
| Hari Rhodes | ... | Butler Coates (3 episodes, 1979) | |
| Claire Bloom | ... | Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson (3 episodes, 1979) | |
| Ed Flanders | ... | President Calvin Coolidge (3 episodes, 1979) | |
| George Kennedy | ... | President Warren G. Harding (3 episodes, 1979) | |
| Kathleen Doyle | ... | Moira (3 episodes, 1979) | |
| Kevin Hooks | ... | Emmett Rogers Jr. / ... (3 episodes, 1979) | |
| Tom Scott | ... | Roach (3 episodes, 1979) | |
| Cloris Leachman | ... | Mrs. Jaffray (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| Helena Carroll | ... | First Maid Annie / ... (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| Richard Roat | ... | Chief Usher Crim (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| James A. Watson Jr. | ... | Houseman Fraser (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| Victor Buono | ... | President William Howard Taft (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| Kim Hunter | ... | Mrs. Ellen Wilson (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| Diane Shalet | ... | Housekeeper Long / ... (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| Louise Latham | ... | Housekeeper Nesbitt (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| Gerry Black | ... | Prettyman (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| Bebe Drake | ... | Sevilla (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| Lee Kessler | ... | Presidential Secretary / ... (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| John Randolph | ... | Sen. Fall (2 episodes, 1979) |
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540 min (4 episodes)
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Olivia Cole, who played the role of Maggie Rogers, is less than a year older than Leslie Uggams, who played the role of her adult daughter, Lillian Rogers Parks. In 'Roots' (1976), Leslie Uggams played Oliva Cole's mother-in-law. more
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Veteran Television Music Composer Morton Stevens, ("Hawaii Five-O", "Police Woman") wrote an outstanding music score for this fine TV mini-series. It featured a beautiful main title theme that really set the tone for each episode. I join the other comments here in hoping that there will be a video release soon of this wonderful show.