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Brief Synopsis. A lovingly filmed version of the book by Lillian Rogers Parks, the crippled seamstress-maid who, along with her mother, served for fifty-two years as a White House domestic during eight presidential administrations. A mixture of pop history of the Twentieth Century and the private lives of the vario.
My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House is a 1961 autobiographical novel by Lillian Rogers Parks written with Frances Spatz Leighton. The title of the memoir was based on Parks' recollections of thirty years as a seamstress in the White House from 1931–1961 during the administrations of Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower.
Mon, Jan 29, 1979. In 1909, Maggie starts working at the White House as second maid, but is run ragged with her usual work and extra tasks as a beautician. Daughter Lillian has an operation for her crippled leg but is heartbroken to learn she will still need crutches. Maggie asks Mrs. Jaffray to hire grown-up Lillian, but she refuses to hire a ...
Aug 5, 2012 · Backstairs at the White can be melodramatic ("You're not married to me, you're married to the White House," Lillian's estranged husband tells her at one point), but it never descends to soap opera. The Emmy-winning makeup is convincing, and the Emmy-nominated screenplay does an admirable job of compressing more than 50 years of history.
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Part 1. 180 mins. This four-part miniseries follows eight Presidents through the eyes of Lillian and her mother Maggie (Olivia Cole), two domestics who, between them, served them all. Part 1 ...
Houseman Levi Mercer 4 episodes, 1979. Robert Hooks. ... Doorman and Presidential Barber John Mays / ... 4 episodes, 1979. Bill Overton. ... Doorman Jackson 4 episodes, 1979.
