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Eugene Charles Allen (July 14, 1919 – March 31, 2010) [2] was an American waiter and butler who worked for the US government at the White House for 34 years until he retired as the head butler in 1986. [3] Allen's life was the inspiration for the 2013 film The Butler. [4]
Loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who worked in the White House for decades, the film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African American who is a witness of notable political and social events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure serving as a White House butler.
Pages in category "White House staff" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. ... Eugene Allen; B. Andrew James Bates; Avi Berkowitz; Gene Boyer ...
Wil Haygood (born September 19, 1954, in Columbus, Ohio) [3] is an American journalist and author who is known for his 2008 article "A Butler Well Served by this Election" in The Washington Post [4] [independent source needed] about Eugene Allen, which served as the basis for the 2013 movie The Butler. [2]
As part of his decoration of the Obama White House, Smith oversaw the first family's move on the morning of January 20, 2009. Designing History: The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White ...
Bummer, George. Our nation's very first president, George Washington, picked the site for the White House and gave its design a thumbs-up. But he left office in 1797 and died in 1799, three years ...
Working with landscape architect George Burnap, Mrs. Wilson established the first proper rose garden, cementing roses as an unofficial White House symbol—so much so that Scottish stonemasons had ...
Eugene "Gene" Allen (June 17, 1918 – October 7, 2015) was an American art director. [1] He followed his father and became a Los Angeles Police officer after he was laid off from his first job as a sketch artist. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Allen went to art school to pursue