Stockard Channing
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 13, 1944 (age 82)
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. Her accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award. Channing played Betty Rizzo in the film Grease (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing (1999–2006). She also originated the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation; the 1993 film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Channing won the 1985 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, and won Emmy Awards for The West Wing and The Matthew Shepard Story, both in 2002. She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2005 for her role in Jack. Her film appearances include The Fortune (1975), The Big Bus (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), Heartburn (1986), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), Up Close & Personal (1996), Practical Magic (1998), and Woody Allen's Anything Else (2003). She also played the recurring role of Veronica Loy on the CBS drama The Good Wife (2012–16). Description above from the Wikipedia article Stockard Channing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Practical Magic 2
Movie · as Franny
Knuckles
TV · as Wendy Whipple · 5 eps
Maryland
TV · as Cathy · 3 eps
Angry Neighbors
Movie · as Chloe
Death to 2021
Movie · as Penn Parker
The Grease Story
Movie · as Betty Rizzo
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Guest Book
TV · as Jill · 1 ep
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
TV · as Rizzo (archive footage) · 1 ep
Difficult People
TV · as Bonnie Kessler · 1 ep
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Movie · as Narrator
The Mysteries of Laura
TV · as Brenda Phillips · 2 eps
Pulling Strings
Movie · as Virginia
17th Precinct
Movie · as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Multiple Sarcasms
Movie · as Pamela
Sundays at Tiffany's
Movie · as Vivian Claremont
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Movie · as Self
The Cleveland Show
TV · 1 ep
The Good Wife
TV · as Veronica Loy · 11 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sparkle
Movie · as Sheila
Through Deaf Eyes
Movie · as Narrator
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Movie · as Self
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
Movie · as Self – Betty Rizzo
Red Mercury
Movie · as Penelope
3 Needles
Movie · as Olive Cowie
Must Love Dogs
Movie · as Dolly
Meerkat Manor
TV · as Narrator · 52 eps
Out of Practice
TV · as Dr. Lydia Barnes · 22 eps
Jack
Movie · as Anne
Home of the Brave
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound
Movie · as Barbara Gordon (voice)
Anything Else
Movie · as Paula Chase
Bright Young Things
Movie · as Mrs. Melrose Ape
Behind the Red Door
Movie · as Julia
Abby Singer
Movie · as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
Le Divorce
Movie · as Margeeve Walker
The Piano Man's Daughter
Movie · as Lily Kilworth
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
TV · as Klara Hitler · 2 eps
The Matthew Shepard Story
Movie · as Judy Shepard
Life or Something Like It
Movie · as Deborah Connors
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Movie · as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
Movie
The Business of Strangers
Movie · as Julie Styron
When Billie Beat Bobby
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
So You Want to Be President?
Movie · as Narrator
Walking with Beasts
TV · 6 eps
A Girl Thing
TV · as Dr. Beth Noonan · 4 eps
Where the Heart Is
Movie · as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
The Truth About Jane
Movie · as Janice
Other Voices
Movie · as Dr. Gover
Isn't She Great
Movie · as Florence Maybelle
The Venice Project
Movie · as Chandra Chase
Batman Beyond
TV · as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice) · 30 eps
Where Are They Now?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The West Wing
TV · as Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet · 68 eps
Practical Magic
Movie · as Aunt Frances
Twilight
Movie · as Lt. Verna Hollander
The Baby Dance
Movie · as Rachel Luckman
An Unexpected Life
Movie · as Barbara Whitney
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
King of the Hill
TV · as Mrs. Holloway (voice) · 1 ep
The First Wives Club
Movie · as Cynthia Swann Griffin
Up Close & Personal
Movie · as Marcia McGrath
Moll Flanders
Movie · as Mrs. Allworthy
An Unexpected Family
Movie · as Barbara Whitney
Lily Dale
Movie · as Corella
Edie & Pen
Movie · as Pen
The Prosecutors
Movie · as Ingrid Maynard
Smoke
Movie · as Ruby McNutt
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Movie · as Miss Adelaide
Michael the Visitor
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Movie · as Carol Ann
David's Mother
Movie · as Bea
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Six Degrees of Separation
Movie · as Ouisa
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bitter Moon
Movie · as Beverly (uncredited)
Lincoln
Movie · as Clara Harris (voice)
Married to It
Movie · as Iris Morden
Meet the Applegates
Movie · as Jane Applegate
Staying Together
Movie · as Nancy Trainer
Perfect Witness
Movie · as Liz Sapperstein
A Time of Destiny
Movie · as Margaret
Tidy Endings
Movie · as Marion
Echoes in the Darkness
Movie · as Susan Reinert
The Room Upstairs
Movie · as Leah Lazenby
Echoes in the Darkness
TV · as Susan Reinert · 2 eps
Heartburn
Movie · as Julie
The Men's Club
Movie · as Nancy
Not My Kid
Movie · as Helen Bower
Without a Trace
Movie · as Jocelyn Norris
Safari 3000
Movie · as J.J. Dalton
Table Settings
Movie
Nature
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Stockard Channing Show
TV · as Susan Goodenow · 13 eps
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Movie · as Mona Mondieu
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
Movie · as Kitty O'Neil
Just Friends
TV · as Susan Hughes · 11 eps
Grease
Movie · as Rizzo
The Cheap Detective
Movie · as Bess
A Different Approach
Movie
Lucan
Movie · as Mickey MacElwaine
The Big Bus
Movie · as Kitty Baxter
Sweet Revenge
Movie · as Vurlla Kowsky
The Fortune
Movie · as Freddie Bigard
The Lion Roars Again
Movie · as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
NOVA
TV · as Narrator (voice), Self - Bible Reader · 1 ep
The Girl Most Likely To...
Movie · as Miriam Knight
Up the Sandbox
Movie · as Judy Stanley (uncredited)
The Hospital
Movie · as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
Medical Center
TV · 1 ep
Sesame Street
TV · as Mad Painter's Victim · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Marsha Sue · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Winner, Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Performer · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Leah Lazenby · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter · 2 eps