Carol Channing
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 31, 1921 (age 105)
- Birthplace
- Seattle, Washington, USA
Biography
Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) was an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian. Known for starring in Broadway and film musicals, her characters typically radiated a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect. Channing also studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. She began as a Broadway musical actress, starring in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1949 and Hello, Dolly! in 1964, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the latter. She revived both roles several times throughout her career, most recently playing Dolly in 1995. Channing was nominated for her first Tony Award in 1956 for The Vamp followed by a nomination in 1961 for Show Girl. She received her fourth Tony Award nomination for the musical Lorelei in 1974. As a film actress, she won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Muzzy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). Her other film appearances include The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) and Skidoo (1968). On television, she appeared as an entertainer on variety shows, from The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s to Hollywood Squares. She had a standout performance as The White Queen in the TV production of Alice in Wonderland (1985), and had the first of many TV specials in 1966, An Evening with Carol Channing. Channing was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981 and received a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1995. She continued to perform and make appearances well into her 90s, singing songs from her repertoire and sharing stories with fans, cabaret style. She released an autobiography, Just Lucky I Guess, in 2002, and Larger Than Life, a documentary film about her career, was released in 2012.
Known For
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Filmography
Commitment to Life
Movie · as Self (archive)
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Movie · as Self
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Movie · as Self
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Movie · as Self
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Movie · as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Video Message · 1 ep
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Movie · as Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Movie · as Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Movie · as Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie · as Self - Host
Broadway: The American Musical
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
Movie · as Lorelei Lee (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie · as Dolly Levi (segment "Hello, Dolly!")
Family Guy
TV · as Carol Channing (voice) · 1 ep
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Movie · as Fanny (voice)
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps
Style & Substance
TV · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Movie · as Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Movie
The Drew Carey Show
TV · as Carol Channing · 1 ep
Thumbelina
Movie · as Ms. Fieldmouse (voice)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Movie · as Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Magic School Bus
TV · as Cornelia C. Contralto II (voice) · 1 ep
Burke's Law
TV · as Daphne LeMay · 1 ep
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Carol Channing · 1 ep
The Nanny
TV · as Carol Channing · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Addams Family
TV · as Grandmama (voice) · 39 eps
Where's Wally?
TV · as (voice) · 7 eps
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
Happily Ever After
Movie · as Muddy (voice)
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
Movie · as Self - Burns Dinner Friend (uncredited)
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
TV · as Canina LaFur (voice) · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self
Alice in Wonderland
TV · as White Queen · 1 ep
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Movie · as Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Carol Channing · 1 ep
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Movie · as Our Guests at Heartland
The People's Command Performance: '77
Movie · as Self
The Love Boat
TV · as Sylvia Duvall, Aunt Sylvia, Aunt Sylvia Duvall · 1 ep
The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
Free to Be… You and Me
Movie · as Self (voice) (uncredited)
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
Movie · as Self - Presenter
One More Time
Movie · as Self
Festival at Ford's
Movie · as Self
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shinbone Alley
Movie · as Mehitabel (voice)
The Flip Wilson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway
Movie · as Self
Skidoo
Movie · as Flo Banks
Carol Channing and 101 Men
Movie · as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self, Self (uncredited) · 5 eps
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Movie · as Muzzy Van Hossmere
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest / Various Characters · 2 eps
The Carol Channing Show
TV · as Carol Honeycutt · 1 ep
The Day of the Oath
Movie · as Self
The Dean Martin Show
TV · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Show Girl
Movie · as Lynn / Naomi / Performer
Password
TV · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Big Party
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Christmas Tree
Movie · as Promenade Member
The George Burns Show
TV · as Carol Channing, Self · 1 ep
Three Men on a Horse
Movie · as Mabel
The Lux Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The First Traveling Saleslady
Movie · as Molly Wade
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rosemary Clooney Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Recipient, Self - Presenter / Performer · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · 1 ep
Paid in Full
Movie · as Mrs. Peters (uncredited)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 7 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep