Stockard Channing
Known for Acting · 125 credits
- Born
- 1944-02-13 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Стокард Ченнинг · Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (36)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Good Wife
2009
as Veronica Loy
NOVA
1974
as Self - Bible Reader / Narrator (voice)
Sesame Street
1969
as Mad Painter's Victim
The West Wing
1999
as Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet
King of the Hill
1997
as Mrs. Holloway (voice)
The View
1997
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
Love, American Style
1969
as Marsha Sue
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Performer
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Batman Beyond
1999
as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
Medical Center
1969
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self - Guest
The Cleveland Show
2009
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
as Brenda Phillips
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
Knuckles
2024
as Wendy Whipple
Difficult People
2015
as Bonnie Kessler
The Guest Book
2017
as Jill
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
as Klara Hitler
Out of Practice
2005
as Dr. Lydia Barnes
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Leah Lazenby
Meerkat Manor
2005
as Narrator
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as Susan Reinert
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015
as Rizzo (archive footage)
Walking with Beasts
2001
Maryland
2023
as Cathy
The Stockard Channing Show
1980
as Susan Goodenow
Just Friends
1979
as Susan Hughes
A Girl Thing
2001
as Dr. Beth Noonan
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (89)
Grease
1978
as Betty Rizzo
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
as Carol Ann
Bitter Moon
1992
as Beverly (uncredited)
Practical Magic
1998
as Aunt Frances
The Big Bus
1976
as Kitty Baxter
Heartburn
1986
as Julie
Where the Heart Is
2000
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Practical Magic 2
2026
as Aunt Frances
Anything Else
2003
as Paula Chase
The First Wives Club
1996
as Cynthia Swann Griffin
Must Love Dogs
2005
as Dolly
Life or Something Like It
2002
as Deborah Connors
Sundays at Tiffany's
2010
as Vivian Claremont
Smoke
1995
as Ruby McNutt
3 Needles
2005
as Olive Cowie
Safari 3000
1982
as J.J. Dalton
Tidy Endings
1988
as Marion
Up Close & Personal
1996
as Marcia McGrath
Lily Dale
1996
as Corella
Isn't She Great
2000
as Florence Maybelle
Bright Young Things
2003
as Mrs. Melrose Ape
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
as Ouisa
Other Voices
2000
as Dr. Gover
Moll Flanders
1996
as Mrs. Allworthy
The Hospital
1971
as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
The Cheap Detective
1978
as Bess
Twilight
1998
as Lt. Verna Hollander
Le Divorce
2003
as Margeeve Walker
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006
as Self
Death to 2021
2021
as Penn Parker
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as Susan Reinert
Up the Sandbox
1972
as Judy Stanley (uncredited)
Without a Trace
1983
as Jocelyn Norris
Married to It
1991
as Iris Morden
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
as Mona Mondieu
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
as Miriam Knight
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
Sparkle
2007
as Sheila
The Fortune
1975
as Freddie Bigard
The Truth About Jane
2000
as Janice
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Lincoln
1992
as Clara Harris (voice)
Multiple Sarcasms
2010
as Pamela
An Unexpected Life
1998
as Barbara Whitney
A Time of Destiny
1988
as Margaret
Sweet Revenge
1976
as Vurlla Kowsky
The Men's Club
1986
as Nancy
Staying Together
1989
as Nancy Trainer
17th Precinct
2011
as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
Edie & Pen
1996
as Pen
Jack
2004
as Anne
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
2002
as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
A Different Approach
1978
The Baby Dance
1998
as Rachel Luckman
Abby Singer
2003
as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
Perfect Witness
1989
as Liz Sapperstein
Behind the Red Door
2003
as Julia
The Room Upstairs
1987
as Leah Lazenby
Table Settings
1982
David's Mother
1994
as Bea
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Self
The Grease Story
2017
as Betty Rizzo
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
1995
as Miss Adelaide
The Matthew Shepard Story
2002
as Judy Shepard
An Unexpected Family
1996
as Barbara Whitney
The Venice Project
1999
as Chandra Chase
The Business of Strangers
2001
as Julie Styron
Red Mercury
2005
as Penelope
Not My Kid
1985
as Helen Bower
Pulling Strings
2013
as Virginia
The Prosecutors
1996
as Ingrid Maynard
The Lion Roars Again
1975
as Self
Meet the Applegates
1990
as Jane Applegate
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
2014
as Narrator
Angry Neighbors
2022
as Chloe
Michael the Visitor
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
1979
as Kitty O'Neil
Lucan
1977
as Mickey MacElwaine
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Home of the Brave
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Through Deaf Eyes
2007
as Narrator
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
2001
as Narrator (voice)
The Piano Man's Daughter
2003
as Lily Kilworth
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
1997
as Narrator (voice)
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
2006
as Self – Betty Rizzo
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
2004
as Narrator (voice)
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
2002
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
2011
as Narrator (voice)
So You Want to Be President?
2001
as Narrator
About Stockard Channing
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 A… With 125 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Stockard Channing has appeared in 89 films and 36 TV shows.
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- Grease (1978) — as Betty Rizzo
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) — as Carol Ann
- Bitter Moon (1992) — as Beverly (uncredited)
- Practical Magic (1998) — as Aunt Frances
- The Big Bus (1976) — as Kitty Baxter
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