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