Stockard Channing
Acting
Born: February 13, 1944 (age 82) · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Grease
1978
Practical Magic
1998
Bitter Moon
1992
The First Wives Club
1996
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
Where the Heart Is
2000
The Good Wife
2009
King of the Hill
1997
Anything Else
2003
Life or Something Like It
2002
Batman Beyond
1999
The West Wing
1999
Photos (8)
Movies (80)
Practical Magic
Aunt Frances
Grease
Rizzo
Death to 2021
Penn Parker
Bitter Moon
Beverly (uncredited)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Carol Ann
Anything Else
Paula Chase
The First Wives Club
Cynthia Swann Griffin
Where the Heart Is
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Life or Something Like It
Deborah Connors
Six Degrees of Separation
Ouisa
Must Love Dogs
Dolly
Heartburn
Julie
Smoke
Ruby McNutt
Twilight
Lt. Verna Hollander
The Cheap Detective
Bess
Up Close & Personal
Marcia McGrath
Sundays at Tiffany's
Vivian Claremont
The Big Bus
Kitty Baxter
Le Divorce
Margeeve Walker
The Hospital
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
Moll Flanders
Mrs. Allworthy
The Girl Most Likely To...
Miriam Knight
Up the Sandbox
Judy Stanley (uncredited)
Behind the Red Door
Julia
The Fortune
Freddie Bigard
Angry Neighbors
Chloe
Abby Singer
Stockard Channing (uncredited)
The Men's Club
Nancy
Isn't She Great
Florence Maybelle
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Mona Mondieu
Bright Young Things
Mrs. Melrose Ape
Perfect Witness
Liz Sapperstein
Married to It
Iris Morden
Without a Trace
Jocelyn Norris
Edie & Pen
Pen
Lily Dale
Corella
The Room Upstairs
Leah Lazenby
Jack
Anne
Pulling Strings
Virginia
Sweet Revenge
Vurlla Kowsky
Staying Together
Nancy Trainer
The Matthew Shepard Story
Judy Shepard
Table Settings
1982
When Billie Beat Bobby
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Echoes in the Darkness
Susan Reinert
The Baby Dance
Rachel Luckman
3 Needles
Olive Cowie
The Piano Man's Daughter
Lily Kilworth
Other Voices
Dr. Gover
Red Mercury
Penelope
17th Precinct
Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
The Truth About Jane
Janice
David's Mother
Bea
Sparkle
Sheila
Not My Kid
Helen Bower
Multiple Sarcasms
Pamela
Safari 3000
J.J. Dalton
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
Meet the Applegates
Jane Applegate
A Time of Destiny
Margaret
The Grease Story
Betty Rizzo
The Business of Strangers
Julie Styron
The Venice Project
Chandra Chase
A Different Approach
1978
An Unexpected Family
Barbara Whitney
Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound
Barbara Gordon (voice)
Tidy Endings
Marion
The Prosecutors
Ingrid Maynard
An Unexpected Life
Barbara Whitney
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
Kitty O'Neil
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
Narrator (voice)
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Miss Adelaide
So You Want to Be President?
Narrator
Home of the Brave
Narrator (voice)
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
Narrator (voice)
Lucan
Mickey MacElwaine
Michael the Visitor
Narrator (voice)
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Narrator (voice)
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Narrator
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
2002
TV Shows (25)
Sesame Street
Mad Painter's Victim · 1 eps
The Good Wife
Veronica Loy · 11 eps
King of the Hill
Mrs. Holloway (voice) · 1 eps
The West Wing
Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet · 68 eps
NOVA
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Nature
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Marsha Sue · 1 eps
The Cleveland Show
1 eps
Batman Beyond
Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice) · 30 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
The Mysteries of Laura
Brenda Phillips · 2 eps
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Klara Hitler · 2 eps
Knuckles
Wendy Whipple · 5 eps
Difficult People
Bonnie Kessler · 1 eps
The Guest Book
Jill · 1 eps
Out of Practice
Dr. Lydia Barnes · 22 eps
Meerkat Manor
Narrator · 52 eps
Walking with Beasts
6 eps
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
Rizzo (archive footage) · 1 eps
A Girl Thing
Dr. Beth Noonan · 4 eps
Just Friends
Susan Hughes · 11 eps
Maryland
Cathy · 3 eps
Echoes in the Darkness
Susan Reinert · 2 eps
The Stockard Channing Show
Susan Goodenow · 13 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Leah Lazenby · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (20)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
NOVA
Self - Bible Reader · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 3 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
Self – Betty Rizzo
