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Stockard Channing

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Stockard Channing

Born February 13, 1944 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA73 films

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.

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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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Grease poster7.4Grease1978Practical Magic poster6.8Practical Magic1998Bitter Moon poster7.1Bitter Moon1992Where the Heart Is poster7.1Where the Heart Is2000Smoke poster7.2Smoke1995The First Wives Club poster6.7The First Wives Club1996Anything Else poster6.2Anything Else2003Six Degrees of Separation poster6.4Six Degrees of Separation1993

Filmography

73 films as actor
  1. 2026Practical Magic 2Aunt Frances
  2. 2022Angry NeighborsChloe
  3. 2013Pulling StringsVirginia
  4. 201117th PrecinctDetective Sergeant Mira Barkley
  5. 2010Sundays at Tiffany'sVivian Claremont
  6. 2010Multiple SarcasmsPamela
  7. 2007SparkleSheila
  8. 20053 NeedlesOlive Cowie
  9. 2005Must Love DogsDolly
  10. 2005Red MercuryPenelope
  11. 2004Batman Beyond: School Days and SpellboundBarbara Gordon (voice)
  12. 2004JackAnne
  13. 2003Abby SingerStockard Channing (uncredited)
  14. 2003Bright Young ThingsMrs. Melrose Ape
  15. 2003The Piano Man's DaughterLily Kilworth
  16. 2003Anything ElsePaula Chase
  17. 2003Le DivorceMargeeve Walker
  18. 2003Behind the Red DoorJulia
  19. 2002Life or Something Like ItDeborah Connors
  20. 2002The Matthew Shepard StoryJudy Shepard
  21. 2002Confessions of an Ugly StepsisterMargarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
  22. 2001The Business of StrangersJulie Styron
  23. 2001When Billie Beat BobbyNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
  24. 2001So You Want to Be President?Narrator
  25. 2000The Truth About JaneJanice
  26. 2000Where the Heart IsThelma 'Sister' Husband
  27. 2000Isn't She GreatFlorence Maybelle
  28. 2000Other VoicesDr. Gover
  29. 1999The Venice ProjectChandra Chase
  30. 1998Practical MagicAunt Frances
  31. 1998The Baby DanceRachel Luckman
  32. 1998An Unexpected LifeBarbara Whitney
  33. 1998TwilightLt. Verna Hollander
  34. 1996An Unexpected FamilyBarbara Whitney
  35. 1996The ProsecutorsIngrid Maynard
  36. 1996The First Wives ClubCynthia Swann Griffin
  37. 1996Moll FlandersMrs. Allworthy
  38. 1996Lily DaleCorella
  39. 1996Edie & PenPen
  40. 1996Up Close & PersonalMarcia McGrath
  41. 1995Mr. Willowby's Christmas TreeMiss Adelaide
  42. 1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarCarol Ann
  43. 1995SmokeRuby McNutt
  44. 1995Michael the VisitorNarrator (voice)
  45. 1994David's MotherBea
  46. 1993Six Degrees of SeparationOuisa
  47. 1992Bitter MoonBeverly (uncredited)
  48. 1991Married to ItIris Morden
  49. 1990Meet the ApplegatesJane Applegate
  50. 1989Staying TogetherNancy Trainer
  51. 1989Perfect WitnessLiz Sapperstein
  52. 1988Tidy EndingsMarion
  53. 1988A Time of DestinyMargaret
  54. 1987Echoes in the DarknessSusan Reinert
  55. 1987The Room UpstairsLeah Lazenby
  56. 1986The Men's ClubNancy
  57. 1986HeartburnJulie
  58. 1985Not My KidHelen Bower
  59. 1983Without a TraceJocelyn Norris
  60. 1982Safari 3000J.J. Dalton
  61. 1982Table Settings
  62. 1979The Fish That Saved PittsburghMona Mondieu
  63. 1979Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil StoryKitty O'Neil
  64. 1978The Cheap DetectiveBess
  65. 1978GreaseRizzo
  66. 1978A Different Approach
  67. 1977LucanMickey MacElwaine
  68. 1976The Big BusKitty Baxter
  69. 1976Sweet RevengeVurlla Kowsky
  70. 1975The FortuneFreddie Bigard
  71. 1973The Girl Most Likely To...Miriam Knight
  72. 1972Up the SandboxJudy Stanley (uncredited)
  73. 1971The HospitalE.R. Nurse (uncredited)