Stockard Channing
Acting
- Born:
- 1944-02-13
- Place of birth:
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
Practical Magic 2
Knuckles
Maryland
Angry Neighbors
Death to 2021
The Grease Story
The Guest Book
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
Difficult People
The Mysteries of Laura
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Pulling Strings
17th Precinct
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
Sundays at Tiffany's
Multiple Sarcasms
The Cleveland Show
The Good Wife
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Sparkle
Through Deaf Eyes
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Out of Practice
3 Needles
Meerkat Manor
Must Love Dogs
Red Mercury
Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
Jack
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Home of the Brave
Abby Singer
Bright Young Things
The Piano Man's Daughter
Anything Else
Le Divorce
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Behind the Red Door
Life or Something Like It
The Matthew Shepard Story
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
Walking with Beasts
The Business of Strangers
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
When Billie Beat Bobby
A Girl Thing
So You Want to Be President?
The Truth About Jane
Where the Heart Is
Isn't She Great
Other Voices
The West Wing
The Venice Project
Where Are They Now?