Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Birthdate
February 13, 1944 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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Birthdate
February 13, 1944 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard) is an American stage, film and television actress. She is known for her roles as First Lady Abbey Bartlet on the NBC television series The West Wing; Betty Rizzo in the film Grease; Aunt Frances in Practical Magic, Cynthia Swann Griffin in The First Wives Club, Dolly in Must Love Dogs, and Ouisa Kittredge in both the stage and fim versions of Six Degrees of Separation - the film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

She also starred as Susan Goodenow in the actor-titled series The Stockard Channing Show, and as Mickey MacElwaine in both the movie and TV series Lucan.

Stockard Channing's LGBTQ+ Titles

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Carol Ann
The Matthew Shepard Story
The Matthew Shepard Story
Judy Shepard
The Truth About Jane
The Truth About Jane
Janice

Acting (117)

2024
Knuckles as Wendy Whipple (5 episodes)
2023
Maryland as Cathy (3 episodes)
2022
Angry Neighbors as Chloe
2021
Death to 2021 as Penn Parker
2017
The Grease Story as Betty Rizzo
2017
The Guest Book as Jill (1 episode)
2015
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales as Rizzo (archive footage) (1 episode)
2014
The Mysteries of Laura as Brenda Phillips (2 episodes)
2014
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America as Narrator
2013
Pulling Strings as Virginia
2011
17th Precinct as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
2010
Sundays at Tiffany's as Vivian Claremont
2010
Multiple Sarcasms as Pamela
2009
The Cleveland Show (1 episode)
2009
The Good Wife as Veronica Loy (11 episodes)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's as Self
2009
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies as Narrator (voice)
2007
Sparkle as Sheila
2007
Through Deaf Eyes as Narrator
2005
Out of Practice as Dr. Lydia Barnes (22 episodes)
2005
3 Needles as Olive Cowie
2005
Meerkat Manor as Narrator (52 episodes)
2005
Must Love Dogs as Dolly
2005
Red Mercury as Penelope
2004
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot as Narrator (voice)
2004
Jack as Anne
2004
Home of the Brave as Narrator (voice)
2003
Abby Singer as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
2003
Bright Young Things as Mrs. Melrose Ape
2003
The Piano Man's Daughter as Lily Kilworth
2003
Anything Else as Paula Chase
2003
Le Divorce as Margeeve Walker
2003
Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Klara Hitler (2 episodes)
2003
Behind the Red Door as Julia
2002
Life or Something Like It as Deborah Connors
2002
The Matthew Shepard Story as Judy Shepard
2002
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
2001
Walking with Beasts (6 episodes)
2001
The Business of Strangers as Julie Styron
2001
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines as Narrator (voice)
2001
When Billie Beat Bobby as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2001
A Girl Thing as Dr. Beth Noonan
2000
2000
Where the Heart Is as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
2000
Isn't She Great as Florence Maybelle
2000
Other Voices as Dr. Gover
1999
The West Wing as Abbey Bartlet (69 episodes)
1999
The Venice Project as Chandra Chase
1999
Where Are They Now? as Self (2 episodes)
1999
Batman Beyond as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice) (30 episodes)
1998
Practical Magic as Aunt Frances
1998
The Baby Dance as Rachel Luckman
1998
An Unexpected Life as Barbara Whitney
1998
Twilight as Lt. Verna Hollander
1997
The View as Self (1 episode)
1997
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde as Narrator (voice)
1997
King of the Hill as Mrs. Holloway (voice) (1 episode)
1996
An Unexpected Family as Barbara Whitney
1996
The Prosecutors as Ingrid Maynard
1996
The First Wives Club as Cynthia Swann Griffin
1996
Moll Flanders as Mrs. Allworthy
1996
Lily Dale as Corella
1996
Edie & Pen as Pen
1996
Up Close & Personal as Marcia McGrath
1995
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree as Miss Adelaide
1995
1995
Smoke as Ruby McNutt
1995
Clay Classics: Michael the Visitor as Narrator (voice)
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1994
David's Mother as Bea
1993
Six Degrees of Separation as Ouisa
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self (1 episode)
1992
Lincoln as Clara Harris (voice)
1992
Bitter Moon as Beverly (uncredited)
1991
Married to It as Iris Morden
1990
Meet the Applegates as Jane Applegate
1989
Staying Together as Nancy Trainer
1989
Perfect Witness as Liz Sapperstein
1988
Tidy Endings as Marion
1988
A Time of Destiny as Margaret
1987
Echoes in the Darkness as Susan Reinert (2 episodes)
1987
Echoes in the Darkness as Susan Reinert
1987
The Room Upstairs as Leah Lazenby
1986
The Men's Club as Nancy
1986
Heartburn as Julie
1985
Not My Kid as Helen Bower
1983
Without a Trace as Jocelyn Norris
1982
Nature as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1982
Safari 3000 as J.J. Dalton
1980
The Stockard Channing Show as Susan Goodenow (13 episodes)
1979
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh as Mona Mondieu
1979
Stockard Channing: In Just Friends (11 episodes)
1979
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story as Kitty O'Neil
1978
Grease as Betty Rizzo
1978
The Cheap Detective as Bess
1978
A Different Approach
1977
Lucan as Mickey MacElwaine
1976
The Big Bus as Kitty Baxter
1976
Sweet Revenge as Vurlla Kowsky
1975
The Fortune as Freddie Bigard
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1975
The Lion Roars Again as Self
1974
NOVA as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1974
NOVA as Self - Bible Reader (1 episode)
1973
The Girl Most Likely To... as Miriam Knight
1972
Up the Sandbox as Judy Stanley (uncredited)
1971
The Hospital as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
1969
Sesame Street as Mad Painter's Victim (1 episode)
1969
Medical Center (1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee (3 episodes)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Performer (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Leah Lazenby (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee (2 episodes)