Stockard Channing

Birthday:
02/13/1944
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.

Credits

Practical Magic 2 (2026)
as Aunt Frances
Angry Neighbors (2022)
as Chloe
Death to 2021 (2021)
as Penn Parker
The Grease Story (2017)
as Betty Rizzo
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
as Self (archive)
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America (2014)
as Narrator
Amor a primera Visa (2013)
as Virginia
17th Precinct (2011)
as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
Chautauqua: An American Narrative (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Sundays at Tiffany's (2010)
as Vivian Claremont
Multiple Sarcasms (2010)
as Pamela
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009)
as Self
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Sparkle (2007)
as Sheila
Through Deaf Eyes (2007)
as Narrator
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease (2006)
as Self – Betty Rizzo
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006)
as Self
3 Needles (2005)
as Olive Cowie
Must Love Dogs (2005)
as Dolly
Red Mercury (2005)
as Penelope
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Jack (2004)
as Anne
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! (2004)
as Self (uncredited)
Home of the Brave (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Abby Singer (2003)
as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
Bright Young Things (2003)
as Mrs. Melrose Ape
The Piano Man's Daughter (2003)
as Lily Kilworth
Anything Else (2003)
as Paula Chase
Le Divorce (2003)
as Margeeve Walker
Behind the Red Door (2003)
as Julia
Life or Something Like It (2002)
as Deborah Connors
The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)
as Judy Shepard
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (2002)
as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11 (2002)
The Business of Strangers (2001)
as Julie Styron
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
So You Want to Be President? (2001)
as Narrator
The Truth About Jane (2000)
as Janice
Where the Heart Is (2000)
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Isn't She Great (2000)
as Florence Maybelle
Other Voices (2000)
as Dr. Gover
The Venice Project (1999)
as Chandra Chase
Practical Magic (1998)
as Aunt Frances
The Baby Dance (1998)
as Rachel Luckman
An Unexpected Life (1998)
as Barbara Whitney
Twilight (1998)
as Lt. Verna Hollander
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
An Unexpected Family (1996)
as Barbara Whitney
The Prosecutors (1996)
as Ingrid Maynard
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Cynthia Swann Griffin
Moll Flanders (1996)
as Mrs. Allworthy
Lily Dale (1996)
as Corella
Edie & Pen (1996)
as Pen
Up Close & Personal (1996)
as Marcia McGrath
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995)
as Miss Adelaide
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
as Carol Ann
Smoke (1995)
as Ruby McNutt
Michael the Visitor (1995)
as Narrator (voice)
David's Mother (1994)
as Bea
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
as Ouisa
Lincoln (1992)
as Clara Harris (voice)
Bitter Moon (1992)
as Beverly (uncredited)
Married to It (1991)
as Iris Morden
Meet the Applegates (1990)
as Jane Applegate
Staying Together (1989)
as Nancy Trainer
Perfect Witness (1989)
as Liz Sapperstein
Tidy Endings (1988)
as Marion
A Time of Destiny (1988)
as Margaret
Echoes in the Darkness (1987)
as Susan Reinert
The Room Upstairs (1987)
as Leah Lazenby
The Men's Club (1986)
as Nancy
Heartburn (1986)
as Julie
Not My Kid (1985)
as Helen Bower
Without a Trace (1983)
as Jocelyn Norris
Safari 3000 (1982)
as J.J. Dalton
Table Settings (1982)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
as Mona Mondieu
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979)
as Kitty O'Neil
The Cheap Detective (1978)
as Bess
Grease (1978)
as Rizzo
A Different Approach (1978)
Lucan (1977)
as Mickey MacElwaine
The Big Bus (1976)
as Kitty Baxter
Sweet Revenge (1976)
as Vurlla Kowsky
The Fortune (1975)
as Freddie Bigard
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
as Self
The Girl Most Likely To... (1973)
as Miriam Knight
Up the Sandbox (1972)
as Judy Stanley (uncredited)
The Hospital (1971)
as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)

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