Stockard Channing
February 13, 1944 (80 years old) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Knuckles as Wendy Whipple
- 2023 · Maryland as Cathy
- 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
- 2015 · Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales as Rizzo (archive footage)
- 2014 · The Mysteries of Laura as Brenda Phillips
- 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 as
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Veronica Loy
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 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
- 2005 · 3 Needles as Olive Cowie
- 2005 · Meerkat Manor as Narrator
- 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
- 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 as
- 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 · The Truth About Jane as Janice
- 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
- 1999 · The Venice Project as Chandra Chase
- 1999 · Where Are They Now? as Self
- 1999 · Batman Beyond as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
- 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
- 1997 · Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Mrs. Holloway (voice)
- 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 · To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Carol Ann
- 1995 · Smoke as Ruby McNutt
- 1995 · Michael the Visitor as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · David's Mother as Bea
- 1993 · Six Degrees of Separation as Ouisa
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 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
- 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)
- 1982 · Safari 3000 as J.J. Dalton
- 1980 · The Stockard Channing Show as Susan Goodenow
- 1979 · The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh as Mona Mondieu
- 1979 · Stockard Channing: In Just Friends as
- 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 as
- 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
- 1975 · The Lion Roars Again as Self
- 1974 · NOVA as Self - Bible Reader
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Performer
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Leah Lazenby
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter