Stockard Channing
Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA — Feb 13 1944
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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…
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Stockard Channing's Credits
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NOVA
Self - Bible Reader
The West Wing
Abbey Bartlet
The Good Wife
Veronica Loy
Sesame Street
Mad Painter's Victim
King of the Hill
Mrs. Holloway (voice)
Nature
Narrator (voice)
Love, American Style
Marsha Sue
Medical Center
Intimate Portrait
Self
Batman Beyond
Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
The Oscars
Self
The Cleveland Show
The Mysteries of Laura
Brenda Phillips
Where Are They Now?
Self
Grease
Betty Rizzo
Difficult People
Bonnie Kessler
Knuckles
Wendy Whipple
The Guest Book
Jill
Out of Practice
Dr. Lydia Barnes
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Leah Lazenby
Where the Heart Is
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Klara Hitler
Meerkat Manor
Narrator
Maryland
Cathy
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
Rizzo (archive footage)
Practical Magic
Aunt Frances
A Time of Destiny
Margaret
Sundays at Tiffany's
Vivian Claremont
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Carol Ann
Bitter Moon
Beverly (uncredited)
The First Wives Club
Cynthia Swann Griffin
Life or Something Like It
Deborah Connors
Walking with Beasts
Six Degrees of Separation
Ouisa
Echoes in the Darkness
Susan Reinert
Just Friends
Susan Hughes
A Girl Thing
Dr. Beth Noonan
The Fortune
Freddie Bigard
Must Love Dogs
Dolly
Twilight
Lt. Verna Hollander
Up Close & Personal
Marcia McGrath
Anything Else
Paula Chase
Le Divorce
Margeeve Walker
Practical Magic 2
Aunt Frances
Without a Trace
Jocelyn Norris
Smoke
Ruby McNutt
Heartburn
Julie
Moll Flanders
Mrs. Allworthy
Bright Young Things
Mrs. Melrose Ape
Death to 2021
Penn Parker
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
The Hospital
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
The Cheap Detective
Bess
Up the Sandbox
Judy Stanley (uncredited)
Jack
Anne
Married to It
Iris Morden
The Stockard Channing Show
Susan Goodenow
Not My Kid
Helen Bower
Abby Singer
Stockard Channing (uncredited)
Staying Together
Nancy Trainer
The Big Bus
Kitty Baxter
Behind the Red Door
Julia
The Truth About Jane
Janice
The Business of Strangers
Julie Styron
Lincoln
Clara Harris (voice)
A Different Approach
The Girl Most Likely To...
Miriam Knight
Edie & Pen
Pen
The Lion Roars Again
Self
Red Mercury
Penelope
The Men's Club
Nancy
When Billie Beat Bobby
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Sparkle
Sheila
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Mona Mondieu
Lily Dale
Corella
David's Mother
Bea
Perfect Witness
Liz Sapperstein
The Room Upstairs
Leah Lazenby
The Baby Dance
Rachel Luckman
Safari 3000
J.J. Dalton
An Unexpected Family
Barbara Whitney
The Venice Project
Chandra Chase
Isn't She Great
Florence Maybelle
The Piano Man's Daughter
Lily Kilworth
Angry Neighbors
Chloe
Echoes in the Darkness
Susan Reinert
An Unexpected Life
Barbara Whitney
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
Kitty O'Neil
17th Precinct
Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
Multiple Sarcasms
Pamela
The Matthew Shepard Story
Judy Shepard
Meet the Applegates
Jane Applegate
Other Voices
Dr. Gover
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Miss Adelaide
3 Needles
Olive Cowie
The Grease Story
Betty Rizzo
Pulling Strings
Virginia
Lucan
Mickey MacElwaine
Sweet Revenge
Vurlla Kowsky
The Prosecutors
Ingrid Maynard
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
Tidy Endings
Marion
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
Narrator (voice)
Michael the Visitor
Narrator (voice)
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Narrator
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
Narrator (voice)
Through Deaf Eyes
Narrator
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
Narrator (voice)
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Narrator (voice)
Home of the Brave
Narrator (voice)
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
Narrator (voice)
So You Want to Be President?
Narrator
Tony Awards
Self - Winner