Acting · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA · Born February 13, 1944
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.
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as Aunt Frances
TVKnuckles
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as Wendy Whipple
TVMaryland
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as Cathy
MovieAngry Neighbors
2022
as Chloe
MovieDeath to 2021
2021
as Penn Parker
MovieThe Grease Story
2017
as Betty Rizzo
TVThe Guest Book
2017
as Jill
MovieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
TVBehind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015
as Rizzo (archive footage)
TVDifficult People
2015
as Bonnie Kessler
TVThe Mysteries of Laura
2014
as Brenda Phillips
MovieFrederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
2014
as Narrator
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2013
as Virginia
Movie17th Precinct
2011
as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
2011
as Narrator (voice)
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2010
as Vivian Claremont
MovieMultiple Sarcasms
2010
as Pamela
TVThe Cleveland Show
2009
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Veronica Loy
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
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2009
as Self
MovieThe Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
2009
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSparkle
2007
as Sheila
Through Deaf Eyes
2007
as Narrator
MovieThe Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
2006
as Self – Betty Rizzo
MovieLook, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006
as Self
TVOut of Practice
2005
as Dr. Lydia Barnes
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2005
as Olive Cowie
TVMeerkat Manor
2005
as Narrator
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2005
as Dolly
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2005
as Penelope
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
2004
as Narrator (voice)
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2004
as Anne
MovieSesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
as Self (uncredited)
MovieHome of the Brave
2004
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAbby Singer
2003
as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
MovieBright Young Things
2003
as Mrs. Melrose Ape
MovieThe Piano Man's Daughter
2003
as Lily Kilworth
MovieAnything Else
2003
as Paula Chase
MovieLe Divorce
2003
as Margeeve Walker
TVHitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
as Klara Hitler
MovieBehind the Red Door
2003
as Julia
MovieLife or Something Like It
2002
as Deborah Connors
MovieThe Matthew Shepard Story
2002
as Judy Shepard
MovieConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister
2002
as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
MovieNew York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
2002
TVWalking with Beasts
2001
MovieThe Business of Strangers
2001
as Julie Styron
MovieOut of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
2001
as Narrator (voice)
MovieWhen Billie Beat Bobby
2001
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TVA Girl Thing
2001
as Dr. Beth Noonan
MovieSo You Want to Be President?
2001
as Narrator
MovieThe Truth About Jane
2000
as Janice
MovieWhere the Heart Is
2000
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
MovieIsn't She Great
2000
as Florence Maybelle
MovieOther Voices
2000
as Dr. Gover
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet
MovieThe Venice Project
1999
as Chandra Chase
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
TVBatman Beyond
1999
as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
MoviePractical Magic
1998
as Aunt Frances
MovieThe Baby Dance
1998
as Rachel Luckman
MovieAn Unexpected Life
1998
as Barbara Whitney
MovieTwilight
1998
as Lt. Verna Hollander
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieMan Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
1997
as Narrator (voice)
TVKing of the Hill
1997
as Mrs. Holloway (voice)
MovieAn Unexpected Family
1996
as Barbara Whitney
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1996
as Ingrid Maynard
MovieThe First Wives Club
1996
as Cynthia Swann Griffin
MovieMoll Flanders
1996
as Mrs. Allworthy
MovieLily Dale
1996
as Corella
MovieEdie & Pen
1996
as Pen
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1996
as Marcia McGrath
MovieMr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
1995
as Miss Adelaide
MovieTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
as Carol Ann
MovieSmoke
1995
as Ruby McNutt
MovieMichael the Visitor
1995
as Narrator (voice)
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieDavid's Mother
1994
as Bea
MovieSix Degrees of Separation
1993
as Ouisa
TVIntimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Lincoln
1992
as Clara Harris (voice)
MovieBitter Moon
1992
as Beverly (uncredited)
MovieMarried to It
1991
as Iris Morden
MovieMeet the Applegates
1990
as Jane Applegate
MovieStaying Together
1989
as Nancy Trainer
MoviePerfect Witness
1989
as Liz Sapperstein
MovieTidy Endings
1988
as Marion
MovieA Time of Destiny
1988
as Margaret
MovieEchoes in the Darkness
1987
as Susan Reinert
TVEchoes in the Darkness
1987
as Susan Reinert
MovieThe Room Upstairs
1987
as Leah Lazenby
MovieThe Men's Club
1986
as Nancy
MovieHeartburn
1986
as Julie
MovieNot My Kid
1985
as Helen Bower
MovieWithout a Trace
1983
as Jocelyn Norris
TVNature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSafari 3000
1982
as J.J. Dalton
MovieTable Settings
1982
TVThe Stockard Channing Show
1980
as Susan Goodenow
MovieThe Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
as Mona Mondieu
TVJust Friends
1979
as Susan Hughes
MovieSilent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
1979
as Kitty O'Neil
MovieThe Cheap Detective
1978
as Bess
MovieGrease
1978
as Rizzo
MovieA Different Approach
1978
MovieLucan
1977
as Mickey MacElwaine
MovieThe Big Bus
1976
as Kitty Baxter
MovieSweet Revenge
1976
as Vurlla Kowsky
MovieThe Fortune
1975
as Freddie Bigard
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self - Guest
The Lion Roars Again
1975
as Self
TVNOVA
1974
as Self - Bible Reader
MovieThe Girl Most Likely To...
1973
as Miriam Knight
MovieUp the Sandbox
1972
as Judy Stanley (uncredited)
MovieThe Hospital
1971
as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
TVSesame Street
1969
as Mad Painter's Victim
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Marsha Sue
TVMedical Center
1969
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Leah Lazenby
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
