Stockard Channing

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

124

Gender

Female

Birthday

1944-02-13 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Stockard Channing

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • Sesame Street

    Sesame Street

  • King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • NOVA

    NOVA

  • NOVA

    NOVA

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • The View

    The View

  • Nature

    Nature

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • The Cleveland Show

    The Cleveland Show

  • Medical Center

    Medical Center

  • Batman Beyond

    Batman Beyond

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The First Wives Club

    The First Wives Club

  • Where Are They Now?

    Where Are They Now?

  • The Mysteries of Laura

    The Mysteries of Laura

  • Grease

    Grease

  • Practical Magic

    Practical Magic

  • Knuckles

    Knuckles

  • Difficult People

    Difficult People

  • Hitler: The Rise of Evil

    Hitler: The Rise of Evil

  • Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

    Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

  • Sundays at Tiffany's

    Sundays at Tiffany's

  • A Time of Destiny

    A Time of Destiny

  • Bright Young Things

    Bright Young Things

  • Through Deaf Eyes

    Through Deaf Eyes

  • Life or Something Like It

    Life or Something Like It

  • A Different Approach

    A Different Approach

  • The Guest Book

    The Guest Book

  • The Venice Project

    The Venice Project

  • The Prosecutors

    The Prosecutors

  • Must Love Dogs

    Must Love Dogs

  • The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

    The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

  • Where the Heart Is

    Where the Heart Is

  • Bitter Moon

    Bitter Moon

  • The Cheap Detective

    The Cheap Detective

  • The Men's Club

    The Men's Club

  • Echoes in the Darkness

    Echoes in the Darkness

  • The Grease Story

    The Grease Story

  • Up Close & Personal

    Up Close & Personal

  • Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

    Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

  • The Big Bus

    The Big Bus

  • Sparkle

    Sparkle

  • Red Mercury

    Red Mercury

  • David's Mother

    David's Mother

  • The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot

    The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot

  • Married to It

    Married to It

  • Practical Magic 2

    Practical Magic 2

  • Safari 3000

    Safari 3000

  • An Unexpected Life

    An Unexpected Life

  • 17th Precinct

    17th Precinct

  • Out of Practice

    Out of Practice

  • To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

    To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

  • 3 Needles

    3 Needles

  • The Hospital

    The Hospital

  • Smoke

    Smoke

  • Home of the Brave

    Home of the Brave

  • Death to 2021

    Death to 2021

  • An Unexpected Family

    An Unexpected Family

  • Other Voices

    Other Voices

  • Heartburn

    Heartburn

  • Twilight

    Twilight

  • Meerkat Manor

    Meerkat Manor

  • The Matthew Shepard Story

    The Matthew Shepard Story

  • Perfect Witness

    Perfect Witness

  • Lucan

    Lucan

  • A Girl Thing

    A Girl Thing

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Anything Else

    Anything Else

  • When Billie Beat Bobby

    When Billie Beat Bobby

  • Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

    Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

  • Without a Trace

    Without a Trace

  • The Room Upstairs

    The Room Upstairs

  • Moll Flanders

    Moll Flanders

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Sweet Revenge

    Sweet Revenge

  • Walking with Beasts

    Walking with Beasts

  • Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

    Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

  • Edie & Pen

    Edie & Pen

  • Not My Kid

    Not My Kid

  • The Girl Most Likely To...

    The Girl Most Likely To...

  • Behind the Red Door

    Behind the Red Door

  • Up the Sandbox

    Up the Sandbox

  • The Truth About Jane

    The Truth About Jane

  • Staying Together

    Staying Together

  • Multiple Sarcasms

    Multiple Sarcasms

  • Meet the Applegates

    Meet the Applegates

  • Lily Dale

    Lily Dale

  • Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

    Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

  • Echoes in the Darkness

    Echoes in the Darkness

  • The Baby Dance

    The Baby Dance

  • The Business of Strangers

    The Business of Strangers

  • Abby Singer

    Abby Singer

  • The Stockard Channing Show

    The Stockard Channing Show

  • Maryland

    Maryland

  • Jack

    Jack

  • Just Friends

    Just Friends

  • Six Degrees of Separation

    Six Degrees of Separation

  • Angry Neighbors

    Angry Neighbors

  • The Piano Man's Daughter

    The Piano Man's Daughter

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Le Divorce

    Le Divorce

  • Tidy Endings

    Tidy Endings

  • Pulling Strings

    Pulling Strings

  • Isn't She Great

    Isn't She Great

  • The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

    The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

  • Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree

    Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree

  • Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

    Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

  • The Lion Roars Again

    The Lion Roars Again

  • Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

    Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

  • The Fortune

    The Fortune

  • Michael the Visitor

    Michael the Visitor

  • Chautauqua: An American Narrative

    Chautauqua: An American Narrative

  • New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11

    New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11