Carol Channing
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
91
Gender
Female
Birthday
1921-01-31 (104 years old)
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Carol Channing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian. Known for starring in Broadway and film musicals, her characters typically radiated a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect. Channing also studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. She began as a Broadway musical actress, starring in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1949 and Hello, Dolly! in 1964, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the latter. She revived both roles several times throughout her career, most recently playing Dolly in 1995. Channing was nominated for her first Tony Award in 1956 for The Vamp followed by a nomination in 1961 for Show Girl. She received her fourth Tony Award nomination for the musical Lorelei in 1974. As a film actress, she won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Muzzy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). Her other film appearances include The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) and Skidoo (1968). On television, she appeared as an entertainer on variety shows, from The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s to Hollywood Squares. She had a standout performance as The White Queen in the TV production of Alice in Wonderland (1985), and had the first of many TV specials in 1966, An Evening with Carol Channing. Channing was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981 and received a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1995. She continued to perform and make appearances well into her 90s, singing songs from her repertoire and sharing stories with fans, cabaret style. She released an autobiography, Just Lucky I Guess, in 2002, and Larger Than Life, a documentary film about her career, was released in 2012.
Known For
Family Guy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
RuPaul's Drag Race
Hollywood Squares
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
Great Performances
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
The View
The Nanny
Golden Globe Awards
Magnum, P.I.
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Merv Griffin Show
The Drew Carey Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Touched by an Angel
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
The Ed Sullivan Show
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
Omnibus
The Flip Wilson Show
The Oscars
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Dean Martin Show
The Muppet Show
Burke's Law
The Magic School Bus
DuPont Show of the Month
Thumbelina
Password
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Thoroughly Modern Millie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
The Addams Family
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Alice in Wonderland
The First Traveling Saleslady
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Style & Substance
Skidoo
The Christmas Tree
Happily Ever After
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
The Lux Show
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Free to Be… You and Me
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway
Hallmark Hall of Fame
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Where's Wally?
Broadway's Lost Treasures
The People's Command Performance: '77
The Big Party
Three Men on a Horse
Night of 100 Stars III
Shinbone Alley
The Day of the Oath
Night of 100 Stars
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
The Rosemary Clooney Show
The George Burns Show
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Paid in Full
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Broadway: The American Musical
Night of 100 Stars II
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
The Carol Channing Show
Carol Channing and 101 Men
Festival at Ford's
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
Show Girl
