Stockard Channing
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 13, 1944
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Practical Magic 2 2026
as Franny
Angry Neighbors 2022
as Chloe
Death to 2021 2021
as Penn Parker
The Grease Story 2017
as Betty Rizzo
The Fabulous Allan Carr 2017
as Self (archive footage)
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America 2014
as Narrator
Pulling Strings 2013
as Virginia
17th Precinct 2011
as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
- Chautauqua: An American Narrative
Chautauqua: An American Narrative 2011
as Narrator (voice)
Sundays at Tiffany's 2010
as Vivian Claremont
Multiple Sarcasms 2010
as Pamela
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's 2009
as Self
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies 2009
as Narrator (voice)
Sparkle 2007
as Sheila
- Through Deaf Eyes
Through Deaf Eyes 2007
as Narrator
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease 2006
as Self – Betty Rizzo
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman 2006
as Self
3 Needles 2005
as Olive Cowie
Must Love Dogs 2005
as Dolly
Red Mercury 2005
as Penelope
Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound 2004
as Barbara Gordon (voice)
- The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot 2004
as Narrator (voice)
Jack 2004
as Anne
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! 2004
as Self (uncredited)
Home of the Brave 2004
as Narrator (voice)
Abby Singer 2003
as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
Bright Young Things 2003
as Mrs. Melrose Ape
The Piano Man's Daughter 2003
as Lily Kilworth
Anything Else 2003
as Paula Chase
Le Divorce 2003
as Margeeve Walker
Behind the Red Door 2003
as Julia
Life or Something Like It 2002
as Deborah Connors
The Matthew Shepard Story 2002
as Judy Shepard
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister 2002
as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11 2002
Actor
The Business of Strangers 2001
as Julie Styron
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines 2001
as Narrator (voice)
When Billie Beat Bobby 2001
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
So You Want to Be President? 2001
as Narrator
The Truth About Jane 2000
as Janice
Where the Heart Is 2000
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Isn't She Great 2000
as Florence Maybelle
Other Voices 2000
as Dr. Gover
The Venice Project 1999
as Chandra Chase
Practical Magic 1998
as Aunt Frances
The Baby Dance 1998
as Rachel Luckman
An Unexpected Life 1998
as Barbara Whitney
Twilight 1998
as Lt. Verna Hollander
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde 1997
as Narrator (voice)
An Unexpected Family 1996
as Barbara Whitney
The Prosecutors 1996
as Ingrid Maynard
The First Wives Club 1996
as Cynthia Swann Griffin
Moll Flanders 1996
as Mrs. Allworthy
Lily Dale 1996
as Corella
Edie & Pen 1996
as Pen
Up Close & Personal 1996
as Marcia McGrath
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree 1995
as Miss Adelaide
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar 1995
as Carol Ann
Smoke 1995
as Ruby McNutt
Michael the Visitor 1995
as Narrator (voice)
David's Mother 1994
as Bea
Six Degrees of Separation 1993
as Ouisa
- Lincoln
Lincoln 1992
as Clara Harris (voice)
Bitter Moon 1992
as Beverly (uncredited)
Married to It 1991
as Iris Morden
Meet the Applegates 1990
as Jane Applegate
Staying Together 1989
as Nancy Trainer
Perfect Witness 1989
as Liz Sapperstein
Tidy Endings 1988
as Marion
A Time of Destiny 1988
as Margaret
Echoes in the Darkness 1987
as Susan Reinert
The Room Upstairs 1987
as Leah Lazenby
The Men's Club 1986
as Nancy
Heartburn 1986
as Julie
Not My Kid 1985
as Helen Bower
Without a Trace 1983
as Jocelyn Norris
Safari 3000 1982
as J.J. Dalton
Table Settings 1982
Actor
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh 1979
as Mona Mondieu
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story 1979
as Kitty O'Neil
The Cheap Detective 1978
as Bess
Grease 1978
as Rizzo
A Different Approach 1978
Actor
Lucan 1977
as Mickey MacElwaine
The Big Bus 1976
as Kitty Baxter
Sweet Revenge 1976
as Vurlla Kowsky
The Fortune 1975
as Freddie Bigard
- The Lion Roars Again
The Lion Roars Again 1975
as Self
The Girl Most Likely To... 1973
as Miriam Knight
Up the Sandbox 1972
as Judy Stanley (uncredited)
The Hospital 1971
as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
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