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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Sesame Street

The Good Wife

The West Wing

King of the Hill

The View

NOVA

All Movies (89)

• Practical Magic 22026 · as Aunt Frances
• Angry Neighbors2022 · as Chloe
• Death to 20212021 · as Penn Parker
• The Grease Story2017 · as Betty Rizzo
• The Fabulous Allan Carr2017 · as Self (archive)
• Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America2014 · as Narrator
• Pulling Strings2013 · as Virginia
• 17th Precinct2011 · as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
• Chautauqua: An American Narrative2011 · as Narrator (voice)
• Sundays at Tiffany's2010 · as Vivian Claremont
• Multiple Sarcasms2010 · as Pamela
• Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's2009 · as Self
• The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies2009 · as Narrator (voice)
• Sparkle2007 · as Sheila
• Through Deaf Eyes2007 · as Narrator
• The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease2006 · as Self – Betty Rizzo
• Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman2006 · as Self
• 3 Needles2005 · as Olive Cowie
• Must Love Dogs2005 · as Dolly
• Red Mercury2005 · as Penelope
• The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot2004 · as Narrator (voice)
• Jack2004 · as Anne
• Home of the Brave2004 · as Narrator (voice)
• Abby Singer2003 · as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
• Bright Young Things2003 · as Mrs. Melrose Ape
• The Piano Man's Daughter2003 · as Lily Kilworth
• Anything Else2003 · as Paula Chase
• Le Divorce2003 · as Margeeve Walker
• Behind the Red Door2003 · as Julia
• Life or Something Like It2002 · as Deborah Connors
• The Matthew Shepard Story2002 · as Judy Shepard
• Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister2002 · as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
• New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 112002
• The Business of Strangers2001 · as Julie Styron
• Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines2001 · as Narrator (voice)
• When Billie Beat Bobby2001 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• So You Want to Be President?2001 · as Narrator
• The Truth About Jane2000 · as Janice
• Where the Heart Is2000 · as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
• Isn't She Great2000 · as Florence Maybelle
• Other Voices2000 · as Dr. Gover
• The Venice Project1999 · as Chandra Chase
• Practical Magic1998 · as Aunt Frances
• The Baby Dance1998 · as Rachel Luckman
• An Unexpected Life1998 · as Barbara Whitney
• Twilight1998 · as Lt. Verna Hollander
• Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde1997 · as Narrator (voice)
• An Unexpected Family1996 · as Barbara Whitney
• The Prosecutors1996 · as Ingrid Maynard
• The First Wives Club1996 · as Cynthia Swann Griffin
• Moll Flanders1996 · as Mrs. Allworthy
• Lily Dale1996 · as Corella
• Edie & Pen1996 · as Pen
• Up Close & Personal1996 · as Marcia McGrath
• Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree1995 · as Miss Adelaide
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar1995 · as Carol Ann
• Smoke1995 · as Ruby McNutt
• Michael the Visitor1995 · as Narrator (voice)
• David's Mother1994 · as Bea
• Six Degrees of Separation1993 · as Ouisa
• Lincoln1992 · as Clara Harris (voice)
• Bitter Moon1992 · as Beverly (uncredited)
• Married to It1991 · as Iris Morden
• Meet the Applegates1990 · as Jane Applegate
• Staying Together1989 · as Nancy Trainer
• Perfect Witness1989 · as Liz Sapperstein
• Tidy Endings1988 · as Marion
• A Time of Destiny1988 · as Margaret
• Echoes in the Darkness1987 · as Susan Reinert
• The Room Upstairs1987 · as Leah Lazenby
• The Men's Club1986 · as Nancy
• Heartburn1986 · as Julie
• Not My Kid1985 · as Helen Bower
• Without a Trace1983 · as Jocelyn Norris
• Safari 30001982 · as J.J. Dalton
• Table Settings1982
• The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh1979 · as Mona Mondieu
• Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story1979 · as Kitty O'Neil
• The Cheap Detective1978 · as Bess
• Grease1978 · as Betty Rizzo
• A Different Approach1978
• Lucan1977 · as Mickey MacElwaine
• The Big Bus1976 · as Kitty Baxter
• Sweet Revenge1976 · as Vurlla Kowsky
• The Fortune1975 · as Freddie Bigard
• The Lion Roars Again1975 · as Self
• The Girl Most Likely To...1973 · as Miriam Knight
• Up the Sandbox1972 · as Judy Stanley (uncredited)
• The Hospital1971 · as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)

All TV Shows (41)

• Knuckles2024 · as Wendy Whipple
• Maryland2023 · as Cathy
• The Guest Book2017 · as Jill
• Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales2015 · as Rizzo (archive footage)
• Difficult People2015 · as Bonnie Kessler
• The Mysteries of Laura2014 · as Brenda Phillips
• The Cleveland Show2009
• The Good Wife2009 · as Veronica Loy
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Out of Practice2005 · as Dr. Lydia Barnes
• Meerkat Manor2005 · as Narrator
• Hitler: The Rise of Evil2003 · as Klara Hitler
• Walking with Beasts2001
• A Girl Thing2001 · as Dr. Beth Noonan
• The West Wing1999 · as Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet
• Where Are They Now?1999 · as Self
• Batman Beyond1999 · as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
• The View1997 · as Self
• King of the Hill1997 · as Mrs. Holloway (voice)
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Echoes in the Darkness1987 · as Susan Reinert
• Nature1982 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Stockard Channing Show1980 · as Susan Goodenow
• Just Friends1979 · as Susan Hughes
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self - Guest
• NOVA1974 · as Self - Bible Reader
• NOVA1974 · as Narrator (voice)
• Sesame Street1969 · as Mad Painter's Victim
• Love, American Style1969 · as Marsha Sue
• Medical Center1969
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee / Performer
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Leah Lazenby
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter