Stockard Channing
Acting
Born: Feb 13, 1944
From: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death to 2021 | Penn Parker | 2021 | 5.959 |
| Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America | Narrator | 2014 | — |
| Multiple Sarcasms | Pamela | 2010 | 5.9 |
| Sparkle | Sheila | 2007 | 5.7 |
| Red Mercury | Penelope | 2005 | 5.333 |
| 3 Needles | Olive Cowie | 2005 | 5.95 |
| Anything Else | Paula Chase | 2003 | 6.165 |
| Bright Young Things | Mrs. Melrose Ape | 2003 | 6.266 |
| The Matthew Shepard Story | Judy Shepard | 2002 | 5.574 |
| Life or Something Like It | Deborah Connors | 2002 | 5.68 |
| The Business of Strangers | Julie Styron | 2001 | 5.537 |
| When Billie Beat Bobby | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2001 | 5.412 |
| Where the Heart Is | Thelma 'Sister' Husband | 2000 | 7.104 |
| Practical Magic | Aunt Frances | 1998 | 6.775 |
| Twilight | Lt. Verna Hollander | 1998 | 6.132 |
| The First Wives Club | Cynthia Swann Griffin | 1996 | 6.709 |
| Up Close & Personal | Marcia McGrath | 1996 | 6.278 |
| Moll Flanders | Mrs. Allworthy | 1996 | 6.081 |
| Smoke | Ruby McNutt | 1995 | 7.203 |
| Six Degrees of Separation | Ouisa | 1993 | 6.418 |
| Married to It | Iris Morden | 1991 | 6.0 |
| Staying Together | Nancy Trainer | 1989 | 5.231 |
| Heartburn | Julie | 1986 | 6.0 |
| Without a Trace | Jocelyn Norris | 1983 | 5.283 |
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Mona Mondieu | 1979 | 5.679 |
| Grease | Betty Rizzo | 1978 | 7.371 |
| The Cheap Detective | Bess | 1978 | 6.35 |
| The Big Bus | Kitty Baxter | 1976 | 5.332 |
| The Fortune | Freddie Bigard | 1975 | 5.4 |
| The Hospital | E.R. Nurse (uncredited) | 1971 | 6.611 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1944 |
| From | Manhattan, New York … |