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.
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Movies (36)
Practical Magic 2
as Aunt Frances
2026
Angry Neighbors
as Chloe
2022
Death to 2021
as Penn Parker
2021
The Grease Story
as Betty Rizzo
2017
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
as Narrator
2014
Pulling Strings
as Virginia
2013
17th Precinct
as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
2011
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Sundays at Tiffany's
as Vivian Claremont
2010
Multiple Sarcasms
as Pamela
2010
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
as Self
2009
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Sparkle
as Sheila
2007
Through Deaf Eyes
as Narrator
2007
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
as Self
2006
3 Needles
as Olive Cowie
2005
Must Love Dogs
as Dolly
2005
Red Mercury
as Penelope
2005
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
as Narrator (voice)
2004
Jack
as Anne
2004
Home of the Brave
as Narrator (voice)
2004
Abby Singer
as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
2003
Bright Young Things
as Mrs. Melrose Ape
2003
The Piano Man's Daughter
as Lily Kilworth
2003
Anything Else
as Paula Chase
2003
Le Divorce
as Margeeve Walker
2003
Behind the Red Door
as Julia
2003
Life or Something Like It
as Deborah Connors
2002
The Matthew Shepard Story
as Judy Shepard
2002
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
2002
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
2002
The Business of Strangers
as Julie Styron
2001
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
as Narrator (voice)
2001
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2001
The Truth About Jane
as Janice
2000
Where the Heart Is
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
2000
TV Shows (14)
Knuckles
as Wendy Whipple
2024
Maryland
as Cathy
2023
The Guest Book
as Jill
2017
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
as Rizzo (archive footage)
2015
Difficult People
as Bonnie Kessler
2015
The Mysteries of Laura
as Brenda Phillips
2014
The Cleveland Show
2009
The Good Wife
as Veronica Loy
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Out of Practice
as Dr. Lydia Barnes
2005
Meerkat Manor
as Narrator
2005
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
as Klara Hitler
2003
Walking with Beasts
2001
A Girl Thing
as Dr. Beth Noonan
2001