Stockard Channing
Acting • Born 1944-02-13
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.
Filmography
123 credits
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Movie • 2014
Narrator
Grease
Movie • 1978
Betty Rizzo
Smoke
Movie • 1995
Ruby McNutt
Where the Heart Is
Movie • 2000
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Anything Else
Movie • 2003
Paula Chase
The First Wives Club
Movie • 1996
Cynthia Swann Griffin
Practical Magic
Movie • 1998
Aunt Frances
The Business of Strangers
Movie • 2001
Julie Styron
Six Degrees of Separation
Movie • 1993
Ouisa
Married to It
Movie • 1991
Iris Morden
Twilight
Movie • 1998
Lt. Verna Hollander
Up Close & Personal
Movie • 1996
Marcia McGrath
Heartburn
Movie • 1986
Julie
Staying Together
Movie • 1989
Nancy Trainer
The Cheap Detective
Movie • 1978
Bess
Death to 2021
Movie • 2021
Penn Parker
Sparkle
Movie • 2007
Sheila
Bright Young Things
Movie • 2003
Mrs. Melrose Ape
The Hospital
Movie • 1971
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
The Matthew Shepard Story
Movie • 2002
Judy Shepard
Life or Something Like It
Movie • 2002
Deborah Connors
Multiple Sarcasms
Movie • 2010
Pamela
Red Mercury
Movie • 2005
Penelope
Without a Trace
Movie • 1983
Jocelyn Norris
When Billie Beat Bobby
Movie • 2001
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
3 Needles
Movie • 2005
Olive Cowie
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Movie • 1979
Mona Mondieu
Moll Flanders
Movie • 1996
Mrs. Allworthy
The Big Bus
Movie • 1976
Kitty Baxter
The Fortune
Movie • 1975
Freddie Bigard
The Truth About Jane
Movie • 2000
Janice
Other Voices
Movie • 2000
Dr. Gover
Safari 3000
Movie • 1982
J.J. Dalton
Isn't She Great
Movie • 2000
Florence Maybelle
The Men's Club
Movie • 1986
Nancy
The Girl Most Likely To...
Movie • 1973
Miriam Knight
Behind the Red Door
Movie • 2003
Julia
The Baby Dance
Movie • 1998
Rachel Luckman
An Unexpected Family
Movie • 1996
Barbara Whitney
Echoes in the Darkness
Movie • 1987
Susan Reinert
Jack
Movie • 2004
Anne
The Room Upstairs
Movie • 1987
Leah Lazenby
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Movie • 1995
Miss Adelaide
Lily Dale
Movie • 1996
Corella
Not My Kid
Movie • 1985
Helen Bower
A Different Approach
Movie • 1978
Pulling Strings
Movie • 2013
Virginia
A Time of Destiny
Movie • 1988
Margaret
Perfect Witness
Movie • 1989
Liz Sapperstein
David's Mother
Movie • 1994
Bea
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Movie • 2009
Narrator (voice)
Lucan
Movie • 1977
Mickey MacElwaine
Edie & Pen
Movie • 1996
Pen
The Prosecutors
Movie • 1996
Ingrid Maynard
An Unexpected Life
Movie • 1998
Barbara Whitney
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Movie • 2002
Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
Home of the Brave
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
Angry Neighbors
Movie • 2022
Chloe
Meet the Applegates
Movie • 1990
Jane Applegate
Must Love Dogs
Movie • 2005
Dolly
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
Movie • 1979
Kitty O'Neil
Bitter Moon
Movie • 1992
Beverly (uncredited)
Sundays at Tiffany's
Movie • 2010
Vivian Claremont
Sweet Revenge
Movie • 1976
Vurlla Kowsky
Up the Sandbox
Movie • 1972
Judy Stanley (uncredited)
The Venice Project
Movie • 1999
Chandra Chase
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
Movie • 1997
Narrator (voice)
The Grease Story
Movie • 2017
Betty Rizzo
Abby Singer
Movie • 2003
Stockard Channing (uncredited)
Tidy Endings
Movie • 1988
Marion
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
Michael the Visitor
Movie • 1995
Narrator (voice)
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
Movie • 2001
Narrator (voice)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Movie • 1995
Carol Ann
Le Divorce
Movie • 2003
Margeeve Walker
The Piano Man's Daughter
Movie • 2003
Lily Kilworth
17th Precinct
Movie • 2011
Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
The Lion Roars Again
Movie • 1975
Self
Lincoln
Movie • 1992
Clara Harris (voice)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Movie • 2009
Self
Through Deaf Eyes
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Practical Magic 2
Movie • 2026
Aunt Frances
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
Movie • 2002
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Movie • 2006
Self
So You Want to Be President?
Movie • 2001
Narrator
Walking with Beasts
TV • 2001
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Meerkat Manor
TV • 2005
Narrator
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Out of Practice
TV • 2005
Dr. Lydia Barnes
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Leah Lazenby
Nature
TV • 1982
Narrator (voice)
The Cleveland Show
TV • 2009
Where Are They Now?
TV • 1999
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Just Friends
TV • 1979
Susan Hughes
The Stockard Channing Show
TV • 1980
Susan Goodenow
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Abbey Bartlet
NOVA
TV • 1974
Self - Bible Reader
NOVA
TV • 1974
Narrator (voice)
Sesame Street
TV • 1969
Mad Painter's Victim
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Veronica Loy
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
TV • 2003
Klara Hitler
The Guest Book
TV • 2017
Jill
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Maryland
TV • 2023
Cathy
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self - Guest
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Mrs. Holloway (voice)
Echoes in the Darkness
TV • 1987
Susan Reinert
Knuckles
TV • 2024
Wendy Whipple
The Mysteries of Laura
TV • 2014
Brenda Phillips
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
TV • 2015
Rizzo (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Marsha Sue
Difficult People
TV • 2015
Bonnie Kessler
A Girl Thing
TV • 2001
Dr. Beth Noonan
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self