Stockard Channing
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
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).
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Born
Feb 13, 1944
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
91 acting
0 crew
Popularity
3.2
Known For
Practical Magic
1998
as Aunt Frances
Grease
1978
as Rizzo
Bitter Moon
1992
as Beverly (uncredited)
The First Wives Club
1996
as Cynthia Swann Griffin
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
as Carol Ann
Where the Heart Is
2000
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Death to 2021
2021
as Penn Parker
Must Love Dogs
2005
as Dolly
Heartburn
1986
as Julie
Anything Else
2003
as Paula Chase
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