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Stockard Channing
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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 …
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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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2026
Practical Magic 2
Movie Aunt Frances
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2024
Knuckles
TV show Wendy Whipple
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2023
Maryland
TV show Cathy
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2022
Angry Neighbors
Movie Chloe
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2021
Death to 2021
Movie Penn Parker
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2017
The Grease Story
Movie Betty Rizzo
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2017
The Guest Book
TV show Jill
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2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie Self (archive)
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2015
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
TV show Rizzo (archive footage)
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2015
Difficult People
TV show Bonnie Kessler
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2014
The Mysteries of Laura
TV show Brenda Phillips
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2014
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Movie Narrator
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2013
Pulling Strings
Movie Virginia
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2011
17th Precinct
Movie Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
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2011
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2010
Sundays at Tiffany's
Movie Vivian Claremont
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2010
Multiple Sarcasms
Movie Pamela
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2009
The Cleveland Show
TV show
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2009
The Good Wife
TV show Veronica Loy
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
- 2009
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2009
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2007
Sparkle
Movie Sheila
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2007
Through Deaf Eyes
Movie Narrator
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2006
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
Movie Self – Betty Rizzo
- 2006
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2005
Out of Practice
TV show Dr. Lydia Barnes
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2005
3 Needles
Movie Olive Cowie
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2005
Meerkat Manor
TV show Narrator
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2005
Must Love Dogs
Movie Dolly
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2005
Red Mercury
Movie Penelope
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2004
Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound
Movie Barbara Gordon (voice)
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2004
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2004
Jack
Movie Anne
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2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Movie Self (uncredited)
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2004
Home of the Brave
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2003
Abby Singer
Movie Stockard Channing (uncredited)
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2003
Bright Young Things
Movie Mrs. Melrose Ape
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2003
The Piano Man's Daughter
Movie Lily Kilworth
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2003
Anything Else
Movie Paula Chase
