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Stockard Channing Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1944-02-13

Birthplace:
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Credits:
127 Total Roles

Stockard Channing

Acting

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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).

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Practical Magic 2 MOVIE Aunt Frances
2024 Knuckles TV Wendy Whipple
2023 Maryland TV Cathy
2022 Angry Neighbors MOVIE Chloe
2021 Death to 2021 MOVIE Penn Parker
2017 The Grease Story MOVIE Betty Rizzo
2017 The Guest Book TV Jill
2015 Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales TV Rizzo (archive footage)
2015 Difficult People TV Bonnie Kessler
2014 The Mysteries of Laura TV Brenda Phillips

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