Stockard Channing
Acting
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.
Known for
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moviePractical Magic 2
2026
Aunt Frances
tvKnuckles
2024
Wendy Whipple
tvMaryland
2023
Cathy
movieDeath to 2021
2021
Penn Parker
movieThe Grease Story
2017
Betty Rizzo
movieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Self (archive)
tvBehind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015
Rizzo (archive footage)
tvDifficult People
2015
Bonnie Kessler
tvThe Mysteries of Laura
2014
Brenda Phillips
moviePulling Strings
2013
Virginia
movie17th Precinct
2011
Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
movieSundays at Tiffany's
2010
Vivian Claremont
tvThe Good Wife
2009
Veronica Loy
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieThe Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
2009
Narrator (voice)
movieSparkle
2007
Sheila
movieThe Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
2006
Self – Betty Rizzo
tvOut of Practice
2005
Dr. Lydia Barnes
movie3 Needles
2005
Olive Cowie
tvMeerkat Manor
2005
Narrator
movieRed Mercury
2005
Penelope
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
2004
Narrator (voice)
movieJack
2004
Anne
movieSesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
Self (uncredited)
movieHome of the Brave
2004
Narrator (voice)
movieAbby Singer
2003
Stockard Channing (uncredited)
movieBright Young Things
2003
Mrs. Melrose Ape
movieThe Piano Man's Daughter
2003
Lily Kilworth
movieAnything Else
2003
Paula Chase
movieLe Divorce
2003
Margeeve Walker
tvHitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
Klara Hitler
movieLife or Something Like It
2002
Deborah Connors
movieThe Matthew Shepard Story
2002
Judy Shepard
movieConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister
2002
Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
movieThe Business of Strangers
2001
Julie Styron
movieWhen Billie Beat Bobby
2001
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
tvA Girl Thing
2001
Dr. Beth Noonan
movieWhere the Heart Is
2000
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
movieIsn't She Great
2000
Florence Maybelle
movieOther Voices
2000
Dr. Gover
tvThe West Wing
1999
Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet
movieThe Venice Project
1999
Chandra Chase
tvBatman Beyond
1999
Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
moviePractical Magic
1998
Aunt Frances
movieThe Baby Dance
1998
Rachel Luckman
movieAn Unexpected Life
1998
Barbara Whitney
movieTwilight
1998
Lt. Verna Hollander
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieMan Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
1997
Narrator (voice)
tvKing of the Hill
1997
Mrs. Holloway (voice)
movieAn Unexpected Family
1996
Barbara Whitney
movieThe Prosecutors
1996
Ingrid Maynard
movieThe First Wives Club
1996
Cynthia Swann Griffin
movieMoll Flanders
1996
Mrs. Allworthy
movieLily Dale
1996
Corella
movieUp Close & Personal
1996
Marcia McGrath
movieMr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
1995
Miss Adelaide
movieSmoke
1995
Ruby McNutt
movieMichael the Visitor
1995
Narrator (voice)
Lincoln
1992
Clara Harris (voice)
movieBitter Moon
1992
Beverly (uncredited)
movieMarried to It
1991
Iris Morden
movieMeet the Applegates
1990
Jane Applegate
movieStaying Together
1989
Nancy Trainer
moviePerfect Witness
1989
Liz Sapperstein
movieTidy Endings
1988
Marion
movieA Time of Destiny
1988
Margaret
movieEchoes in the Darkness
1987
Susan Reinert
tvEchoes in the Darkness
1987
Susan Reinert
movieThe Room Upstairs
1987
Leah Lazenby
movieHeartburn
1986
Julie
movieNot My Kid
1985
Helen Bower
movieWithout a Trace
1983
Jocelyn Norris
tvNature
1982
Narrator (voice)
movieSafari 3000
1982
J.J. Dalton
tvThe Stockard Channing Show
1980
Susan Goodenow
movieThe Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
Mona Mondieu
tvJust Friends
1979
Susan Hughes
movieSilent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
1979
Kitty O'Neil
movieGrease
1978
Betty Rizzo
movieLucan
1977
Mickey MacElwaine
movieThe Big Bus
1976
Kitty Baxter
movieSweet Revenge
1976
Vurlla Kowsky
movieThe Fortune
1975
Freddie Bigard
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Self - Guest
tvNOVA
1974
Self - Bible Reader / Narrator (voice)
movieThe Girl Most Likely To...
1973
Miriam Knight
movieUp the Sandbox
1972
Judy Stanley (uncredited)
movieThe Hospital
1971
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
tvSesame Street
1969
Mad Painter's Victim
tvLove, American Style
1969
Marsha Sue
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Winner / Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Performer
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Leah Lazenby
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter