Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1944-02-13 (Age: 82)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Stockard Channing
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 (86)
Practical Magic 2
2026
Angry Neighbors
2022
Death to 2021
2021
The Grease Story
2017
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
2014
Pulling Strings
2013
17th Precinct
2011Chautauqua: An American Narrative
2011
Sundays at Tiffany's
2010
Multiple Sarcasms
2010
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
2009
Sparkle
2007Through Deaf Eyes
2007
