Stockard Channing
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1944-02-13 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Stockard Channing
Biography
Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard) is an American stage, film and television actress. She is known for her roles as First Lady Abbey Bartlet on the NBC television series The West Wing; Betty Rizzo in the film Grease; Aunt Frances in Practical Magic, Cynthia Swann Griffin in The First Wives Club, Dolly in Must Love Dogs, and Ouisa Kittredge in both the stage and fim versions of Six Degrees of Separation - the film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
She also starred as Susan Goodenow in the actor-titled series The Stockard Channing Show, and as Mickey MacElwaine in both the movie and TV series Lucan.
Known For
Acting
(2022)
Angry Neighbors
as Chloe
(2021)
Death to 2021
as Penn Parker
(2017)
The Grease Story
as Betty Rizzo
(2014)
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
as Narrator
(2013)
Pulling Strings
as Virginia
(2011)
17th Precinct
as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
(2010)
Sundays at Tiffany's
as Vivian Claremont
(2010)
Multiple Sarcasms
as Pamela
(2009)
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
as Narrator (voice)
(2009)
(2007)
Sparkle
as Sheila
(2007)
Through Deaf Eyes
as Narrator
(2005)
Must Love Dogs
as Dolly
(2005)
3 Needles
as Olive Cowie
(2005)
Red Mercury
as Penelope
(2004)
Jack
as Anne
(2004)
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
Home of the Brave
as Narrator (voice)
(2003)
Le Divorce
as Margeeve Walker
(2003)
Anything Else
as Paula Chase
(2003)
Bright Young Things
as Mrs. Melrose Ape
(2003)
Behind the Red Door
as Julia
(2003)
Abby Singer
as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
(2003)
The Piano Man's Daughter
as Lily Kilworth
(2002)
Life or Something Like It
as Deborah Connors
(2002)
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
(2002)
The Matthew Shepard Story
as Judy Shepard
(2001)
A Girl Thing
as Dr. Beth Noonan
(2001)
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(2001)
The Business of Strangers
as Julie Styron
(2001)
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
as Narrator (voice)
(2000)
Where the Heart Is
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
(2000)
Isn't She Great
as Florence Maybelle
(2000)
The Truth About Jane
as Janice
(2000)
Other Voices
as Dr. Gover
(1999)
The Venice Project
as Chandra Chase
(1998)
Practical Magic
as Aunt Frances
(1998)
Twilight
as Lt. Verna Hollander
(1998)
The Baby Dance
as Rachel Luckman
(1998)
An Unexpected Life
as Barbara Whitney
(1997)
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
The First Wives Club
as Cynthia Swann Griffin
(1996)
Up Close & Personal
as Marcia McGrath
(1996)
Moll Flanders
as Mrs. Allworthy
(1996)
Lily Dale
as Corella
(1996)
Edie & Pen
as Pen
(1996)
An Unexpected Family
as Barbara Whitney
(1996)
The Prosecutors
as Ingrid Maynard
(1995)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Carol Ann
(1995)
Smoke
as Ruby McNutt
(1995)
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
as Miss Adelaide
(1995)
Michael the Visitor
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
David's Mother
as Bea
(1993)
Six Degrees of Separation
as Ouisa
(1992)
Bitter Moon
as Beverly (uncredited)
(1992)
Lincoln
as Clara Harris (voice)
(1991)
Married to It
as Iris Morden
(1990)
Meet the Applegates
as Jane Applegate
(1989)
Perfect Witness
as Liz Sapperstein
(1989)
Staying Together
as Nancy Trainer
(1988)
A Time of Destiny
as Margaret
(1988)
Tidy Endings
as Marion
(1987)
Echoes in the Darkness
as Susan Reinert
(1987)
The Room Upstairs
as Leah Lazenby
(1986)
Heartburn
as Julie
(1986)
The Men's Club
as Nancy
(1985)
Not My Kid
as Helen Bower
(1983)
Without a Trace
as Jocelyn Norris
(1982)
Safari 3000
as J.J. Dalton
(1979)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Mona Mondieu
(1979)
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
as Kitty O'Neil
(1978)
Grease
as Betty Rizzo
(1978)
The Cheap Detective
as Bess
(1978)
(1977)
Lucan
as Mickey MacElwaine
(1976)
The Big Bus
as Kitty Baxter
(1976)
Sweet Revenge
as Vurlla Kowsky
(1975)
The Fortune
as Freddie Bigard
(1975)
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
(1973)
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Miriam Knight
(1972)
Up the Sandbox
as Judy Stanley (uncredited)
(1971)
The Hospital
as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)