Stockard Channing

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.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 • as Self - Guest

King of the Hill

1997 • as Mrs. Holloway (voice)

The View

1997 • as Self

NOVA

1974 • as Self - Bible Reader

NOVA

1974 • as Narrator (voice)

Filmography

2024

Knuckles

as Wendy Whipple

TV - Released: 4/26/2024

2023

Maryland

as Cathy

TV - Released: 5/22/2023

2022

Angry Neighbors

as Chloe

Movie - Released: 12/2/2022

2021

Death to 2021

as Penn Parker

Movie - Released: 12/27/2021

2017

The Grease Story

as Betty Rizzo

Movie - Released: 11/5/2017

The Guest Book

as Jill

TV - Released: 8/3/2017

2015

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

as Rizzo (archive footage)

TV - Released: 11/7/2015

2014

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 5/1/2014

The Mysteries of Laura

as Brenda Phillips

TV - Released: 9/17/2014

2013

Pulling Strings

as Virginia

Movie - Released: 10/5/2013

2011

17th Precinct

as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley

Movie - Released: 12/30/2011

2010

Multiple Sarcasms

as Pamela

Movie - Released: 5/7/2010

Sundays at Tiffany's

as Vivian Claremont

Movie - Released: 12/6/2010

2009

The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/27/2009

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/19/2009

The Cleveland Show

TV - Released: 9/27/2009

The Good Wife

as Veronica Loy

TV - Released: 9/22/2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

TV - Released: 7/16/2009

2007

Sparkle

as Sheila

Movie - Released: 8/17/2007

Movie

Through Deaf Eyes

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 3/21/2007

2005

Red Mercury

as Penelope

Movie - Released: 5/13/2005

3 Needles

as Olive Cowie

Movie - Released: 9/9/2005

Must Love Dogs

as Dolly

Movie - Released: 7/21/2005

Meerkat Manor

as Narrator

TV - Released: 9/2/2005

Out of Practice

as Dr. Lydia Barnes

TV - Released: 9/19/2005

2004

Jack

as Anne

Movie - Released: 6/19/2004

Home of the Brave

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/1/2004

Movie

The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 7/20/2004

2003

Anything Else

as Paula Chase

Movie - Released: 8/27/2003

Bright Young Things

as Mrs. Melrose Ape

Movie - Released: 10/3/2003

Behind the Red Door

as Julia

Movie - Released: 1/12/2003

Abby Singer

as Stockard Channing (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/28/2003

Le Divorce

as Margeeve Walker

Movie - Released: 8/8/2003

The Piano Man's Daughter

as Lily Kilworth

Movie - Released: 9/22/2003

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

as Klara Hitler

TV - Released: 5/18/2003

2002

The Matthew Shepard Story

as Judy Shepard

Movie - Released: 3/16/2002

Life or Something Like It

as Deborah Connors

Movie - Released: 4/24/2002

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer

Movie - Released: 3/10/2002

2001

The Business of Strangers

as Julie Styron

Movie - Released: 9/13/2001

When Billie Beat Bobby

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 4/16/2001

A Girl Thing

as Dr. Beth Noonan

Movie - Released: 1/19/2001

Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 6/13/2001

Walking with Beasts

TV - Released: 11/15/2001

2000

Where the Heart Is

as Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Movie - Released: 4/27/2000

The Truth About Jane

as Janice

Movie - Released: 8/7/2000

Other Voices

as Dr. Gover

Movie - Released: 1/22/2000

Isn't She Great

as Florence Maybelle

Movie - Released: 1/28/2000

1999

The Venice Project

as Chandra Chase

Movie - Released: 9/9/1999

Batman Beyond

as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)

TV - Released: 1/10/1999

Where Are They Now?

as Self

TV - Released: 6/7/1999

The West Wing

as Abbey Bartlet

TV - Released: 9/22/1999

1998

Practical Magic

as Aunt Frances

Movie - Released: 10/16/1998

Twilight

as Lt. Verna Hollander

Movie - Released: 3/6/1998

The Baby Dance

as Rachel Luckman

Movie - Released: 8/23/1998

An Unexpected Life

as Barbara Whitney

Movie - Released: 6/24/1998

1997

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/9/1997

The View

as Self

TV - Released: 8/11/1997

King of the Hill

as Mrs. Holloway (voice)

TV - Released: 1/12/1997

1996

The First Wives Club

as Cynthia Swann Griffin

Movie - Released: 9/20/1996

Up Close & Personal

as Marcia McGrath

Movie - Released: 3/1/1996

Moll Flanders

as Mrs. Allworthy

Movie - Released: 6/14/1996

An Unexpected Family

as Barbara Whitney

Movie - Released: 12/4/1996

Lily Dale

as Corella

Movie - Released: 6/9/1996

Edie & Pen

as Pen

Movie - Released: 5/10/1996

The Prosecutors

as Ingrid Maynard

Movie - Released: 12/2/1996

1995

Smoke

as Ruby McNutt

Movie - Released: 6/9/1995

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree

as Miss Adelaide

Movie - Released: 12/6/1995

Michael the Visitor

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

as Carol Ann

Movie - Released: 9/7/1995

1994

David's Mother

as Bea

Movie - Released: 4/10/1994

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

TV - Released: 8/14/1994

1993

Six Degrees of Separation

as Ouisa

Movie - Released: 12/8/1993

Intimate Portrait

as Self

TV - Released: 11/14/1993

1992

Bitter Moon

as Beverly (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 9/2/1992

Movie

Lincoln

as Clara Harris (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/26/1992

1991

Married to It

as Iris Morden

Movie - Released: 9/11/1991

1990

Meet the Applegates

as Jane Applegate

Movie - Released: 11/8/1990

1989

Staying Together

as Nancy Trainer

Movie - Released: 11/10/1989

Perfect Witness

as Liz Sapperstein

Movie - Released: 10/28/1989

1988

A Time of Destiny

as Margaret

Movie - Released: 4/22/1988

Tidy Endings

as Marion

Movie - Released: 8/14/1988

1987

Echoes in the Darkness

as Susan Reinert

Movie - Released: 11/1/1987

The Room Upstairs

as Leah Lazenby

Movie - Released: 1/31/1987

Echoes in the Darkness

as Susan Reinert

TV - Released: 11/1/1987

1986

Heartburn

as Julie

Movie - Released: 7/25/1986

The Men's Club

as Nancy

Movie - Released: 9/19/1986

1985

Not My Kid

as Helen Bower

Movie - Released: 1/15/1985

1983

Without a Trace

as Jocelyn Norris

Movie - Released: 2/4/1983

1982

Safari 3000

as J.J. Dalton

Movie - Released: 5/1/1982

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 10/10/1982

1980

The Stockard Channing Show

as Susan Goodenow

TV - Released: 3/24/1980

1979

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

as Mona Mondieu

Movie - Released: 11/6/1979

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

as Kitty O'Neil

Movie - Released: 2/24/1979

Stockard Channing: In Just Friends

TV - Released: 3/4/1979

1978

Grease

as Betty Rizzo

Movie - Released: 7/7/1978

The Cheap Detective

as Bess

Movie - Released: 6/23/1978

A Different Approach

Movie - Released: 1/1/1978

1977

Lucan

as Mickey MacElwaine

Movie - Released: 5/22/1977

1976

The Big Bus

as Kitty Baxter

Movie - Released: 6/23/1976

Sweet Revenge

as Vurlla Kowsky

Movie - Released: 6/6/1976

1975

The Fortune

as Freddie Bigard

Movie - Released: 5/20/1975

Movie

The Lion Roars Again

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self - Guest

TV - Released: 1/12/1975

1974

NOVA

as Self - Bible Reader

TV - Released: 3/3/1974

NOVA

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 3/3/1974

1973

The Girl Most Likely To...

as Miriam Knight

Movie - Released: 11/6/1973

1972

Up the Sandbox

as Judy Stanley (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/21/1972

1971

The Hospital

as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/14/1971

1969

Medical Center

TV - Released: 9/24/1969

Sesame Street

as Mad Painter's Victim

TV - Released: 11/10/1969

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee/Performer

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1953

The Oscars

as Self

TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Leah Lazenby

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV - Released: 1/20/1944