Stockard Channing
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Sesame Street
Mad Painter's Victim
1969
Series
King of the Hill
Mrs. Holloway (voice)
1997
Series
The West Wing
Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet
1999
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
Series
The Good Wife
Veronica Loy
2009
Series
NOVA
Self - Bible Reader
1974
Series
NOVA
Narrator (voice)
1974
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Love, American Style
Marsha Sue
1969
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
The Cleveland Show
2009
Series
Batman Beyond
Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
1999
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Series
Medical Center
1969
Film
Practical Magic
Aunt Frances
1998
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self - Guest
1975
Film
Grease
Rizzo
1978
Series
The Mysteries of Laura
Brenda Phillips
2014
Series
Knuckles
Wendy Whipple
2024
Series
Difficult People
Bonnie Kessler
2015
Film
Practical Magic 2
Aunt Frances
2026
Series
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Klara Hitler
2003
Film
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Carol Ann
1995
Film
Bitter Moon
Beverly (uncredited)
1992
Where Are They Now?
Self
1999
Film
Where the Heart Is
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
2000
Series
Meerkat Manor
Narrator
2005
Film
The First Wives Club
Cynthia Swann Griffin
1996
Series
The Guest Book
Jill
2017
Film
Must Love Dogs
Dolly
2005
Series
Out of Practice
Dr. Lydia Barnes
2005
Series
Walking with Beasts
2001
Series
A Girl Thing
Dr. Beth Noonan
2001
Film
Life or Something Like It
Deborah Connors
2002
Film
Up Close & Personal
Marcia McGrath
1996
Film
Heartburn
Julie
1986
Film
Anything Else
Paula Chase
2003
Film
Sundays at Tiffany's
Vivian Claremont
2010
Film
The Cheap Detective
Bess
1978
Film
Le Divorce
Margeeve Walker
2003
Film
Smoke
Ruby McNutt
1995
Film
Six Degrees of Separation
Ouisa
1993
Series
Maryland
Cathy
2023
Series
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
Rizzo (archive footage)
2015
Film
Moll Flanders
Mrs. Allworthy
1996
Film
The Hospital
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
1971
Film
Twilight
Lt. Verna Hollander
1998
Film
The Big Bus
Kitty Baxter
1976
Film
Death to 2021
Penn Parker
2021
Series
Just Friends
Susan Hughes
1979
Film
Bright Young Things
Mrs. Melrose Ape
2003
Series
Echoes in the Darkness
Susan Reinert
1987
Film
Abby Singer
Stockard Channing (uncredited)
2003
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Leah Lazenby
1951
Film
The Girl Most Likely To...
Miriam Knight
1973
Film
The Fortune
Freddie Bigard
1975
Film
Isn't She Great
Florence Maybelle
2000
Film
Without a Trace
Jocelyn Norris
1983
Film
Up the Sandbox
Judy Stanley (uncredited)
1972
Film
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
2017
Film
The Truth About Jane
Janice
2000
Film
Angry Neighbors
Chloe
2022
Film
Edie & Pen
Pen
1996
Film
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
2006
Film
Meet the Applegates
Jane Applegate
1990
Series
The Stockard Channing Show
Susan Goodenow
1980
Film
The Men's Club
Nancy
1986
Film
The Matthew Shepard Story
Judy Shepard
2002
Film
When Billie Beat Bobby
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2001
Lincoln
Clara Harris (voice)
1992
Film
Behind the Red Door
Julia
2003
Film
A Time of Destiny
Margaret
1988
Film
Echoes in the Darkness
Susan Reinert
1987
Film
Jack
Anne
2004
Film
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Mona Mondieu
1979
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Married to It
Iris Morden
1991
Film
David's Mother
Bea
1994
Film
Pulling Strings
Virginia
2013
Film
Perfect Witness
Liz Sapperstein
1989
Film
The Grease Story
Betty Rizzo
2017
Film
The Baby Dance
Rachel Luckman
1998
Film
Staying Together
Nancy Trainer
1989
Film
The Room Upstairs
Leah Lazenby
1987
Film
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
Self – Betty Rizzo
2006
Film
The Venice Project
Chandra Chase
1999
Film
Safari 3000
J.J. Dalton
1982
Film
Other Voices
Dr. Gover
2000
Film
The Piano Man's Daughter
Lily Kilworth
2003
Film
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (uncredited)
2004
Film
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Miss Adelaide
1995
Film
Sweet Revenge
Vurlla Kowsky
1976
The Lion Roars Again
Self
1975
Film
An Unexpected Family
Barbara Whitney
1996
Film
3 Needles
Olive Cowie
2005
Film
Lily Dale
Corella
1996
Film
A Different Approach
1978
Film
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
Kitty O'Neil
1979
Film
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
Narrator (voice)
2001
Film
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Narrator
2014
Film
An Unexpected Life
Barbara Whitney
1998
Film
Not My Kid
Helen Bower
1985
Film
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
2002
Film
The Business of Strangers
Julie Styron
2001
Film
Multiple Sarcasms
Pamela
2010
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
Narrator (voice)
2004
Film
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
2009
Film
Sparkle
Sheila
2007
Film
Red Mercury
Penelope
2005
Film
17th Precinct
Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
2011
Film
So You Want to Be President?
Narrator
2001
Film
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
Narrator (voice)
1997
Film
The Prosecutors
Ingrid Maynard
1996
Film
Home of the Brave
Narrator (voice)
2004
Film
Table Settings
1982
Film
Lucan
Mickey MacElwaine
1977
Film
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
2002
Through Deaf Eyes
Narrator
2007
Film
Tidy Endings
Marion
1988
Film
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Narrator (voice)
2009
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
Narrator (voice)
2011
Film
Michael the Visitor
Narrator (voice)
1995