Stockard Channing
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1944
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
91 movies · 36 TV shows, newest first
NR
Practical Magic 2
2026
7.3
Knuckles
2024
6.4
Maryland
2023
4.0
Angry Neighbors
2022
6.0
Death to 2021
2021
8.4
The Grease Story
2017
7.0
The Guest Book
2017
5.0
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
9.0
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015
6.3
Difficult People
2015
7.1
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
NR
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
2014
6.9
Pulling Strings
2013
4.0
17th Precinct
2011NR
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
2011
6.5
Sundays at Tiffany's
2010
5.8
Multiple Sarcasms
2010
5.9
The Cleveland Show
2009
7.6
The Good Wife
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
8.0
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
6.2
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
2009
5.7
Sparkle
20077.3
Through Deaf Eyes
2007
NR
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
2006
7.6
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006
7.4
Out of Practice
2005
5.9
3 Needles
2005
7.6
Meerkat Manor
2005
5.9
Must Love Dogs
2005
5.3
Red Mercury
2005
6.0
Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound
20041.0
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
2004
4.8
Jack
2004
7.6
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
10.0
Home of the Brave
2004
6.8
Abby Singer
2003
6.3
Bright Young Things
2003
10.0
The Piano Man's Daughter
2003
6.2
Anything Else
2003
5.0
Le Divorce
2003
7.1
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
5.4
Behind the Red Door
2003
5.7
Life or Something Like It
2002
5.6
The Matthew Shepard Story
2002
6.5
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
2002
NR
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
2002
7.8
Walking with Beasts
2001
5.6
The Business of Strangers
2001
5.7
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
2001
5.6
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001
5.3
A Girl Thing
2001
NR
So You Want to Be President?
2001
6.3
The Truth About Jane
2000
7.1
Where the Heart Is
2000
4.9
Isn't She Great
2000
4.0
Other Voices
2000
8.3
The West Wing
1999
7.0
The Venice Project
19997.5
Where Are They Now?
1999
8.2
Batman Beyond
1999
6.8
Practical Magic
1998
6.3
The Baby Dance
1998
4.9
An Unexpected Life
1998
6.1
Twilight
1998
4.3
The View
1997
7.0
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
1997
7.4
King of the Hill
1997
5.8
An Unexpected Family
1996
8.0
The Prosecutors
1996
6.7
The First Wives Club
1996
6.1
Moll Flanders
1996
3.7
Lily Dale
1996
5.6
Edie & Pen
1996
6.3
Up Close & Personal
1996
6.2
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
1995
7.5
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
7.2
Smoke
1995
8.0
Michael the Visitor
1995
NR
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
8.3
David's Mother
1994
6.4
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
4.5
Intimate Portrait
19937.3
Lincoln
1992
7.1
Bitter Moon
1992
6.0
Married to It
1991
5.6
Meet the Applegates
1990
5.2
Staying Together
1989
6.8
Perfect Witness
1989
4.0
Tidy Endings
1988
5.4
A Time of Destiny
1988
7.5
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
NR
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
4.8
The Room Upstairs
1987
4.0
The Men's Club
1986
6.0
Heartburn
1986
7.5
Not My Kid
1985
5.4
Without a Trace
1983
7.9
Nature
1982
5.4
Safari 3000
1982
5.0
Table Settings
1982
7.0
The Stockard Channing Show
1980
5.6
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
10.0
Just Friends
1979
7.0
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
1979
6.3
The Cheap Detective
1978
7.4
Grease
1978
6.0
A Different Approach
1978
7.0
Lucan
1977
5.3
The Big Bus
1976
5.7
Sweet Revenge
1976
5.4
The Fortune
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
19756.5
The Lion Roars Again
1975
7.0
NOVA
1974
6.6
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
5.9
Up the Sandbox
1972
6.6
The Hospital
1971
7.1
Sesame Street
1969
6.2
Love, American Style
1969
6.4
Medical Center
1969
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
NR
Tony Awards
1956
7.0
The Oscars
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944