Stockard Channing
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.
TV Shows(36)
Knuckles
Wendy Whipple
2024
Maryland
Cathy
2023
The Guest Book
Jill
2017
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
Rizzo (archive footage)
2015
Difficult People
Bonnie Kessler
2015
The Mysteries of Laura
Brenda Phillips
2014
The Cleveland Show
2009
The Good Wife
Veronica Loy
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Out of Practice
Dr. Lydia Barnes
2005
Meerkat Manor
Narrator
2005
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Klara Hitler
2003
Walking with Beasts
2001
A Girl Thing
Dr. Beth Noonan
2001
The West Wing
Abbey Bartlet
1999
Where Are They Now?
Self
1999
Batman Beyond
Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
1999
The View
Self
1997
King of the Hill
Mrs. Holloway (voice)
1997
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Echoes in the Darkness
Susan Reinert
1987
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982
The Stockard Channing Show
Susan Goodenow
1980
Just Friends
Susan Hughes
1979
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self - Guest
1975
NOVA
Self - Bible Reader
1974
Sesame Street
Mad Painter's Victim
1969
Love, American Style
Marsha Sue
1969
Medical Center
1969
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Leah Lazenby
1951
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(86)
Practical Magic 2
Aunt Frances
2026
Angry Neighbors
Chloe
2022
Death to 2021
Penn Parker
2021
The Grease Story
Betty Rizzo
2017
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Narrator
2014
Pulling Strings
Virginia
2013
17th Precinct
Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
2011
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
Narrator (voice)
2011
Sundays at Tiffany's
Vivian Claremont
2010
Multiple Sarcasms
Pamela
2010
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
2009
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Narrator (voice)
2009
Sparkle
Sheila
2007
Through Deaf Eyes
Narrator
2007
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
2006
3 Needles
Olive Cowie
2005
Must Love Dogs
Dolly
2005
Red Mercury
Penelope
2005
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
Narrator (voice)
2004
Jack
Anne
2004
Home of the Brave
Narrator (voice)
2004
Abby Singer
Stockard Channing (uncredited)
2003
Bright Young Things
Mrs. Melrose Ape
2003
The Piano Man's Daughter
Lily Kilworth
2003
Anything Else
Paula Chase
2003
Le Divorce
Margeeve Walker
2003
Behind the Red Door
Julia
2003
Life or Something Like It
Deborah Connors
2002
The Matthew Shepard Story
Judy Shepard
2002
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
2002
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
2002
The Business of Strangers
Julie Styron
2001
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
Narrator (voice)
2001
When Billie Beat Bobby
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2001
So You Want to Be President?
Narrator
2001
The Truth About Jane
Janice
2000
Where the Heart Is
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
2000
Isn't She Great
Florence Maybelle
2000
Other Voices
Dr. Gover
2000
The Venice Project
Chandra Chase
1999
Practical Magic
Aunt Frances
1998
The Baby Dance
Rachel Luckman
1998
An Unexpected Life
Barbara Whitney
1998
Twilight
Lt. Verna Hollander
1998
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
Narrator (voice)
1997
An Unexpected Family
Barbara Whitney
1996
The Prosecutors
Ingrid Maynard
1996
The First Wives Club
Cynthia Swann Griffin
1996
Moll Flanders
Mrs. Allworthy
1996
Lily Dale
Corella
1996
Edie & Pen
Pen
1996
Up Close & Personal
Marcia McGrath
1996
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Miss Adelaide
1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Carol Ann
1995
Smoke
Ruby McNutt
1995
Michael the Visitor
Narrator (voice)
1995
David's Mother
Bea
1994
Six Degrees of Separation
Ouisa
1993
Lincoln
Clara Harris (voice)
1992
Bitter Moon
Beverly (uncredited)
1992
Married to It
Iris Morden
1991
Meet the Applegates
Jane Applegate
1990
Staying Together
Nancy Trainer
1989
Perfect Witness
Liz Sapperstein
1989
Tidy Endings
Marion
1988
A Time of Destiny
Margaret
1988
Echoes in the Darkness
Susan Reinert
1987
The Room Upstairs
Leah Lazenby
1987
The Men's Club
Nancy
1986
Heartburn
Julie
1986
Not My Kid
Helen Bower
1985
Without a Trace
Jocelyn Norris
1983
Safari 3000
J.J. Dalton
1982
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Mona Mondieu
1979
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
Kitty O'Neil
1979
The Cheap Detective
Bess
1978
Grease
Betty Rizzo
1978
A Different Approach
1978
Lucan
Mickey MacElwaine
1977
The Big Bus
Kitty Baxter
1976
Sweet Revenge
Vurlla Kowsky
1976
The Fortune
Freddie Bigard
1975
The Lion Roars Again
Self
1975
The Girl Most Likely To...
Miriam Knight
1973
Up the Sandbox
Judy Stanley (uncredited)
1972
The Hospital
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
1971