Stockard Channing
Highest Rated: 94% Home of the Brave (2004)
Lowest Rated: 9% Meet the Applegates (1990)
Birthday: Feb 13, 1944
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Actress Stockard Channing's deceptively uneven film résumé belied the award-winning performer's exceptionally prolific and successful career on both stage and television. After a few brief appearances in feature films, Channing won what should have been the role of a lifetime opposite movie icons Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in the Mike Nichols comedy "The Fortune" (1975). But when that film - as well as the next few she appeared in - were commercial busts, her nascent movie career was already in decline. That is, until Channing was cast in the role of the bad-girl with a heart-of-gold, Rizzo, in the smash musical "Grease" (1978). The rollercoaster ride continued, however, when two television series met ignominious ends, and feature efforts like "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh" (1979) were met with disdain. It was at this point that Channing returned to the stage and enjoyed a series of indisputable successes, with turns in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" in 1985, for which she won a Tony Award. Channing was also nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the film "Six Degrees of Separation" (1993), an adaptation of the play she had starred in three years prior. More recognition came Channing's way when she played First Lady Abigail Bartlet to Martin Sheen's U.S. President on the hit political drama "The West Wing" (NBC, 1999-2006). The actresses' initial appearance on the show proved so popular that producers quickly added her to the regular cast. It was a wise decision, as Channing went on to receive several Emmy nominations for the role, winning in 2002. As the decade drew to a close, Channing remained one of the most active - and most welcome - presences in film and on stage and television.
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Stockard Channing
Filmography
Movies
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Angry Neighbors | Chloe (Character) | - | 2022 |
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Death to 2021 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon | Elizabeth Taylor (Character) | - | 2016 |
58% |
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Pulling Strings | Virginia (Character) | $5.8M | 2013 |
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Sundays at Tiffany's | Vivian (Character) | - | 2010 |
9% |
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Multiple Sarcasms | Pamela (Character) | $28.9K | 2010 |
78% | No Score Yet | Sparkle | Sheila (Character) | - | 2007 |
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History Through Deaf Eyes | Narrator | - | 2007 |
36% |
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3 Needles | Olive Cowie (Character) | - | 2005 |
37% |
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Must Love Dogs | Dolly (Character) | $43.9M | 2005 |
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Red Mercury | Penelope (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Jack | Anne (Character) | - | 2004 |
94% |
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Home of the Brave | Narrator | - | 2004 |
66% |
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Bright Young Things | Mrs. Melrose Ape (Character) | $931.8K | 2003 |
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Behind the Red Door | Julia (Character) | - | 2003 |
40% |
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Anything Else | Paula (Character) | $3.2M | 2003 |
36% |
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Le Divorce | Margeeve Walker (Character) | $9.1M | 2003 |
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Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Piano Man's Daughter | Lily Kilworth (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Matthew Shepard Story | Judy Shepard (Character) | - | 2002 |
28% |
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Life or Something Like It | Deborah Connors (Character) | $14.4M | 2002 |
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister | Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer (Character) | - | 2002 |
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A Girl Thing | Dr. Beth Noonan (Character) | - | 2001 |
81% |
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The Business of Strangers | Julie Styron (Character) | $1.0M | 2001 |
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Walking With Prehistoric Beasts | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
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The Truth About Jane | Janice (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Other Voices | Dr. Grover (Character) | - | 2000 |
35% |
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Where the Heart Is | Thelma 'Sister' Husband (Character) | $33.8M | 2000 |
24% |
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Isn't She Great | Florence Maybelle (Character) | $3.0M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Venice Project | Chandra Chase (Character) | - | 1999 |
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The Baby Dance | Rachel Luckman (Character) | - | 1998 |
25% |
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Practical Magic | Frances Owens (Character) | $46.8M | 1998 |
61% |
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Twilight | Lieutenant Verna Hollander (Character) | $15.0M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Unexpected Life | Barbara Whitney (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Edie & Pen | Penelope "Pen" Chandler (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lily Dale | Corella (Character) | - | 1996 |
46% |
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Moll Flanders | Mrs. Allworthy (Character) | $3.4M | 1996 |
32% |
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Up Close & Personal | Marcia McGrath (Character) | $51.1M | 1996 |
50% |
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The First Wives Club | Cynthia Swann Griffin (Character) | $105.5M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Prosecutors | Ingrid Maynard (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Unexpected Family | Barbara Whitney (Character) | - | 1996 |
48% |
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar | Carol Ann (Character) | $36.4M | 1995 |
88% |
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Smoke | Ruby McNutt (Character) | $8.3M | 1995 |
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David's Mother | Bea (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | David | Bea (Character) | - | 1994 |
88% |
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Six Degrees of Separation | Ouisa (Character) | $6.3M | 1993 |
30% |
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Married to It | Iris (Character) | $1.8M | 1991 |
9% |
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Meet the Applegates | Jane Applegate (Character) | $274.8K | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Applegates | Jane Applegate (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Perfect Witness | Liz Sapperstein (Character) | - | 1989 |
80% |
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Staying Together | Nancy Trainer (Character) | $4.1M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Time of Destiny | Margaret (Character) | $886.6K | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Room Upstairs | Leah Lazenby (Character) | - | 1987 |
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Echoes in the Darkness | Susan Reinert (Character) | - | 1987 |
48% |
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Heartburn | Julie Siegel (Character) | $24.3M | 1986 |
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The Men's Club | Nancy (Character) | $1.9M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Not My Kid | Helen Bower (Character) | - | 1985 |
86% |
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Without a Trace | Jocelyn Norris (Character) | - | 1983 |
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Safari 3000 | J.J. Dalton (Character) | - | 1981 |
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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Mona Mondieu (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | Kitty O'Neil (Character) | - | 1979 |
53% |
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The Cheap Detective | Bess (Character) | - | 1978 |
66% |
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Grease | Rizzo (Character) | $305.3K | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucan | Mickey MacElwaine (Character) | - | 1977 |
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Sweet Revenge | Vurrla Kowsky (Character) | - | 1976 |
64% |
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The Big Bus | Kitty Baxter (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dandy, the All-American Girl | Vurrla Kowsky (Character) | - | 1976 |
36% |
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The Fortune | Freddie (Character) | - | 1975 |
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The Girl Most Likely To... | Miriam Knight (Character) | - | 1973 |
TV
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75% | 69% | Knuckles | Wendy Whipple (Character) | 2024 |
93% | 74% | Maryland | Cathy (Character) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2018 |
96% | 84% | Difficult People | Bonnie (Guest Star) | 2017 |
64% | 90% | The Guest Book | Jill (Guest Star) | 2017 |
93% | 91% | The Good Wife | Veronica Loy (Guest Star) | 2012-2016 |
24% | 78% | The Mysteries of Laura | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 64% | The Cleveland Show | Lydia Waterman (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Meerkat Manor | Narrator | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Out of Practice | Dr. Lydia Barnes (Character) | 2005-2006 |
81% | 95% | The West Wing |
Abigail "Abbey" Bartlet (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1999-2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walking With Prehistoric Beasts | Narrator | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 72% | King of the Hill | Mrs. Holloway (Guest Voice) | 1997 |