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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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Highest-Rated Movies

94% 48% Home of the Brave
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88% 89% Smoke
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88% 71% Six Degrees of Separation
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86% 76% Without a Trace
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81% 51% The Business of Strangers
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80% 55% Staying Together
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78% Sparkle
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66% 87% Grease Watchlist
66% 68% Bright Young Things
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64% 71% Pulling Strings
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Filmography

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Angry Neighbors 20% 2022 Chloe Actor Death to 2021 33% 2021 Actor Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon 2016 Elizabeth Taylor Actor Pulling Strings 64% 71% 2013 Virginia Actor Sundays at Tiffany's 59% 2010 Vivian Actor Multiple Sarcasms 9% 24% 2010 Pamela Actor Sparkle 78% 2007 Sheila Actor History Through Deaf Eyes 95% 2007 Narrator 3 Needles 36% 68% 2005 Olive Cowie Actor Must Love Dogs 37% 50% 2005 Dolly Actor Red Mercury 50% 2005 Penelope Actor Jack 56% 2004 Anne Actor Home of the Brave 94% 48% 2004 Narrator Bright Young Things 66% 68% 2003 Mrs. Melrose Ape Actor Behind the Red Door 74% 2003 Julia Actor Anything Else 40% 45% 2003 Paula Actor Le Divorce 35% 26% 2003 Margeeve Walker Actor Hitler: The Rise of Evil 73% 2003 Actor The Piano Man's Daughter 2003 Lily Kilworth Actor The Matthew Shepard Story 2002 Judy Shepard Actor Life or Something Like It 28% 44% 2002 Deborah Connors Actor Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister 63% 2002 Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer Actor A Girl Thing 61% 2001 Dr. Beth Noonan Actor The Business of Strangers 81% 51% 2001 Julie Styron Actor Walking With Prehistoric Beasts 91% 2001 Actor
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