Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard) is an American stage, film and television actress. She is known for her roles as First Lady Abbey Bartlet on the NBC television series The West Wing; Betty Rizzo in the film Grease; Aunt Frances in Practical Magic, Cynthia Swann Griffin in The First Wives Club, Dolly in Must Love Dogs, and Ouisa Kittredge in both the stage and fim versions of Six Degrees of Separation – the film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
She also starred as Susan Goodenow in the actor-titled series The Stockard Channing Show, and as Mickey MacElwaine in both the movie and TV series Lucan.
Stockard Channing Biography / Wiki
| Name | Stockard Channing |
| Also Know | Стокард Ченнинг |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | February 13, 1944 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 79 |
| Deathday |
Stockard Channing Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Business of Strangers | Julie Styron | 2001-09-13 | A dark thriller about a successful businesswoman and her young assistant who toy with a slow-witted businessman while stuck at an airport hotel…. |
| Six Degrees of Separation | Ouisa | 1993-12-08 | The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-cl… |
| Sparkle | Sheila | 2007-08-17 | Liverpool chancer Sam moves to London with his aspiring chanteuse mum and begins an affair with a PR boss. But problems arise when he falls for her es… |
| The Matthew Shepard Story | Judy Shepard | 2002-03-16 | In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the fin… |
| The Fortune | Freddie Bigard | 1975-05-20 | Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder…. |
| The Truth About Jane | Janice | 2000-08-07 | Jane, a high school teenager, tries to deal with the discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl who make… |
| The Girl Most Likely to… | Miriam Knight | 1973-11-06 | An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly…. |
| An Unexpected Family | Barbara Whitney | 1996-12-04 | When Ruth Whitney abandons her two children with her sister Barbara is left to take care of them, at first none of them like it but soon they grow to … |
| Jack | Anne | 2004-06-19 | Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents’ divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living w… |
| The Room Upstairs | Leah Lazenby | 1987-01-31 | A Boston teacher decides to turn her old home into a boarding house to pull in some much-needed extra money. It turns out her tenants help her in more… |
| Edie & Pen | Pen | 1996-05-10 | In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband a… |
| Home of the Brave | Narrator (voice) | 2004-01-01 | Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its effec… |
| An Unexpected Life | Barbara Whitney | 1998-06-24 | Sequel to “An Unexpected Family.”… |
| Silent Victory: The Kitty O’Neil Story | Kitty O’Neil | 1979-02-24 | Based on the life of Kitty O’Neil, a young girl who overcame her deafness to become one of the top stuntwomen in Hollywood, and the holder of the wome… |
| Sweet Revenge | Vurlla Kowsky | 1976-06-06 | A young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public defender who tries to steer her straight. But her goal is t… |
| Tidy Endings | Marion | 1988-08-14 | Based on the play by actor/playwright Harvey Fierstein, this drama is about a man whose companion dies of AIDS. He then confronts his lover’s ex-wife … |
| The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot | Narrator (voice) | 2004-07-20 | Over forty years ago, one extraordinary American family moved into the most famous house in the world and changed the nature of the Presidency forever… |
| Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America | Narrator | 2014-05-01 | To Olmsted, a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted’s efforts to preserve nature created an “environmental ethic†… |
| The Prosecutors | Ingrid Maynard | 1996-12-02 | Drama (and prospective pilot) about the lives of three women who work in the New York City DA’s office: one a brilliant prosecutor of high-profile cas… |
| Married to It | Iris Morden | 1991-09-11 | Tale of three different couples (Yuppies, Hippies, and Society Folk) who find some common ground and become friends after being assigned to the same s… |
| The Big Bus | Kitty Baxter | 1976-06-23 | The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disaste… |
| Safari 3000 | J. J. Dalton | 1982-05-01 | Reporter J.J. wants to write a story about an Afrika rallye, 3000 km across desert and steppe. Unfortunately her driver and car get lost only days bef… |
| The Baby Dance | Rachel Luckman | 1998-08-23 | Six months pregnant and living in a beat-up tiny mobile home with her family in a grungy trailer park, Wanda Le Fauve thinks she has found the solutio… |
| Echoes in the Darkness | Susan Reinert | 1987-11-01 | Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s, this movie follows the murder of Susan Reinert and her two children in Upper Merion Townshi… |
| Not My Kid | Helen Bower | 1985-01-15 | A teenaged drug addict is sent to Dr. Royce’s controversial drug intervention program where the addicts in the program confront each other in supervis… |
| Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister | Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer | 2002-03-10 | A look at the classic “Cinderella” story from the perspective of one of her ‘ugly’ stepsisters… |
| Meet the Applegates | Jane Applegate | 1990-11-08 | Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the… |
| Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant Garde | Narrator | 1997-04-09 | Man Ray, the master of experimental and fashion photography was also a painter, a filmmaker, a poet, an essayist, a philosopher, and a leader of Ameri… |
| A Girl Thing | Dr. Beth Noonan | 2001-01-19 | A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to on… |
| Clay Classics: Michael the Visitor | Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 | Stockard Channing narrates this inspiring story adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s tale “Truths We Live By.” Simon the shoemaker barely makes enough to get by… |
| Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines | Narrator | 2001-06-13 | Chronicles the life of William Haines, Hollywood’s first openly gay movie star, who sacrificed his career to live openly with his lover…. |
| 17th Precinct | Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley | 2011-12-30 | In a modern world where magic supplanted science, the unaired pilot featured two non-intersecting stories: the death of a city executive at the hands … |
| Grease | Betty Rizzo | 1978-07-07 | Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they’re now in the same high school, wi… |
| Smoke | Ruby McNutt | 1995-06-09 | Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren’s smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul t… |
| Where the Heart Is | Thelma ‘Sister’ Husband | 2000-04-27 | Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she’s left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadsid… |
| Up Close & Personal | Marcia McGrath | 1996-03-01 | Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tap… |
| 3 Needles | Olive Cowie | 2005-09-09 | A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor schemes to pass his mandatory blood test; a young nun makes a personal sa… |
| Moll Flanders | Mrs. Allworthy | 1996-06-14 | The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest le… |
| Other Voices | Dr. Gover | 2000-01-22 | Phil and Anna are a young, married couple, who begin to suspect one other of an affair. When a shady private investigator gets involved in their relat… |
| Isn’t She Great | Florence Maybelle | 2000-01-28 | An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of “The Vall… |
| Behind the Red Door | Julia | 2003-01-12 | Natalie, a gifted New York photographer, has a troubled past reflected in her art. When she struggles to make ends meet in the city, her agent, arrang… |
| Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree | Miss Adelaide | 1995-12-06 | A single Christmas tree becomes the source of cheer for the people and animals living around Mr. Willowby’s estate. Based on the children’s book of th… |
| Perfect Witness | Liz Sapperstein | 1989-10-28 | An innocent man is thrust into a political power struggle in this drama. After witnessing a mob killing, New York restaurant owner Sam Paxton (Aidan Q… |
| A Different Approach | 1978-01-01 | An all-star educational film about the positive side of hiring people with disabilities. A board sit and watch the film Michael Keaton’s character’s a… | |
| David’s Mother | Bea | 1994-04-10 | Sally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years ago. Now a social worker discovers that Sally has been d… |
| Lily Dale | Corella | 1996-06-09 | Still bitter toward his stepfather, a man reunites with his mother and sister following a long estrangement…. |
| Red Mercury | Penelope | 2005-05-13 | Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The pol… |
| The Piano Man’s Daughter | Lily Kilworth | 2003-09-22 | Terrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell) stays away from relationships that could lead to ma… |
| Anything Else | Paula Chase | 2003-08-27 | Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that l… |
| Practical Magic | Aunt Frances | 1998-10-16 | Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian’s vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, d… |
| Staying Together | Nancy Trainer | 1989-01-01 | After their father abruptly sells the beloved family-owned restaurant that has employed them for years, the charismatic McDermott boys – hot-tempered … |
| Without a Trace | Jocelyn Norris | 1983-02-04 | English professor Susan Selky lives alone in a Brooklyn apartment with her young son, Alex. When Alex fails to return home from school one afternoon, … |
| A Time of Destiny | Margaret | 1988-04-22 | World War II provides the setting for a melodramatic tale of love and revenge…. |
| To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Carol Ann | 1995-09-07 | A cross country trip to Hollywood is cut short by an unreliable engine & an unpleasant encounter with law enforcement. With the power of drag, three s… |
| Twilight | Lt. Verna Hollander | 1998-03-06 | A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds…. |
| Heartburn | Julie | 1986-07-25 | Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reser… |
| The Cheap Detective | Bess | 1978-06-23 | A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of… |
| Multiple Sarcasms | Pamela | 2010-05-07 | Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, El… |
| Pulling Strings | Virginia | 2013-10-05 | Rachel is an intelligent, modern-day woman constantly on the move. Primarily focused on her career as a diplomatic consul for the U.S. embassy, she’s … |
| Angry Neighbors | Chloe | 2022-12-02 | When his ultra-wealthy neighbor in the Hamptons builds an obnoxious mega-mansion next door, grumpy retired novelist Harry March concocts an elaborate … |
| Must Love Dogs | Dolly | 2005-07-21 | Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As s… |
| Sundays at Tiffany’s | Vivian Claremont | 2010-12-06 | Jane, a soon-to-be-married woman, is reunited with her imaginary friend Michael who returns in a human form. Soon, Jane begins doubting her feelings f… |
| Lucan | Mickey MacElwaine | 1977-05-22 | A 20-year old who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by predatory animals now strikes out on his own i… |
| The First Wives Club | Cynthia Swann Griffin | 1996-09-20 | After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the tr… |
| Bright Young Things | Mrs. Melrose Ape | 2003-10-03 | In the 1930s, a social set known to the press – who follow their every move – as the “Bright Young Things†are Adam and his friends who are ec… |
| Life or Something Like It | Deborah Connors | 2002-04-24 | A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man for a fluff piece about a football game’s score. Instead he tells her that her life has no… |
| The Grease Story | Betty Rizzo | 2017-11-05 | The story behind the classic movie musical. The programme examines the original stage musical in the early 1970s, which starred a young Richard Gere, … |
| Death to 2021 | Penn Parker | 2021-12-27 | This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to o… |
| The Men’s Club | Nancy | 1986-09-19 | Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work…. |
| The Venice Project | Chandra Chase | 1999-09-09 | In this witty drama, the future of art is examined from two vantage points: the years 1699 and 1999. Roland is an avant-garde artist in Venice, Califo… |
| Le Divorce | Margeeve Walker | 2003-08-08 | While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer…. |
| The Lion Roars Again | Herself | 1975-01-01 | A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975…. |
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Mona Mondieu | 1979-11-06 | The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winne… |
| Bitter Moon | Beverly (uncredited) | 1992-09-02 | A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic’s wife…. |
| Lincoln | Clara Harris (voice) | 1992-12-26 | Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War…. |
| The Hospital | E.R. Nurse (uncredited) | 1971-12-14 | Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospit… |
| Abby Singer | Herself | 2003-10-28 | Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sunda… |
| Up the Sandbox | Judy Stanley (uncredited) | 1972-12-21 | A young wife and mother, bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her m… |
| When Billie Beat Bobby | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2001-04-16 | The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King…. |
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