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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
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| Born | 1944-02-13 |
Movies
Angry Neighbors
as Chloe
2022
Death to 2021
as Penn Parker
2021
The Grease Story
as Betty Rizzo
2017
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
as Narrator
2014
Pulling Strings
as Virginia
2013
17th Precinct
as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
2011
Sundays at Tiffany's
as Vivian Claremont
2010
Multiple Sarcasms
as Pamela
2010
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2009
Sparkle
as Sheila
2007
3 Needles
as Olive Cowie
2005
Must Love Dogs
as Dolly
2005
Red Mercury
as Penelope
2005
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
as Narrator (voice)
2004
Jack
as Anne
2004
Home of the Brave
as Narrator (voice)
2004
Abby Singer
as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
2003
Bright Young Things
as Mrs. Melrose Ape
2003
The Piano Man's Daughter
as Lily Kilworth
2003
Anything Else
as Paula Chase
2003
Le Divorce
as Margeeve Walker
2003
Behind the Red Door
as Julia
2003
Life or Something Like It
as Deborah Connors
2002
The Matthew Shepard Story
as Judy Shepard
2002
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
2002
The Business of Strangers
as Julie Styron
2001
2001
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2001
A Girl Thing
as Dr. Beth Noonan
2001
The Truth About Jane
as Janice
2000
Where the Heart Is
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
2000
Isn't She Great
as Florence Maybelle
2000
Other Voices
as Dr. Gover
2000
The Venice Project
as Chandra Chase
1999
Practical Magic
as Aunt Frances
1998
The Baby Dance
as Rachel Luckman
1998
An Unexpected Life
as Barbara Whitney
1998
Twilight
as Lt. Verna Hollander
1998
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
as Narrator
1997
An Unexpected Family
as Barbara Whitney
1996
The Prosecutors
as Ingrid Maynard
1996
The First Wives Club
as Cynthia Swann Griffin
1996
Moll Flanders
as Mrs. Allworthy
1996
Lily Dale
as Corella
1996
Edie & Pen
as Pen
1996
Up Close & Personal
as Marcia McGrath
1996
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
as Miss Adelaide
1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Carol Ann
1995
Smoke
as Ruby McNutt
1995
Clay Classics: Michael the Visitor
as Narrator (voice)
1995
David's Mother
as Bea
1994
Six Degrees of Separation
as Ouisa
1993
Lincoln
as Clara Harris (voice)
1992
Bitter Moon
as Beverly (uncredited)
1992
Married to It
as Iris Morden
1991
Meet the Applegates
as Jane Applegate
1990
Perfect Witness
as Liz Sapperstein
1989
Staying Together
as Nancy Trainer
1989
Tidy Endings
as Marion
1988
A Time of Destiny
as Margaret
1988
Echoes in the Darkness
as Susan Reinert
1987
The Room Upstairs
as Leah Lazenby
1987
The Men's Club
as Nancy
1986
Heartburn
as Julie
1986
Not My Kid
as Helen Bower
1985
Without a Trace
as Jocelyn Norris
1983
Safari 3000
as J. J. Dalton
1982
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Mona Mondieu
1979
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
as Kitty O'Neil
1979
Grease
as Betty Rizzo
1978
The Cheap Detective
as Bess
1978
1978
Lucan
as Mickey MacElwaine
1977
The Big Bus
as Kitty Baxter
1976
Sweet Revenge
as Vurlla Kowsky
1976
The Fortune
as Freddie Bigard
1975
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
1975
The Girl Most Likely to...
as Miriam Knight
1973
Up the Sandbox
as Judy Stanley (uncredited)
1972
The Hospital
as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
1971
Stockard Channing hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
