Stockard Channing
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).
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Movies (91)
Hechizo de amor: La magia continúa
2026 · Franny
Angry Neighbors
2022 · Chloe
Death to 2021
2021 · Penn Parker
The Grease Story
2017 · Betty Rizzo
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
2014 · Narrator
Pulling Strings
2013 · Virginia
17th Precinct
2011 · Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
Chautauqua: An American Narrative
2011 · Narrator (voice)
Sundays at Tiffany's
2010 · Vivian Claremont
Multiple Sarcasms
2010 · Pamela
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009 · Self
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
2009 · Narrator (voice)
Sparkle
2007 · Sheila
Through Deaf Eyes
2007 · Narrator
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
2006 · Self – Betty Rizzo
¡Mira al cielo! La increíble historia de Superman
2006 · Self
3 Needles
2005 · Olive Cowie
Se busca pareja
2005 · Dolly
Red Mercury
2005 · Penelope
Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound
2004 · Barbara Gordon (voice)
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
2004 · Narrator (voice)
Jack
2004 · Anne
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Self (uncredited)
Home of the Brave
2004 · Narrator (voice)
Abby Singer
2003 · Stockard Channing (uncredited)
Bright Young Things
2003 · Mrs. Melrose Ape
The Piano Man's Daughter
2003 · Lily Kilworth
Muero por ti
2003 · Paula Chase
Divorcio a la Francesa
2003 · Margeeve Walker
Behind the Red Door
2003 · Julia
Life or Something Like It
2002 · Deborah Connors
The Matthew Shepard Story
2002 · Judy Shepard
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
2002 · Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11
2002
The Business of Strangers
2001 · Julie Styron
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
2001 · Narrator (voice)
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
So You Want to Be President?
2001 · Narrator
The Truth About Jane
2000 · Janice
¿Dónde quedó el amor?
2000 · Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Isn't She Great
2000 · Florence Maybelle
Other Voices
2000 · Dr. Gover
The Venice Project
1999 · Chandra Chase
Practical Magic
1998 · Aunt Frances
The Baby Dance
1998 · Rachel Luckman
An Unexpected Life
1998 · Barbara Whitney
Twilight
1998 · Lt. Verna Hollander
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
1997 · Narrator (voice)
An Unexpected Family
1996 · Barbara Whitney
The Prosecutors
1996 · Ingrid Maynard
The First Wives Club
1996 · Cynthia Swann Griffin
Moll Flanders
1996 · Mrs. Allworthy
Lily Dale
1996 · Corella
Edie & Pen
1996 · Pen
Up Close & Personal
1996 · Marcia McGrath
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
1995 · Miss Adelaide
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995 · Carol Ann
Smoke
1995 · Ruby McNutt
Michael the Visitor
1995 · Narrator (voice)
David's Mother
1994 · Bea
Six Degrees of Separation
1993 · Ouisa
Lincoln
1992 · Clara Harris (voice)
Bitter Moon
1992 · Beverly (uncredited)
Married to It
1991 · Iris Morden
Meet the Applegates
1990 · Jane Applegate
Staying Together
1989 · Nancy Trainer
Perfect Witness
1989 · Liz Sapperstein
Tidy Endings
1988 · Marion
A Time of Destiny
1988 · Margaret
Echoes in the Darkness
1987 · Susan Reinert
The Room Upstairs
1987 · Leah Lazenby
The Men's Club
1986 · Nancy
Heartburn
1986 · Julie
Not My Kid
1985 · Helen Bower
Without a Trace
1983 · Jocelyn Norris
Safari 3000
1982 · J.J. Dalton
Table Settings
1982
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 · Mona Mondieu
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
1979 · Kitty O'Neil
The Cheap Detective
1978 · Bess
Grease
1978 · Rizzo
A Different Approach
1978
Lucan
1977 · Mickey MacElwaine
The Big Bus
1976 · Kitty Baxter
Sweet Revenge
1976 · Vurlla Kowsky
The Fortune
1975 · Freddie Bigard
The Lion Roars Again
1975 · Self
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973 · Miriam Knight
Up the Sandbox
1972 · Judy Stanley (uncredited)
The Hospital
1971 · E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
TV shows (36)
Knuckles
2024 · Wendy Whipple
Maryland
2023 · Cathy
The Guest Book
2017 · Jill
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015 · Rizzo (archive footage)
Difficult People
2015 · Bonnie Kessler
The Mysteries of Laura
2014 · Brenda Phillips
Cleveland Show
2009
La esposa ejemplar
2009 · Veronica Loy
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Out of Practice
2005 · Dr. Lydia Barnes
Meerkat Manor
2005 · Narrator
Hitler: El reinado del mal
2003 · Klara Hitler
Walking with Beasts
2001
A Girl Thing
2001 · Dr. Beth Noonan
The West Wing
1999 · Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Self
Batman Beyond
1999 · Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
The View
1997 · Self
King of the Hill
1997 · Mrs. Holloway (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Echoes in the Darkness
1987 · Susan Reinert
Nature
1982 · Narrator (voice)
The Stockard Channing Show
1980 · Susan Goodenow
Just Friends
1979 · Susan Hughes
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self - Guest
NOVA
1974 · Narrator (voice), Self - Bible Reader
Sesame Street
1969 · Mad Painter's Victim
Love, American Style
1969 · Marsha Sue
Medical Center
1969
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Winner, Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Performer
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Leah Lazenby
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter