Stockard Channing

Actor Feb 13 (age 82) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 1944–2026 (82 year career)

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Biography

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 nominat…

Known For

Film

Grease

Betty Rizzo

Film

Batman Beyond

Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)

Film

The West Wing

Abbey Bartlet

Film

Practical Magic

Aunt Frances

Film

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Carol Ann

Film

Bitter Moon

Beverly (uncredited)

Film

Where the Heart Is

Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Film

Smoke

Ruby McNutt

Filmography

Acting (124)

Movies (86)

Practical Magic 2

2026 Upcoming

as Aunt Frances

Sep 9

Angry Neighbors

as Chloe

Death to 2021

as Penn Parker

The Grease Story

as Betty Rizzo

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

2014

as Narrator

Pulling Strings

2013

as Virginia

6.9

17th Precinct

2011

as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley

4.0

Chautauqua: An American Narrative

2011

as Narrator (voice)

Sundays at Tiffany's

as Vivian Claremont

Multiple Sarcasms

as Pamela

The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

2009

as Narrator (voice)

6.2

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

as Self

Through Deaf Eyes

as Narrator

Sparkle

as Sheila

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman

as Self

Must Love Dogs

as Dolly

3 Needles

as Olive Cowie

Red Mercury

as Penelope

The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot

as Narrator (voice)

Jack

as Anne

Home of the Brave

as Narrator (voice)

Abby Singer

as Stockard Channing (uncredited)

Anything Else

as Paula Chase

Bright Young Things

as Mrs. Melrose Ape

Le Divorce

as Margeeve Walker

Behind the Red Door

as Julia

The Piano Man's Daughter

2003

as Lily Kilworth

The Matthew Shepard Story

2002

as Judy Shepard

5.4

Life or Something Like It

2002

as Deborah Connors

5.7

New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11

2002

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

2002

as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer

6.3

The Business of Strangers

2001

as Julie Styron

5.5

When Billie Beat Bobby

2001

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.2

Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

2001

as Narrator (voice)

5.3

So You Want to Be President?

2001

as Narrator

Where the Heart Is

2000

as Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Other Voices

as Dr. Gover

Isn't She Great

as Florence Maybelle

The Truth About Jane

as Janice

The Venice Project

as Chandra Chase

Practical Magic

as Aunt Frances

Twilight

as Lt. Verna Hollander

An Unexpected Life

as Barbara Whitney

The Baby Dance

as Rachel Luckman

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

1997

as Narrator (voice)

Lily Dale

1996

as Corella

2.0

The First Wives Club

1996

as Cynthia Swann Griffin

Moll Flanders

as Mrs. Allworthy

Up Close & Personal

as Marcia McGrath

Edie & Pen

as Pen

An Unexpected Family

as Barbara Whitney

The Prosecutors

as Ingrid Maynard

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree

1995

as Miss Adelaide

5.9

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

as Carol Ann

Smoke

as Ruby McNutt

Michael the Visitor

as Narrator (voice)

David's Mother

as Bea

Six Degrees of Separation

1993

as Ouisa

6.4

Bitter Moon

1992

as Beverly (uncredited)

7.1

Lincoln

1992

as Clara Harris (voice)

Married to It

as Iris Morden

Meet the Applegates

as Jane Applegate

Staying Together

as Nancy Trainer

Perfect Witness

as Liz Sapperstein

A Time of Destiny

as Margaret

Tidy Endings

as Marion

Echoes in the Darkness

as Susan Reinert

The Room Upstairs

as Leah Lazenby

The Men's Club

as Nancy

Heartburn

as Julie

Not My Kid

as Helen Bower

Without a Trace

as Jocelyn Norris

Safari 3000

as J.J. Dalton

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979

as Mona Mondieu

5.6

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

as Kitty O'Neil

Grease

as Betty Rizzo

The Cheap Detective

as Bess

A Different Approach

Lucan

as Mickey MacElwaine

The Big Bus

as Kitty Baxter

Sweet Revenge

as Vurlla Kowsky

The Fortune

as Freddie Bigard

The Lion Roars Again

as Self

The Girl Most Likely To...

1973

as Miriam Knight

6.6

Up the Sandbox

1972

as Judy Stanley (uncredited)

5.8

The Hospital

1971

as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)

6.6

Television (38)

Knuckles

as Wendy Whipple

Maryland

as Cathy

The Guest Book

as Jill

Difficult People

as Bonnie Kessler

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

2015

as Rizzo (archive footage)

9.0

The Mysteries of Laura

2014

as Brenda Phillips

7.2

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Good Wife

as Veronica Loy

The Cleveland Show

Out of Practice

as Dr. Lydia Barnes

Meerkat Manor

as Narrator

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

as Klara Hitler

Walking with Beasts

A Girl Thing

as Dr. Beth Noonan

The West Wing

as Abbey Bartlet

The West Wing

as Abbey Bartlet

Batman Beyond

as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)

8.2

Batman Beyond

1999

as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)

Where Are They Now?

as Self

The View

as Self

King of the Hill

as Mrs. Holloway (voice)

7.4

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Echoes in the Darkness

1987

as Susan Reinert

Nature

1982

as Narrator (voice)

7.9

The Stockard Channing Show

1980

as Susan Goodenow

5.0

Just Friends

1979

as Susan Hughes

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

as Self - Guest

6.0

NOVA

1974

as Self - Bible Reader

7.0

Sesame Street

1969

as Mad Painter's Victim

Love, American Style

as Marsha Sue

Medical Center

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Leah Lazenby

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter