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Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Currently Active 1944 — Present
Actress

Personal Info

Born
Feb 13, 1944
Age
82
Birth Place
New York City, U.S.

LEGACY & ORIGINS

Born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
February 13, 1944 (age 82)
New York City, U.S.
Education Radcliffe College of Harvard University (BA)
Occupation Actress
Years active 1969–present
Spouses
Walter Channing Jr.

​(m. 1963; div. 1967)​
Paul Schmidt

​(m. 1970; div. 1976)​
David Debin

​(m. 1976; div. 1980)​
David Rawle

​(m. 1980; div. 1988)​

Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. Her accolades include three Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, a People's Choice Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Independent Spirit Award, two Satellite Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

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).

Life & Career Details

Born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
February 13, 1944 (age 82)
New York City, U.S.
Education Radcliffe College of Harvard University (BA)
Occupation Actress
Years active 1969–present
Spouses
Walter Channing Jr.

​(m. 1963; div. 1967)​
Paul Schmidt

​(m. 1970; div. 1976)​
David Debin

​(m. 1976; div. 1980)​
David Rawle

​(m. 1980; div. 1988)​

Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. Her accolades include three Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, a People's Choice Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Independent Spirit Award, two Satellite Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

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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