Acting credits
120
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Stockard Channing
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.8
Moderate attention
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Movies: 85Series: 35
TMDB ID: 8893
IMDb ID: nm0000330
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1944
Age: 82
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.48
Wikidata: Q1117390
Also known as
Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
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 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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Stockard Channing.
In 3 weeks
as Aunt Frances
Practical Magic 2
2026 • Movie
as Chloe
Angry Neighbors
2022 • Movie
as Penn Parker
Death to 2021
2021 • Movie
as Betty Rizzo
The Grease Story
2017 • Movie
as Self (archive)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 • Movie
as Narrator
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
2014 • Movie
as Virginia
Pulling Strings
2013 • Movie
as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
17th Precinct
2011 • Movie
as Vivian Claremont
Sundays at Tiffany's
2010 • Movie
as Pamela
Multiple Sarcasms
2010 • Movie
as Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
2009 • Movie
as Sheila
Sparkle
2007 • Movie
as Self – Betty Rizzo
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
2006 • Movie
as Self
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006 • Movie
as Olive Cowie
3 Needles
2005 • Movie
as Dolly
Must Love Dogs
2005 • Movie
as Penelope
Red Mercury
2005 • Movie
as Anne
Jack
2004 • Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Home of the Brave
2004 • Movie
as Stockard Channing (uncredited)
Abby Singer
2003 • Movie
as Mrs. Melrose Ape
Bright Young Things
2003 • Movie
as Lily Kilworth
The Piano Man's Daughter
2003 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Stockard Channing.
as Wendy Whipple • 5 eps
Knuckles
2024 • Series
as Cathy • 3 eps
Maryland
2023 • Series
as Jill • 1 eps
The Guest Book
2017 • Series
as Rizzo (archive footage) • 1 eps
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015 • Series
as Bonnie Kessler • 1 eps
Difficult People
2015 • Series
as Brenda Phillips • 2 eps
The Mysteries of Laura
2014 • Series
1 eps
The Cleveland Show
2009 • Series
as Veronica Loy • 11 eps
The Good Wife
2009 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 • Series
as Dr. Lydia Barnes • 22 eps
Out of Practice
2005 • Series
as Narrator • 52 eps
Meerkat Manor
2005 • Series
as Klara Hitler • 2 eps
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003 • Series
6 eps
Walking with Beasts
2001 • Series
as Dr. Beth Noonan • 4 eps
A Girl Thing
2001 • Series
as Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet • 68 eps
The West Wing
1999 • Series
as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice) • 30 eps
Batman Beyond
1999 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Mrs. Holloway (voice) • 1 eps
King of the Hill
1997 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
1993 • Series
as Susan Reinert • 2 eps
Echoes in the Darkness
1987 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
Nature
1982 • Series
as Susan Goodenow • 13 eps
The Stockard Channing Show
1980 • Series
as Susan Hughes • 11 eps
Just Friends
1979 • Series