Stockard Channing

RECENT CREDITS
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (TV)  Jun. 7, 2009
Meerkat Manor (TV)  Aug. 22, 2008
Through Deaf Eyes (TV)  Mar. 21, 2007
Moving Image Salutes Will Smith (TV)  Jan. 12, 2007
Inside the Actors Studio (TV)  Dec. 11, 2006
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HIGHLIGHTS
2008 Narrated the Animal Planet hit series, "Meerkat Manor"
2008 Returned to Broadway for the musical, "Pal Joey"; earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical
2006 Earned an Emmy nomination for the short-lived CBS series, "Out of Practice"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Multiple Sarcasms   -Pamela
Actor
Film


The Joy of Funerals  
Director, Producer
Film


The 63rd Annual Tony Awards  2009 -Performer
Actor
TV


Through Deaf Eyes  2007
Narrator
TV


Moving Image Salutes Will Smith  2007 -Presenter
Actor
TV


3 Needles  2006 -Olive, the Porn Actor's Mother
Actor
Film


Out of Practice  2005-2006 -Lydia Barnes
Actor
TV
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Meerkat Manor  2008
Narrator
TV
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Must Love Dogs  2005 -Dolly
Actor
Film


Home of the Brave  2004
Narrator
Film


Bright Young Things  2004 -Mrs Melrose Ape
Actor
Film


Jack  2004 -Anne
Actor
TV


Anything Else  2003 -Paula
Actor, Song Performer
Film


Le Divorce  2003 -Margeeve Walker
Actor
Film


Hitler: The Rise of Evil  2003 -Klara Hitler
Actor
TV


Behind the Red Door  2003 -Julia
Actor
TV


The Hospital  2003
Actor
Film


Life or Something Like It  2002 -Deborah Connors
Actor
Film


The Matthew Shepard Story  2002 -Judy Shepard
Actor
TV


Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister  2002 -Margarethe
Actor
TV


Walking With Prehistoric Beasts  2001 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Pearl Harbor: The Death of the U.S.S. Arizona  2001 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Meet the Pandas: Washington's New Power Couple  2001 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Only a Teacher  2001 -Narration
Narrator
TV


A Girl Thing  2001 -Dr Beth Noonan
Actor
TV


The Business of Strangers  2001 -Julie Styron
Actor
Film


The Truth About Jane  2000 -Janice
Actor
TV


Where the Heart Is  2000 -Sister Husband
Actor
Film


Obsession With Orchids  2000 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Isn't She Great  2000 -Florence Maybelle
Actor
Film


Other Voices  2000 -Dr Grover
Actor
Film


The West Wing  1999-2006 -First Lady Abigail, First Lady Abigail "Abbey" Bartlet
Actor, Actor
TV
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The 53rd Annual Tony Awards  1999 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Batman Beyond  1999 -of Commissioner Barbara Gordon
Voice
TV


Practical Magic  1998 -Aunt Frances
Actor
Film


The Baby Dance  1998 -Rachel Luckman
Actor
TV


An Unexpected Life  1998 -Barbara Whitney
Actor
TV


The 52nd Annual Tony Awards  1998 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Twilight  1998 -Verna
Actor
Film


Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde  1997 -Narration
Narrator
TV


King of the Hill  1997 -of Mrs Holloway
Voice
TV
Expand


An Unexpected Family  1996 -Barbara Whitney
Actor
TV


The Prosecutors  1996 -Ingrid Maynard
Actor
TV


The 18th Annual CableACE Awards  1996 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The First Wives Club  1996 -Cynthia Swann Griffin
Actor
Film


Edie & Pen  1996 -Pen
Actor
TV


Moll Flanders  1996 -Mrs Allworthy
Actor
Film


Lily Dale  1996 -Corella Davenport
Actor
TV


Up Close and Personal  1996 -Marcia McGrath
Actor
Film


Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree  1995 -Miss Adelaide
Actor
TV


Smoke  1995 -Ruby McNutt
Actor
Film


Inside the Actors Studio  1995 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


David's Mother  1994 -Bea
Actor
TV


The 15th Annual CableACE Awards  1994 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Married to It  1993 -Iris Morden
Actor
Film


Six Degrees of Separation  1993 -Ouisa Kittredge
Actor
Film


Lincoln  1992 -of Clara Harris
Voice
TV


The 45th Annual Tony Awards  1991
Actor
TV


Meet the Applegates  1991 -Jane Applegate
Actor
Film


Avonlea  1990 -Viola Elliot
Actor
TV


Staying Together  1989 -Nancy Trainer
Actor
Film


The Sad Professor  1989 -Hilda Bundt
Actor
TV


Perfect Witness  1989 -Liz Sapperstein
Actor
TV


Tidy Endings  1988 -Marion
Actor
TV


A Time of Destiny  1988 -Margaret
Actor
Film


Echoes in the Darkness  1987 -Susan Reinert
Actor
TV


The Room Upstairs  1987 -Leah Lazenby
Actor
TV


The Men's Club  1986 -Nancy
Actor
Film


Heartburn  1986 -Julie
Actor
Film


Not My Kid  1985 -Helen Bower
Actor
TV


Safari 3000  1984 -J J Dalton
Actor
Film


Without a Trace  1983 -Jocelyn Norris
Actor
Film


The Eddie Rabbitt Special  1980 -Guest
Actor
TV


The Stockard Channing Show  1980 -Susan Goodenow
Actor
TV


Just Friends  1979 -Susan Hughes
Actor
TV


Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story  1979 -Kitty O'Neil
Actor
TV


The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh  1979 -Mona Mondieu
Actor
Film


Grease  1978 -Rizzo
Actor, Song Performer
Film


The Cheap Detective  1978 -Bess
Actor
Film


Lucan  1977 -Mickey McElwaine
Actor
TV


The Big Bus  1976 -Kitty Baxter
Actor
Film


The Fortune  1975 -Freddie
Actor
Film


The Girl Most Likely To...  1973 -Miriam Knight
Actor
TV


Up the Sandbox  1972
Actor
Film


The Venice Project   -Chandra Chase
Actor
Film


Sparkle   -Sheila
Actor
Film


Dandy, the All American Girl   -Dandy Cochran/Vurrla 'Vee' Kowsky/Jenny Maxwell
Actor
Film


Nova   -Narration
Narrator
TV




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Highlights

2008 Narrated the Animal Planet hit series, "Meerkat Manor"
2008 Returned to Broadway for the musical, "Pal Joey"; earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical
2006 Earned an Emmy nomination for the short-lived CBS series, "Out of Practice"
2006 Co-starred in "3 Needles," one of three short stories about the global HIV pandemic, directed by Thom Fitzgerald
2005 Cast opposite Diane Lane and Christopher Plummer in "Must Love Dogs"
2002 Played Cinderella's stepmother in the revisionist ABC movie, "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister"
2002 Portrayed Judy Shepard in the NBC movie, "The Matthew Shepard Story"
2001 Cast as a psychiatrist in the Showtime miniseries, "A Girl Thing"
1999 Portrayed Eleanor of Aquitaine opposite Laurence Fishburne's King Henry II in the Broadway revival of "The Lion in Winter"; received Tony nomination
1999 - 2006 Joined the cast of NBC's political drama, "The West Wing" in the recurring role of the First Lady; role made regular as of 2001; received Emmy (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) and SAG (2004) nominations
1998 Played the former lover of Paul Newman in "Twilight"
1998 Portrayed Rachel Luckman in the Showtime movie, "The Baby Dance"; received fifth career Emmy nomination
1998 Reprised role of Barbara Whitney in the sequel, "An Unexpected Life" (USA Network)
1997 Returned to Broadway starring in the Lincoln Center revival of "The Little Foxes"
1996 Played one of the title roles in the HBO movie, "Edie & Pen"
1996 Had cameo role as the wife whose suicide brings together the members (including Bette Midler, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn) of "The First Wives Club"
1996 Starred as Barbara Whitney in the acclaimed USA Network film, "An Unexpected Family"; earned fourth Emmy nomination
1995 Appeared as an abused wife who befriends three drag queens in "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"
1995 Played Harvey Keitel's old flame Ruby in Wayne Wang's "Smoke"
1995 Returned to Lincoln Center to appear in the Off-Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's "Hapgood"
1993 Reprised role of Ouisa Kittredge for the film version of "Six Degrees of Separation"; received first Best Actress Oscar nomination
1993 Garnered third Emmy nomination for her guest role as a minister's wife in the Disney Channel series, "Avonlea"
1992 Acted in Guare's "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun" at the Lincoln Center Theater
1990 Won acclaim for her performance as Ouisa Kittredge in Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation"; appeared in both the Off and on Broadway productions
1989 Received second Emmy nomination for her supporting role in the "Perfect Witness" (HBO)
1987 Earned an Emmy nomination for her supporting role in "Echoes in the Darkness" (CBS)
1986 Re-teamed with Nicholson and Nichols for the film, "Heartburn"
1986 Played Bunny Flingus in John Guare's "House of Blue Leaves"; earned a Tony nomination for Featured Actress in a Play
1985 Won a Tony for reprising the role of Sheila in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" on Broadway
1984 Succeeded Liza Minnelli in the Kander and Ebb musical "The Rink" on Broadway
1982 Played Sheila, the distraught mother, in the Connecticut stage production of "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg"
1980 Returned to series TV for the short-lived, "The Stockard Channing Show" (CBS)
1979 Starred in first TV series, "Stockard Channing in Just Friends" (CBS)
1979 Played the title role in the true-life CBS movie, "Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story"
1978 Landed the memorable role of Rizzo, one of the Pink Ladies, in the film adaptation of the musical "Grease"
1976 Performed in the Los Angeles stage production of "Vanities" with Sandy Duncan and Lucie Arnaz
1975 Co-starred with Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in Mike Nichols' "The Fortune"
1973 First lead role in the television movie, "The Girl Most Likely to..." (ABC); written by Joan Rivers
1971 Made Broadway debut in "Two Gentlemen of Verona"; first association with playwright John Guare
1971 Had only one line as a nurse in her first film, "The Hospital"
1969 Off-Broadway debut with Theatre Company of Boston in "Adaptation/Next"
1966 Became a member of the Theater Company of Boston; first professional appearance in "The Investigation"
First stage appearance as Pirate Jenny in the Harvard University production of "The Threepenny Opera"


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