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One of Broadway and Hollywood's cleverer talents who tends to shine a smart, cynical light on her surroundings, Stockard Channing was born Susan Stockard on February 13, 1944, in New York City, to an Irish-Catholic family. The daughter of Lester Napier Stockard, a well-to-do shipping executive, and Mary Alice (nee English) Stockard... See full bio »

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Susan Williams Antonia Stockard
in New York City, New York, USA
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2012-2013 The Good Wife (TV series)
Veronica Loy
– A More Perfect Union (2013) … Veronica Loy
– Death of a Client (2013) … Veronica Loy
– A Defense of Marriage (2012) … Veronica Loy
 
2012 Family Trap (TV movie)
Barbara
 
2011 17th Precinct (TV movie)
Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
 
2010 Sundays at Tiffany's (TV movie)
Vivian Claremont
 
2010 Multiple Sarcasms
Pamela
 
2009 The Cleveland Show (TV series)
Lydia Waterman
– A Cleveland Brown Christmas (2009) … Lydia Waterman (voice)
 
2007 Sparkle
Sheila
 
1999-2006 The West Wing (TV series)
Abbey Bartlet
– Tomorrow (2006) … Abbey Bartlet
– Requiem (2006) … Abbey Bartlet
– The Wedding (2005) … Abbey Bartlet
– Here Today (2005) … Abbey Bartlet
– 2162 Votes (2005) … Abbey Bartlet
See all 69 episodes »
 
2005-2006 Out of Practice (TV series)
Dr. Lydia Barnes
– Doctor of the Year (2006) … Dr. Lydia Barnes
– Model Behavior (2006) … Dr. Lydia Barnes
– Yours, Mine or His? (2006) … Dr. Lydia Barnes
– Doctors Without Bidders (2006) … Dr. Lydia Barnes
– The Lady Doth Protest Too Much (2006) … Dr. Lydia Barnes
See all 21 episodes »
 
2005 Red Mercury
Penelope
 
2005 3 Needles
Olive Cowie, the Porn Actor's Mother
 
2005 Must Love Dogs
Dolly
 
2004 Jack (TV movie)
Anne
 
2004 The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2003 The Piano Man's Daughter (TV movie)
Lily Kilworth
 
2003 Anything Else
Paula Chase
 
2003 Le divorce
Margeeve Walker
 
2003 Hitler: The Rise of Evil (TV movie)
Klara Hitler
 
2003 Bright Young Things
Mrs. Melrose Ape
 
2003 Behind the Red Door
Julia
 
2002 Life or Something Like It
Deborah Connors
 
2002 The Matthew Shepard Story (TV movie)
Judy Shepard
 
2002 Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (TV movie)
Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
 
2001 When Billie Beat Bobby (TV movie)
Narrator (uncredited)
 
2001 A Girl Thing (TV movie)
Dr. Beth Noonan
 
2001 The Business of Strangers
Julie Styron
 
2000 The Truth About Jane (TV movie)
Janice
 
2000 Where the Heart Is
Sister Husband
 
1999-2000 Batman Beyond (TV series)
Barbara Gordon / Comm. Barbara Gordon / Commissioner Barbara Gordon / …
– Zeta (2000) … Barbara Gordon (voice)
– Eyewitness (2000) … Barbara Gordon (voice)
– Babel (2000) … Commissioner Gordon (voice)
– Revenant (1999) … Barbara Gordon (voice)
– Splicers (1999) … Barbara Gordon (voice)
See all 9 episodes »
 
2000 Isn't She Great
Florence Maybelle
 
2000 Other Voices
Dr. Grover
 
1999 The Venice Project
Chandra Chase
 
1998 Practical Magic
Aunt Frances
 
1998 The Baby Dance (TV movie)
Rachel Luckman
 
1998 Lulu on the Bridge
Celia's agent (voice) (uncredited)
 
1998 An Unexpected Life (TV movie)
Barbara Whitney
 
1998 Twilight
Lt. Verna Hollander
 
1997 King of the Hill (TV series)
Mrs. Holloway
– The Company Man (1997) … Mrs. Holloway (voice)
 
1997 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant Garde (1997) … Narrator
 
1996 An Unexpected Family (TV movie)
Barbara Whitney
 
1996 The Prosecutors (TV movie)
Ingrid Maynard
 
1996 The First Wives Club
Cynthia Swann Griffin
 
1996 Moll Flanders
Mrs. Allworthy
 
1996 Lily Dale (TV movie)
Corella
 
1996 Edie & Pen
Pen
 
1996 Up Close & Personal
Marcia McGrath
 
1995 Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (TV short)
Miss Adelaide
 
1995 To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Carol Ann
 
1995 Smoke
Ruby McNutt
 
1994 David's Mother (TV movie)
Bea
 
1994 Avonlea (TV series)
Viola Elliot
– The Minister's Wife (1994) … Viola Elliot
– Enter Prince Charming (1994) … Viola Elliot
 
1993 Six Degrees of Separation
Ouisa
 
1992 Lincoln (TV movie)
Clara Harris (voice)
 
1992 Bitter Moon
Beverly (uncredited)
 
1991 Married to It
Iris Morden
 
1990 Meet the Applegates
Jane Applegate
 
1989 Trying Times (TV series)
Hilda Bundt
– The Sad Professor (1989) … Hilda Bundt
 
1989 Perfect Witness (TV movie)
Liz Sapperstein
 
1989 Staying Together
Nancy Trainer
 
1988 Tidy Endings (TV movie)
Marion
 
1988 A Time of Destiny
Margaret
 
1987 Echoes in the Darkness (TV movie)
Susan Reinert
 
1987 The Room Upstairs (TV movie)
Leah Lazenby
 
1986 The Men's Club
Nancy
 
1986 Heartburn
Julie Siegel
 
1985 Not My Kid (TV movie)
Helen Bower
 
1969-1983 Sesame Street (TV series)
Mad Painter Victim / Mad Painter's Victim / The Mad Painter's Victim
– Episode #14.76 (1983) … Mad Painter's Victim
– Episode #8.112 (1977) … The Mad Painter's Victim
– Episode #3.76 (1972) … Mad Painter Victim
– Episode #3.72 (1972) … Mad Painter Victim
– Episode #3.69 (1972) … Mad Painter Victim
See all 6 episodes »
 
1983 Without a Trace
Jocelyn Norris
 
1982 Safari 3000
J.J. Dalton
 
1982 Table Settings (TV movie)
 
1980 The Stockard Channing Show (TV series)
Susan Goodenow
– Texas Bob and The Consumer Ranch Gang (1980) … Susan Goodenow
– Puppy Love (1980) … Susan Goodenow
– Susan's Big Break (1980) … Susan Goodenow
– Exclusive: Love Finds Brad Gabriel (1980) … Susan Goodenow
– The Threat (1980) … Susan Goodenow
See all 13 episodes »
 
1979 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Mona Mondieu
 
1979 Stockard Channing in Just Friends (TV series)
Susan Hughes
– The Hollywood Syndrome (1979) … Susan Hughes
– Invasion of the Body Grabber (1979) … Susan Hughes
– A Fine Romance (1979) … Susan Hughes
– The Ziegenfuss Force (1979) … Susan Hughes
– Episode #1.9 (1979) … Susan Hughes
See all 13 episodes »
 
1979 Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (TV movie)
Kitty O'Neil
 
1978 Grease
Betty Rizzo
 
1978 The Cheap Detective
Bess
 
1977 Lucan (TV series)
Mickey MacElwaine
– Pilot (1977) … Mickey MacElwaine
 
1976 The Big Bus
Kitty Baxter
 
1976 Sweet Revenge
Vurrla Kowsky
 
1975 The Fortune
Freddie
 
1974 Medical Center (TV series)
Shirley
– Spectre (1974) … Shirley
 
1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
Marsha Sue (segment "Love and the Eat's Cafe")
– Love and the Clinical Problem/Love and the Eat's Cafe/Love and the Last Joke/Love and the Persistent Assistant/Love and the Unsteady Steady (1973) … Marsha Sue (segment "Love and the Eat's Cafe")
 
1973 The Girl Most Likely to... (TV movie)
Miriam Knight
 
1972 Up the Sandbox
Judy Stanley (uncredited)
 
1971 The Hospital
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Our All Time Favourite Films (2010) (performer: "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" - uncredited)
 
2009 The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (performer: "Let the Sunshine In", "Bewitched")
 
2003 Anything Else (performer: "There'll Be Another Spring")
 
1978 Bobby Vinton's Rock 'n Rollers (TV movie) (performer: "Something I Can Dance To", "Wheel of Fortune")
 
1978 Grease (performer: "Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee", "There Are Worse Things I Could Do")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2011 Kennedys' Home Movies (TV documentary) (narrator)
 
2003 Unsolved History (TV series documentary) (narrator - 1 episode)
– Myths of Pearl Harbor (2003) (narrator)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2001 Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (video documentary short) (grateful appreciation)
 
2001 Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (video documentary short) (grateful appreciation)
 
Show ShowSelf (76 titles)
2012 The 66th Annual Tony Awards (TV documentary)
Herself - Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play
 
2012 The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Host
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 17 October 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2011 Chautauqua: An American Narrative (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2009 The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer & Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 
2009 Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (video documentary)
Herself
 
2008-2009 Nova (TV series documentary)
Herself / Narrator
– The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies (2009) … Herself/Narrator
– The Bible's Buried Secrets (2008) (voice)
 
2008 Meerkat Manor (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
– Home Alone (2008) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
– The Darkest Day (2008) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
– The Rovers Return (2008) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
– The Birds (2008) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
– To the Manor Born (2008) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
See all 13 episodes »
 
2005-2008 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.278 (2008) … Herself
– Episode #2.110 (2006) … Herself
– Episode #2.29 (2005) … Herself
 
2007 Through Deaf Eyes (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2007 Moving Image Salutes Will Smith (TV movie)
Herself
 
2006 The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease (video short)
Herself
 
2006 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2006 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.22 (2006) … Herself
 
2006 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 March 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2006 CBS Cares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 January 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2005 The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner
 
2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Jodie Foster (2005) … Herself
 
2004 From the Bottom Up (documentary short)
Herself
 
2004 NY Graham Norton (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.6 (2004) … Herself
 
2000-2004 Nature (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Diamonds (2004) … Narrator
– Obsession with Orchids (2000) … Narrator
 
2004 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Stockard Channing (2004) … Herself
 
2004 Home of the Brave (documentary)
Narrator
 
2002-2003 Unsolved History (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narration
– Nostradamus (2003) … Herself - Narration (voice)
– Pearl Harbor: Death of the Arizona (2002)
 
2003 Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Abby Singer
Herself
 
2002 The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2002 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Herself / Rizzo
– Grease (2002) … Herself / Rizzo
– Girls of Grease (2002) … Herself
 
2002 VH-1 Behind the Movie (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Grease (2002) … Herself
 
2002 The West Wing Documentary Special (TV documentary)
Abbey Bartlet
 
2002 The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #8.7 (2002) … Herself
 
2002 New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of September 11 (TV documentary)
Herself/Narrator
 
2001 Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (TV series documentary)
Narrator (U.S.A Verison)
– Mammoth Journey (2001) … Narrator (U.S.A Verison) (voice)
– Sabre Tooth (2001) … Narrator (U.S.A Verison) (voice)
– Next of Kin (2001) … Narrator (U.S.A Verison) (voice)
– Land of Giants (2001) … Narrator (U.S.A Verison) (voice)
– The Beasts Within (2001) … Narrator (U.S.A Verison) (voice)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2001 Pearl Harbor: Death of the Arizona (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 Meet the Pandas (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter (uncredited)
 
2001 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Herself / Rizzo
– Grease (2001) … Herself / Rizzo
 
2000 World Garden Tour (TV series documentary)
Herself (voice)
 
1996-2000 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 January 2000 (2000) … Herself
– Episode dated 3 June 1999 (1999) … Herself
– Episode dated 5 October 1998 (1998) … Herself
– Episode dated 4 December 1996 (1996) … Herself
 
2000 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 January 2000 (2000) … Herself
 
1999 The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter & Nominee: Best Actress in a Play
 
1999 The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
 
1999 Hollywood Salutes Jodie Foster: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV movie)
Herself
 
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Herself
– The Films of Arthur Hiller (1999) … Herself
 
1998 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 June 1998 (1998) … Herself
 
1998 The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1997 The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
 
1996 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 December 1996 (1996) … Herself
 
1996 The 18th Annual CableACE Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1996 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1994 The 66th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1994 The 5th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1994 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.14 (1994) … Herself
 
1994 The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
 
1994 The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Favorite Actress in a Comedy Motion Picture
 
1993 Right Said Fred: Fred Schepisi Film Director (TV movie)
Herself
 
1989 The More You Know (TV series)
Herself
 
1988 The 40th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
 
1985 The 39th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Winner: Best Leading Actress in a Play
 
1985 An American Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself - Host
– Sequoya (1985) … Herself - Host
 
1980 Today (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 25 March 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1979 The 31st Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Writing in a Limited Series or a Special
 
1973-1979 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 6 July 1979 (1979) … Herself
– Episode dated 12 February 1979 (1979) … Herself
– Episode dated 12 July 1976 (1976) … Herself
– Episode dated 6 May 1976 (1976) … Herself
– Episode dated 24 March 1976 (1976) … Herself
See all 8 episodes »
 
1979 The Television Annual: 1978/1979 (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1979 The 5th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Herself - Accepting Award for Favourite Musical Motion Picture and Winner: Favourite Supporting Actress in Motion Picture
 
1979 Everyday (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 February 1979 (1979) … Herself
 
1978 Bobby Vinton's Rock 'n Rollers (TV movie)
Herself
 
1978 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 27 July 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
1978 Grease Day USA (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1978 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1978 A Different Approach (short)
Herself
 
1976 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 May 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Cinematography
 
1975 The Lion Roars Again (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2007-2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2007 Mania (TV series)
 
2006 Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (TV documentary)
Herself - Lois Lane Audition
 
2002 Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (TV documentary)
Rizzo (uncredited)
 
2001 Superman: Screen Tests (video documentary short)
Lois Lane (1977)
 

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Graduated high school from The Madeira School in McLean, Virginia See more »

Trademark:

Takes on sly, worldly roles that combine a dark wit with an even darker cynical edge. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius