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Stockard Channing

Feb 13, 1944 (81 years old) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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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Known For

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King of the Hill
Mrs. Holloway (voice)
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Sesame Street
Mad Painter's Victim
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Nature
Narrator (voice)
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The Good Wife
Veronica Loy
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The West Wing
Abbey Bartlet
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NOVA
Self - Bible Reader
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Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Performer
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Love, American Style
Marsha Sue
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Medical Center
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Batman Beyond
Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)

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