STOCKARD CHANNING BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Stockard Channing was born on February 13th, 1944 in New York City, New York with the birth name Susan Williams Antonia Stockard, born to Lester Napier and Mary Alice Stockard.
Channing was raised in Brooklyn, New York and received her early years education at Chapin School. She was later sent to study at a boarding school, Madeira School in Virginia.
After high school, Channing enrolled at Radcliffe College and studied literature and history, earning her college degree in 1965. After college, she decided to give acting a try and began searching for work as a stage actress. Her first professional stage role was in a production of, "The Investigation" in 1966 followed by a couple more roles with the Theatre Company of Boston.
Channing then began working on Broadway appearing in such productions as, "Adaptation/Next", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "Play Strindberg" and "No Hard Feelings". In addition to gaining experience as a stage actress, she was also given the chance to appear on film in a number of small roles. Some of her early career credits included, "The Hospital" (1971), "Up the Sandbox" (1972), "The Fortune" (1975) and "The Big Bus" (1976).
As her career progressed, more prominent roles began to come her direction appearing in such features as, "Sweet Revenge" (1976) and "Grease" (1978), a role that earned her a people's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress. This films success lead to Channing being offered two television sitcom roles, "Stockard Channing in Just Friends" (1979) and "The Stockard Channing Show" (1980).
Not only had she made quite a name for herself in the film industry and had now added some television work to her resume, Channing never neglected her love of live performing. She continued to work as a stage actress adding more production credits such as, "Vanities", "Absurd Person Singular", "As You Like It", "They're Playing Our Song", "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg", "The House of Blue Leaves", "Six Degrees of Separation", "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun" and "The Lion in Winter" among others.
She received a number of awards for her theatrical work and also was honored for her work as a television actress. For her appearance on, "Echoes in the Darkness" she earned a Emmy nomination and won a Cable ACE Award for her appearance on, "Tidy Endings" in 1988.
Other television credits she has added over her course as an actress include, "Sesame Street", "Trying Times", "Avonlea", "Out of Practice" and "The West Wing" starring alongside Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Alan Alda, John Goodman, John Spencer, Jimmy Smits, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Moira Kelly and Richard Schiff to name a few. She has also done voiceover work for, "King of the Hill", "Batman Beyond" and "The Cleveland Show".
Other more well known film roles include, "Six Degrees of Separation" (1993), for which she earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations as well as, "The Venice Project" (1999), "Isn't She Great?" (2000), "Anything Else" (2003), "Must Love Dogs" (2005), "Sparkle" (2007) and "Multiple Sarcasms" (2010). Most recent work includes appearances on the television movies, "17th Precinct" (20110 and "Family Trap" (2012).
Stockard Channing has married a total of four times. Her first marriage was at the age of twenty to Walter Channing Jr., however, this marriage lasted only four years. She then wed, Paul Schmidt in 1969 and they remained together until 1976. Her third husband was David Debin from 1976 through 1980. In 1982, she married her fourth husband, David Lefferts Rawle, but again by 1988, another marriage came to an end. She has no biological children and is currently in a relationship since 1988 with, Daniel Gillham.
Filmography
2012 Family Trap
2011 17th Precinct
2010 Sundays at Tiffany's
2010 Multiple Sarcasms
2009 The Cleveland Show
2007 Sparkle
1999-2006 The West Wing
2005-2006 Out of Practice
2005 3 Needles
2005 Must Love Dogs
2005 Red Mercury
2004 Jack
2004 The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
2003 The Piano Man's Daughter
2003 Anything Else
2003 Le divorce
2003 Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003 Bright Young Things
2003 Behind the Red Door
2002 Life or Something Like It
2002 The Matthew Shepard Story
2002 Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
2001 When Billie Beat Bobby
2001 A Girl Thing
2001 The Business of Strangers
2000 The Truth About Jane
2000 Where the Heart Is
1999-2000 Batman Beyond
2000 Isn't She Great
2000 Other Voices
1999 The Venice Project
1998 Practical Magic
1998 The Baby Dance
1998 Lulu on the Bridge
1998 An Unexpected Life
1998 Twilight
1997 King of the Hill
1997 American Masters
1996 An Unexpected Family
1996 The Prosecutors
1996 The First Wives Club
1996 Moll Flanders
1996 Lily Dale
1996 Edie & Pen
1996 Up Close & Personal
1995 Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
1995 To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
1995 Smoke
1994 David's Mother
1994 Avonlea
1993 Six Degrees of Separation
1992 Lincoln
1992 Bitter Moon
1991 Married to It
1990 Meet the Applegates
1989 Trying Times
1989 Perfect Witness
1989 Staying Together
1988 Tidy Endings
1988 A Time of Destiny
1987 Echoes in the Darkness
1987 The Room Upstairs
1986 The Men's Club
1986 Heartburn
1985 Not My Kid
1969-1983 Sesame Street
1983 Without a Trace
1982 Safari 3000
1982 Table Settings
1980 The Stockard Channing Show
1979 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 Stockard Channing in Just Friends
1979 Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
1978 Grease
1978 The Cheap Detective
1977 Lucan
1976 The Big Bus
1976 Sweet Revenge
1975 The Fortune
1974 Medical Center
1973 Love, American Style
1973 The Girl Most Likely to...
1972 Up the Sandbox
1971 The Hospital
