Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard) is an American stage, film and television actress. She is known for her roles as First Lady Abbey Bartlet on the NBC television series The West Wing; Betty Rizzo in the film Grease; Aunt Frances in Practical Magic, Cynthia Swann Griffin in The First Wives Club, Dolly in Must Love Dogs, and Ouisa Kittredge in both the stage and fim versions of Six Degrees of Separation - the film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
She also starred as Susan Goodenow in the actor-titled series The Stockard Channing Show, and as Mickey MacElwaine in both the movie and TV series Lucan.
Known For
Grease
(1978)
Betty Rizzo
Bitter Moon
(1992)
Beverly (uncredited)
Practical Magic
(1998)
Aunt Frances
Le Divorce
(2003)
Margeeve Walker
Anything Else
(2003)
Paula Chase
Smoke
(1995)
Ruby McNutt
Heartburn
(1986)
Julie
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
(1995)
Carol Ann
The Hospital
(1971)
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
Twilight
(1998)
Lt. Verna Hollander
Where the Heart Is
(2000)
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Moll Flanders
(1996)
Mrs. Allworthy
Six Degrees of Separation
(1993)
Ouisa
The First Wives Club
(1996)
Cynthia Swann Griffin
Life or Something Like It
(2002)
Deborah Connors
The Big Bus
(1976)
Kitty Baxter
Full Filmography
Acting
The Hospital
(1971)
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
Up the Sandbox
(1972)
Judy Stanley (uncredited)
The Girl Most Likely to...
(1973)
Miriam Knight
The Fortune
(1975)
Freddie Bigard
The Lion Roars Again
(1975)
Self
The Big Bus
(1976)
Kitty Baxter
Sweet Revenge
(1976)
Vurlla Kowsky
Lucan
(1977)
Mickey MacElwaine
Grease
(1978)
Betty Rizzo
The Cheap Detective
(1978)
Bess
A Different Approach
(1978)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
(1979)
Mona Mondieu
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
(1979)
Kitty O'Neil
Safari 3000
(1982)
J. J. Dalton
Without a Trace
(1983)
Jocelyn Norris
Not My Kid
(1985)
Helen Bower
Heartburn
(1986)
Julie
The Men's Club
(1986)
Nancy
Echoes in the Darkness
(1987)
Susan Reinert
The Room Upstairs
(1987)
Leah Lazenby
A Time of Destiny
(1988)
Margaret
Tidy Endings
(1988)
Marion
Staying Together
(1989)
Nancy Trainer
Perfect Witness
(1989)
Liz Sapperstein
Meet the Applegates
(1990)
Jane Applegate
Married to It
(1991)
Iris Morden
Lincoln
(1992)
Clara Harris (voice)
Bitter Moon
(1992)
Beverly (uncredited)
Six Degrees of Separation
(1993)
Ouisa
David's Mother
(1994)
Bea
Smoke
(1995)
Ruby McNutt
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
(1995)
Miss Adelaide
Clay Classics: Michael the Visitor
(1995)
Narrator (voice)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
(1995)
Carol Ann
The First Wives Club
(1996)
Cynthia Swann Griffin
Up Close & Personal
(1996)
Marcia McGrath
Moll Flanders
(1996)
Mrs. Allworthy
An Unexpected Family
(1996)
Barbara Whitney
Lily Dale
(1996)
Corella
Edie & Pen
(1996)
Pen
The Prosecutors
(1996)
Ingrid Maynard
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
(1997)
Narrator
Practical Magic
(1998)
Aunt Frances
Twilight
(1998)
Lt. Verna Hollander
The Baby Dance
(1998)
Rachel Luckman
An Unexpected Life
(1998)
Barbara Whitney
The Venice Project
(1999)
Chandra Chase
Where the Heart Is
(2000)
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
The Truth About Jane
(2000)
Janice
Other Voices
(2000)
Dr. Gover
Isn't She Great
(2000)
Florence Maybelle
The Business of Strangers
(2001)
Julie Styron
A Girl Thing
(2001)
Dr. Beth Noonan
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
(2001)
Narrator
When Billie Beat Bobby
(2001)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Matthew Shepard Story
(2002)
Judy Shepard
Life or Something Like It
(2002)
Deborah Connors
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
(2002)
Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer
Anything Else
(2003)
Paula Chase
Bright Young Things
(2003)
Mrs. Melrose Ape
Behind the Red Door
(2003)
Julia
Abby Singer
(2003)
Stockard Channing (uncredited)
Le Divorce
(2003)
Margeeve Walker
The Piano Man's Daughter
(2003)
Lily Kilworth
Jack
(2004)
Anne
Home of the Brave
(2004)
Narrator (voice)
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot
(2004)
Narrator (voice)
3 Needles
(2005)
Olive Cowie
Must Love Dogs
(2005)
Dolly
Red Mercury
(2005)
Penelope
Sparkle
(2007)
Sheila
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
(2009)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Multiple Sarcasms
(2010)
Pamela
Sundays at Tiffany's
(2010)
Vivian Claremont
17th Precinct
(2011)
Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
Pulling Strings
(2013)
Virginia
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
(2014)
Narrator
The Grease Story
(2017)
Betty Rizzo
Death to 2021
(2021)
Penn Parker
Angry Neighbors
(2022)
Chloe