Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

1944-02-13 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 83 Credits

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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 Actre...

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Angry Neighbors

Angry Neighbors

2022

as Chloe

3.9
Acting

When his ultra-wealthy neighbor in the Hamptons builds an obnoxious mega-mansion next door, grumpy retired novelist Harry March concocts an elaborate ...

Death to 2021

Death to 2021

2021

as Penn Parker

6.0
Acting

This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer...

The Grease Story

The Grease Story

2017

as Betty Rizzo

8.4
Acting

The story behind the classic movie musical. The programme examines the original stage musical in the early 1970s, which starred a young Richard Gere, ...

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

2014

as Narrator

Acting

To Olmsted, a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted’s efforts to preserve nature created an “environmental ethic” decade...

Pulling Strings

Pulling Strings

2013

as Virginia

6.9
Acting

Rachel is an intelligent, modern-day woman constantly on the move. Primarily focused on her career as a diplomatic consul for the U.S. embassy, she's ...

17th Precinct

17th Precinct

2011

as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley

4.0
Acting

In a modern world where magic supplanted science, the unaired pilot featured two non-intersecting stories: the death of a city executive at the hands ...

Sundays at Tiffany's

Sundays at Tiffany's

2010

as Vivian Claremont

6.5
Acting

Jane, a soon-to-be-married woman, is reunited with her imaginary friend Michael who returns in a human form. Soon, Jane begins doubting her feelings f...

Multiple Sarcasms

Multiple Sarcasms

2010

as Pamela

5.6
Acting

Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, El...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

2009

as Self

8.0
Acting

Narrated by the legendary Shirley Jones, this installment of the Hollywood Singing and Dancing series shines a light on the musicals of the 1970s, a t...

The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

2009

as Narrator (voice)

6.2
Acting

Orange-and-black wings fill the sky as NOVA charts one of nature's most remarkable phenomena: the epic migration of monarch butterflies across North A...

Sparkle

Sparkle

2007

as Sheila

5.8
Acting

Liverpool chancer Sam moves to London with his aspiring chanteuse mum and begins an affair with a PR boss. But problems arise when he falls for her es...

Through Deaf Eyes

2007

as Narrator

7.0
Acting

A look at deaf culture from the 19th century to the present.

3 Needles

3 Needles

2005

as Olive Cowie

6.0
Acting

A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor schemes to pass his mandatory blood test; a young nun makes a personal sa...

Must Love Dogs

Must Love Dogs

2005

as Dolly

5.9
Acting

Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As s...

Red Mercury

Red Mercury

2005

as Penelope

4.0
Acting

Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The pol...

The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot

2004

as Narrator (voice)

1.0
Acting

Over forty years ago, one extraordinary American family moved into the most famous house in the world and changed the nature of the Presidency forever...

Jack

Jack

2004

as Anne

4.9
Acting

Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living w...

Home of the Brave

Home of the Brave

2004

as Narrator (voice)

10.0
Acting

Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its effec...

Abby Singer

Abby Singer

2003

as Stockard Channing (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sunda...

Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things

2003

as Mrs. Melrose Ape

6.3
Acting

During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the a...

The Piano Man's Daughter

The Piano Man's Daughter

2003

as Lily Kilworth

Acting

Terrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell) stays away from relationships that could lead to ma...

Anything Else

Anything Else

2003

as Paula Chase

6.2
Acting

Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that l...

Le Divorce

Le Divorce

2003

as Margeeve Walker

5.0
Acting

While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.

Hitler: The Rise Of Evil

Hitler: The Rise Of Evil

2003

as Klara Hitler

8.0
Acting
Behind the Red Door

Behind the Red Door

2003

as Julia

5.5
Acting

Natalie, a gifted New York photographer, has a troubled past reflected in her art. When she struggles to make ends meet in the city, her agent, arrang...

Life or Something Like It

Life or Something Like It

2002

as Deborah Connors

5.7
Acting

A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man for a fluff piece about a football game's score. Instead he tells her that her life has no...

The Matthew Shepard Story

The Matthew Shepard Story

2002

as Judy Shepard

5.5
Acting

In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the fin...

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

2002

as Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer

6.4
Acting

A look at the classic "Cinderella" story from the perspective of one of her 'ugly' stepsisters

The Business of Strangers

The Business of Strangers

2001

as Julie Styron

5.6
Acting

A dark thriller about a successful businesswoman and her young assistant who toy with a slow-witted businessman while stuck at an airport hotel.

Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

2001

as Narrator (voice)

5.8
Acting

Chronicles the life of William Haines, Hollywood's first openly gay movie star, who sacrificed his career to live openly with his lover.

When Billie Beat Bobby

When Billie Beat Bobby

2001

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.

A Girl Thing

A Girl Thing

2001

as Dr. Beth Noonan

3.8
Acting

A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to on...

The Truth About Jane

The Truth About Jane

2000

as Janice

6.3
Acting

Jane, a high school teenager, tries to deal with the discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl who make...

Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

2000

as Thelma 'Sister' Husband

7.1
Acting

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadsid...

Isn't She Great

Isn't She Great

2000

as Florence Maybelle

4.9
Acting

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.

Other Voices

Other Voices

2000

as Dr. Gover

3.6
Acting

Phil and Anna are a young, married couple, who begin to suspect one other of an affair. When a shady private investigator gets involved in their relat...

The Venice Project

The Venice Project

1999

as Chandra Chase

5.0
Acting

Roland is an avant-garde artist in Venice, California whose sister lives on their family's estate in Venice, Italy. Their father is near death and ann...

Practical Magic

Practical Magic

1998

as Aunt Frances

6.8
Acting

Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, d...

The Baby Dance

The Baby Dance

1998

as Rachel Luckman

6.1
Acting

Six months pregnant and living in a beat-up tiny mobile home, Wanda LeFauve thinks she has found the solution to her problems when she agrees to meet ...

An Unexpected Life

An Unexpected Life

1998

as Barbara Whitney

4.5
Acting

A single woman has her idyllic life disrupted when she takes in orphans. But, soon she comes to depend on the sound of little feet and couldn't think ...

Twilight

Twilight

1998

as Lt. Verna Hollander

6.1
Acting

A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

1997

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Man Ray, the master of experimental and fashion photography was also a painter, a filmmaker, a poet, an essayist, a philosopher, and a leader of Ameri...

An Unexpected Family

An Unexpected Family

1996

as Barbara Whitney

5.6
Acting

When Ruth Whitney abandons her two children with her sister Barbara is left to take care of them, at first none of them like it but soon they grow to ...

The Prosecutors

The Prosecutors

1996

as Ingrid Maynard

Acting

Drama (and prospective pilot) about the lives of three women who work in the New York City DA's office: one a brilliant prosecutor of high-profile cas...

The First Wives Club

The First Wives Club

1996

as Cynthia Swann Griffin

6.7
Acting

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the tr...

Moll Flanders

Moll Flanders

1996

as Mrs. Allworthy

6.1
Acting

The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest le...

Lily Dale

Lily Dale

1996

as Corella

2.0
Acting

In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister, Lil...

Edie & Pen

Edie & Pen

1996

as Pen

5.6
Acting

In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband a...

Up Close & Personal

Up Close & Personal

1996

as Marcia McGrath

6.3
Acting

Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tap...

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree

1995

as Miss Adelaide

5.9
Acting

A single Christmas tree becomes the source of cheer for the people and animals living around Mr. Willowby's estate. Based on the children's book of th...

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995

as Carol Ann

7.4
Acting

Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When th...

Smoke

Smoke

1995

as Ruby McNutt

7.2
Acting

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul t...

Michael the Visitor

Michael the Visitor

1995

as Narrator (voice)

8.0
Acting

Stockard Channing narrates this inspiring story adapted from Leo Tolstoy's tale "Truths We Live By." Simon the shoemaker barely makes enough to get by...

David's Mother

David's Mother

1994

as Bea

8.3
Acting

Sally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years ago. Now a social worker discovers that Sally has been d...

Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation

1993

as Ouisa

6.4
Acting

The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-cl...

Lincoln

1992

as Clara Harris (voice)

6.8
Acting

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

Bitter Moon

Bitter Moon

1992

as Beverly (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

Married to It

Married to It

1991

as Iris Morden

5.9
Acting

While setting up a school pageant, the parents at an elite private academy in New York City with contrastive lifestyles and professional paths reflect...

Meet the Applegates

Meet the Applegates

1990

as Jane Applegate

5.5
Acting

Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the...

Staying Together

Staying Together

1989

as Nancy Trainer

5.3
Acting

After their father abruptly sells the beloved family-owned restaurant that has employed them for years, the charismatic McDermott boys - hot-tempered ...

Perfect Witness

Perfect Witness

1989

as Liz Sapperstein

6.5
Acting

An innocent man is thrust into a political power struggle in this drama. After witnessing a mob killing, New York restaurant owner Sam Paxton (Aidan Q...

Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings

1988

as Marion

1.0
Acting

A man, whose companion dies of AIDS, confronts his lover's ex-wife and the two end up building a friendship while coping with the emotional aftermath ...

A Time of Destiny

A Time of Destiny

1988

as Margaret

4.8
Acting

World War II provides the setting for a melodramatic tale of love and revenge.

Echoes in the Darkness

Echoes in the Darkness

1987

as Susan Reinert

7.5
Acting

Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s, this movie follows the murder of Susan Reinert and her two children in Upper Merion Townshi...

The Room Upstairs

The Room Upstairs

1987

as Leah Lazenby

4.0
Acting

A Boston teacher decides to turn her old home into a boarding house to pull in some much-needed extra money. It turns out her tenants help her in more...

The Men's Club

The Men's Club

1986

as Nancy

4.0
Acting

Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.

Heartburn

Heartburn

1986

as Julie

6.0
Acting

Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reser...

Not My Kid

Not My Kid

1985

as Helen Bower

7.3
Acting

A teenaged drug addict is sent to Dr. Royce's controversial drug intervention program where the addicts in the program confront each other in supervis...

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

1983

as Jocelyn Norris

5.4
Acting

English professor Susan Selky lives alone in a Brooklyn apartment with her young son, Alex. When Alex fails to return home from school one afternoon, ...

Safari 3000

Safari 3000

1982

as J.J. Dalton

5.1
Acting

Reporter J.J. wants to write a story about an Afrika rallye, 3000 km across desert and steppe. Unfortunately her driver and car get lost only days bef...

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979

as Mona Mondieu

5.6
Acting

The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winne...

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

1979

as Kitty O'Neil

7.0
Acting

Based on the life of Kitty O'Neil, a young girl who overcame her deafness to become one of the top stuntwomen in Hollywood, and the holder of the wome...

The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978

as Bess

6.3
Acting

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of...

Grease

Grease

1978

as Betty Rizzo

7.4
Acting

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, wi...

A Different Approach

A Different Approach

1978

6.3
Acting

An all-star educational film about the positive side of hiring people with disabilities. A board sit and watch the film Michael Keaton's character's a...

Lucan

Lucan

1977

as Mickey MacElwaine

Acting

A 20-year old who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by predatory animals now strikes out on his own i...

The Big Bus

The Big Bus

1976

as Kitty Baxter

5.2
Acting

The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disaste...

Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

1976

as Vurlla Kowsky

5.8
Acting

A young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public defender who tries to steer her straight. But her goal is t...

The Fortune

The Fortune

1975

as Freddie Bigard

5.3
Acting

Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.

The Lion Roars Again

1975

as Self

Acting

A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.

The Girl Most Likely To...

The Girl Most Likely To...

1973

as Miriam Knight

6.6
Acting

An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.

Up the Sandbox

Up the Sandbox

1972

as Judy Stanley (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mo...

The Hospital

The Hospital

1971

as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospit...