Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

American, Actress
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Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. She is known for playing Betty Rizzo in the film Grease (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing (1999–2006). She is also known for originating 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. She was also one of two comic foils of The Number Painter on Sesame Street.

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Stockard Channing was born on 13 February 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. Her full name at birth was Susan Antonia Williams Stockard. She is best known as an actress. She attended high school at Chapin School, New York City, NY (1961). For university, she studied at BA History, Radcliffe College (1965). She is considered to be politically left leaning and is affiliated with the Democratic Party (USA). Her religion is listed as Roman Catholic. She is 5' 3" (160 cm) tall and weighs 135 lbs (61 kg) with an average build. She has light brown eyes and dark brown hair (color). Her net worth is reported to be $5,000,000 US dollars. Her zodiac star sign is Aquarius.
Full name at birth
Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
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Claim to fame
her iconic roles as First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC serial political drama television series The West Wing, and as Betty Rizzo in the 1978 musical romantic comedy film Grease
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Date of birth
13 February 1944
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Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
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Age
79
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Stage, Film and Television Actress
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5' 3" (160 cm)
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135 lbs (61 kg)
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Net worth
$5,000,000 USD
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High school
  • Chapin School, New York City, NY (1961)
  • The Madeira School, Virginia
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University
BA History, Radcliffe College (1965)
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  • Markham, Froggatt & Irwin
  • Anonymous Content
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These things have a life of there own and never existed when I was growing up certainly worrying when one would get made. It`s kind of amazing how that one movie kept living through all these years.
  • Auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in Superman (1978), but lost to Margot Kidder.
  • Graduated high school from The Madeira School in McLean, Virginia
  • Won a Tony in 1985 for "A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg".
  • Graduated from Harvard University (specifically, its then female-only Radcliffe College), with a BA in history and literature.
  • She was thirty-four years old when she played the high-school aged Rizzo in Grease (1978).

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