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Stockard Channing
Biography
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
as Betty Rizzo
Practical Magic
as Aunt Frances
Life or Something Like It
as Deborah Connors
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Carol Ann
The First Wives Club
as Cynthia Swann Griffin
Bitter Moon
as Beverly (uncredited)
Sundays at Tiffany's
as Vivian Claremont
Must Love Dogs
as Dolly
Where the Heart Is
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Six Degrees of Separation
as Ouisa
