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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.

First Name
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Stockard
Full Name at Birth
Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
Other Names
Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
Stockard Channing
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Net Worth
$5,000,000 USD
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Occupation
Stage, Film and Television Actress
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Claim to Fame
her roles as First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC serial political drama series The West Wing, Betty Rizzo in the 1978 musical romantic comedy film Grease, Aunt Frances in the 1998 fantasy romantic drama film Practical Magic, Cynthia Swann Griffin in the 1996 comedy film The First Wives Club, Dolly in the 2005 romantic comedy film Must Love Dogs, and Ouisa Kittredge in both the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation
Year(s) Active
1969–present
Talent Agency
Markham, Froggatt & Irwin
Anonymous Content
Brand Endorsements
(2004) TV commercial AIG (voice only).
(2007) Dove Pro-age hair product commercial.
(2009) Narrator of the film shown all visitors to the Pearl Harbor Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii just prior to visiting the sunken USS Arizona
(2004) Print ads for the "Got milk?" milk mustache campaign by America's Milk Processors.
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34B-24-35
Official Website
Father
Lester Napier Stockard (Shipping Business Magnate)
Mother
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Friends
Sydney Golsmith (Actress), Warren Beatty (Actor), Jack Nicholson (Actor), Henry Winkler (Actor / Director), Christopher Gorham (Actor), Paula Marshall (Actress), Ty Burrel (Actor), Jennifer Tilly (Actress), Martin Sheen (Actor), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Actress), Olivia Newton-John (Singer / Actress), John Travolta (Actor), Woody Allen (Actor / Director), Christina Ricci (Actress), ElaineStritch (Actress), Bonnie Hunt (Actress), Sam Waterston (Actor), Diane Lane (Actress), Dermot Mulroney (actor), Dianne Wiest (Actress)
Associated People
Peter Falk (Actor)
Neil Simon (Director / Producter)
Theodore Mann (Director)
John Guare (Playwright)
Lynne Meadow (Director)
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