| Celebrated Name: | Stockard Channing |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Susan Williams Antonia Stockard |
| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | 80 years old |
| Birth Date: | 13th February 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Manhattan, New York, USA |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.6m |
| Weight: | 58kgs |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Divorced |
| Husband/Spouse (Name): | Walter Channing (m. 1963, div 1967) Paul Schmidt (m. 1970, div. 1976) David Debin (m.1976, div.1980) David Rawle (m. 1980, div. 1988) |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | No |
| Dating/Boyfriend (Name): | Yes (Daniel Gillham) |
| Is Stockard Channing Lesbian? | No |
| Profession: | Actress |
| Salary: | N/A |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $20 million |
| Last Updated: | December 2024 |
Stockard is an American actress who has been in an acting career for more than thirty years. She is best known for playing Betty Rizzo’s character in the 1978 film Grease. In television, she is best known for her role in the TV political drama The West Wing, where she played the first lady role.
Since 1969 to date, Stockard has appeared in numerous films and television dramas receiving numerous nominations and awards on the way. Her work with the film Grease earned her the first award in her career when she won the People’s Choice Award as the Favourite Motion-Picture Supporting Actress.
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Early Life & Biography
Stockard was born Susan Williams Antonia Stockard on 13th February 1944 in Manhattan, New York. Her father, Lester Napier Stockard, was a shipping businessman until his death in the late 1960s. Her mother, Mary Alice, was an Irish native and a devout Catholic. Channing has only one sister by the name Lesly Stockard who at one time was Palm Beach, Florida mayor. Both sisters were raised in Manhattan before each leaving either for education or other personal reasons.
Channing attended Chapin School in New York before later joining Madeira School, which was located in McLean, Virginia. After Madeira School, she joined Radcliffe College in Massachusetts, where she majored in History, and Literature graduated in 1965. To sharpen her acting skills, she enrolled in HB Studio, where she got her training.
Personal Life
Channing has tried marriage four times, with all her marriages ending in divorce after a short time. She married her first husband, Walter Channing, in 1963 when she was only 19 years of age. The marriage only lasted for four years after the two divorced in 1967. She met Paul Schmidt, who she later got married to in 1970. Just like her first marriage, she divorced Paul in 1976. Her third marriage was to David Debin in 1976, who is Writer and producer.
Again their marriage didn’t work, and they divorced in 1980. Channing married for the fourth immediately after her divorce to David in 1980 and lasted for eight years and divorced in 1988. Since her divorce to David Rawle, Channing has never remarried but has been in a relationship with Daniel Gilham for over 30 years now. Channing has no children, and there is no known reason for her not having children. When not working she lives in Maine with her fiancée
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 13th February 1944, Stockard Channing is 80 years old as of today’s date 20th December 2024. Her height is 1.6m tall, and her weight is 58 kg.
Career
Her acting career started in 1969 with the off-broadway group before making her Broadway debut in 1971. Her television debut came when she got the role of the mad painter in children’s educational series Sesame Street. In 1973, she got her first starring role in a television movie in the movie The Girl Most like to which was highly rated.
After guest-starring in feature films, she got a leading role in the comedy film The Fortune in 1975. With high expectations, the movie did very poorly to the surprise of many, including Channing herself. After her disappointment, she starred in a television series Lucan alongside Ned Beatty in 1977.
She later got a casting role in the film Grease in 1977, but the film was released in 1978. This was her film breakthrough with her performance earning her first award in her career. After starring in numerous movies from the 1980s to 1990s, she got a guest star role in the television series The West Wing before her character becoming a regular character in 2001.
Awards & Achievements
Channing has had a beautiful career in the film industry, which has been rewarded with numerous awards she has won. Among the awards she has received in her career include Grammy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Satellite Awards, Golden Globe Award, and Emmy Award. In total, she has so far been nominated more than 70 times for various awards and has won more than 20 awards.
Net Worth & Salary of Stockard Channing in 2024
Acting has been Channing’s source of incoming since her youth. She has been acting since 1969 to date. Some of her work in the film industry has performed exemplary well earning her awards and fortune. Her fortune is estimated to be around $20 million as of December 2024. With Channing still being an active actress, her fortune can only be expected to grow.
Channing had lived with her mother in most of her life as her father died in 1960 when she was just 22 years of age. Her mother was a philanthropist, and her death in 2007 was a big blow to Channing as besides being her mother, she was her best friend. After trying marriage four times and none worked, she decided not to marry again and has never since. Channing has been married to her career since then and only lives with her fiancée when both are not working.