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Stockard Channing
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February 13, 1944 in New York City, NY
Biography:Born Susan Williams Antonia Stockard Channing Schmidt on February 13, 1944, Channing is the daughter of a wealthy shipping executive, and became interested in the dramatic arts while attending college at Radcliffe. After graduating in the mid-sixties, Channing joined Boston's experimental Theater Company. Several unsuccessful Broadway auditions later, she landed a lead role in a Los Angeles production of Two Gentlemen of Verona. Eventually, Channing made it to Broadway, and won a Tony for her performance in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.

In the early '70s, Channing appeared in several small television roles, and made her big screen debut in 1971's "The Hospital". In 1973, the actress starred in the "Joan Rivers"-penned black comedy The Girl Most Likely To..., a TV movie about an overweight college girl who loses weight, gets cosmetic surgery, and sets off in hopes of getting even. Channing's... Full Biography

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Christina Ricci and Stockard Channing in a scene with director/screenwriter Woody Allen in "Anything...
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