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What is Stockard Channing’s Net Worth?

Stockard Channing, an American actress, has a net worth of $15 million dollars. She rose to fame in the 70s with her performances in the films “The Fortune” and “Grease.” Her career spanned both film and television, with credits including “Six Degrees of Separation,” “Up Close & Personal,” “Anything Else,” “The West Wing,” and “The Good Wife.” Channing has also had a successful career on stage, winning a Tony Award in 1985 for her performance in “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.”

Over the years, Channing has won several Emmys and a Tony. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the 1994 film “Six Degrees of Separation.”

Early Life and Education

Stockard Channing was born as Susan Williams Antonia Stockard on February 13, 1944 in New York City. Her mother was Mary and her father was Lester. She has a sister named Lesly, who became mayor of Palm Beach, Florida. Channing went to the Chapin School in New York before enrolling at the all-girls’ Madeira School in McLean, Virginia. She subsequently attended Harvard University’s Radcliffe College, where she studied literature and history. Channing graduated summa cum laude in 1965, and went on to receive acting training at HB Studio in New York.

Acting Career

Channing began her acting career in Boston with the experimental Theatre Company. With the group, she performed in a 1969 production of Elaine May’s play “Adaptation/Next.” Channing was subsequently in a revival of “Arsenic and Old Lace.” In 1971, she made her Broadway debut in “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” a rock musical based on the eponymous Shakespeare comedy.

Stockard Channing’s Film Career

Stockard Channing began her film career with uncredited roles in “The Hospital” and “Up the Sandbox” in the early 70s. She starred in “The Fortune,” “Sweet Revenge,” “The Big Bus,” and “The Cheap Detective.” In 1978, Channing had her breakthrough role as Betty Rizzo in the hit film “Grease.” She continued to act in “Safari 3000,” “Without a Trace,” “Heartburn,” “The Men’s Club,” “A Time of Destiny,” and “Staying Together” throughout the 80s.

In the early 90s, Channing starred in “Meet the Applegates” and “Married to It.” She gave a critically acclaimed performance in the 1993 film adaptation of “Six Degrees of Separation,” earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Channing also appeared in “Smoke,” “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,” and “Up Close & Personal.” Her other credits in the 90s include “Edie & Pen,” “Moll Flanders,” “The First Wives Club,” “Twilight,” “Practical Magic,” and “The Venice Project.”

Channing’s Film Career in the 00s

Channing appeared in numerous films throughout the 00s, including “Other Voices,” “Isn’t She Great,” and “Where the Heart Is.” She also had roles in “The Business of Strangers,” “Life or Something Like It,” “Behind the Red Door,” “Bright Young Things,” “Le Divorce,” “Anything Else,” “Red Mercury,” “Must Love Dogs,” and “3 Needles.” Additionally, Channing was in the British comedy “Sparkle,” the 2010 drama “Multiple Sarcasms,” and the Mexican-American romcom “Pulling Strings.”

Stockard Channing’s Television Career

Channing made her television debut on “Sesame Street” and went on to star in the 1973 television film “The Girl Most Likely To….” She appeared in various television shows such as “Love, American Style,” “Medical Center,” and “Lucan.” Channing also starred in the television film “Silent Victory: The Kitty O’Neil Story” and two short-lived CBS sitcoms, “Stockard Channing in Just Friends” and “The Stockard Channing Show.”

In the 80s and 90s, Channing received critical acclaim for her performances in television. She earned Emmy Award nominations for her roles in the miniseries “Echoes in the Darkness,” the television films “Perfect Witness,” “An Unexpected Family,” and “The Baby Dance,” and for her guest role on the drama series “Road to Avonlea.”

Channing’s most popular role came in 1999, when she debuted as First Lady Abbey Bartley on “The West Wing,” winning an Emmy Award in 2002. She also received critical acclaim for her roles in the television films “The Truth About Jane” and “The Matthew Shepard Story,” the latter of which earned her a second Emmy Award. Channing has also appeared in “Hitler: The Rise of Evil,” “The Piano Man’s Daughter,” “Jack,” “Out of Practice,” “The Good Wife,” “The Mysteries of Laura,” and “The Guest Book.”

Stockard Channing’s Broadway Career

Channing made her Broadway debut in “Two Gentlemen of Verona” before moving on to supporting roles in “No Hard Feelings” and leading roles in “They’re Playing Our Song.” She received critical acclaim for her performance as the mother in “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg” in 1981, eventually winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1985 for the same role. Channing received further Tony nominations for her roles in “The House of Blue Leaves” (1986), “Six Degrees of Separation” (1990), “Four Baboons Adoring the Sun” (1992), and “The Lion in Winter” (1999).

In 2008, Channing returned to Broadway to play Vera Simpson in the musical “Pal Joey,” earning yet another Tony nomination. She was also nominated for her performance in the play “Other Desert Cities” a few years later. Other notable credits include “It’s Only a Play” and “Apologia.”

Marital History of Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing has been married and divorced a total of four times. Her first marriage was in 1963 to sculptor and venture capitalist Walter Channing Jr.; the pair separated in 1967.

In 1970, she wed Slavic languages professor Paul Schmidt, whom she divorced in 1976. Channing was then married to writer-producer David Debin from 1976 to 1980.

She was with her fourth husband, businessman David Rawle, from 1980 to 1988. Following this, Channing was in a long-term relationship with cinematographer Daniel Gillham; the two were together from 1990 until Gillham’s passing in 2014. Channing has no children.

Real Estate Holdings of Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing purchased a home in the Hollywood Hills above Los Angeles for $900,000 in the early 2000s. In 2020, she listed the same property for sale at $2.5 million.

Channing also owns a condo in Palm Beach, Florida, purchased in 2007 for $700,000. Additionally, she owns an apartment on Park Avenue in New York City and a 16-acre property on Georgetown Island in Portland, Maine.