Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian. Known for starring in Broadway and film musicals, her characters typically radiated a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect. Channing also studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian. Known for starring in Broadway and film musicals, her characters typically radiated a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect. Channing also studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
She began as a Broadway musical actress, starring in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1949 and Hello, Dolly! in 1964, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the latter. She revived both roles several times throughout her career, most recently playing Dolly in 1995. Channing was nominated for her first Tony Award in 1956 for The Vamp followed by a nomination in 1961 for Show Girl. She received her fourth Tony Award nomination for the musical Lorelei in 1974.
As a film actress, she won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Muzzy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). Her other film appearances include The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) and Skidoo (1968). On television, she appeared as an entertainer on variety shows, from The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s to Hollywood Squares. She had a standout performance as The White Queen in the TV production of Alice in Wonderland (1985), and had the first of many TV specials in 1966, An Evening with Carol Channing.
Channing was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981 and received a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1995. She continued to perform and make appearances well into her 90s, singing songs from her repertoire and sharing stories with fans, cabaret style. She released an autobiography, Just Lucky I Guess, in 2002, and Larger Than Life, a documentary film about her career, was released in 2012.
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Filmography (Movies)
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Character:Self
Release Date:06/01/2019
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Character:Self
Release Date:02/05/2014
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Character:Self
Release Date:20/01/2012
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/2011
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Character:Self
Release Date:10/01/2008
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Character:Self
Release Date:19/04/2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2007
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:07/08/2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Character:Dolly Levi (segment "Hello, Dolly!")
Release Date:10/08/2003
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Lorelei Lee (archive footage)
Release Date:22/07/2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/2003
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Character:Fanny (voice)
Release Date:19/05/1998
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Character:Self
Release Date:27/09/1996
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
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Release Date:19/10/1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/1995
Thumbelina
Character:Ms. Fieldmouse (voice)
Release Date:30/03/1994
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Character:Self
Release Date:04/03/1994
Night of 100 Stars III
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1990
Happily Ever After
Character:Muddy (voice)
Release Date:30/06/1989
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
Character:Self - Burns Dinner Friend (uncredited)
Release Date:01/05/1989
Night of 100 Stars II
Character:Self
Release Date:10/03/1985
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Character:Self
Release Date:19/09/1983
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Character:Our Guests at Heartland
Release Date:21/07/1978
The People's Command Performance: '77
Character:Self
Release Date:07/04/1977
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Release Date:20/11/1974
Free to Be… You and Me
Character:Self (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:11/03/1974
Festival at Ford's
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/1971
Shinbone Alley
Character:Mehitabel (voice)
Release Date:26/06/1970
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway
Character:Self
Release Date:16/03/1969
Skidoo
Character:Flo Banks
Release Date:19/12/1968
Carol Channing and 101 Men
Character:Self
Release Date:29/02/1968
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Character:Muzzy Van Hossmere
Release Date:22/03/1967
The Day of the Oath
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1965
Show Girl
Character:Lynn / Naomi / Performer
Release Date:02/04/1961
The Christmas Tree
Character:Promenade Member
Release Date:14/12/1958
Three Men on a Horse
Character:Mabel
Release Date:18/04/1957
The First Traveling Saleslady
Character:Molly Wade
Release Date:01/08/1956
Paid in Full
Character:Mrs. Peters (uncredited)
Release Date:15/02/1950
Television Appearances
RuPaul's Drag Race
Character:Self - Video Message
Broadway: The American Musical
Character:Self
Family Guy
Character:Carol Channing (voice)
Hollywood Squares
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Style & Substance
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The View
Character:Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Drew Carey Show
Character:Carol Channing
Touched by an Angel
Character:Carol Channing
The Magic School Bus
Character:Cornelia C. Contralto II (voice)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Character:Self
Burke's Law
Character:Daphne LeMay
The Nanny
Character:Carol Channing
The Addams Family
Character:Grandmama (voice)
Where's Wally?
Character:(voice)
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
Character:Canina LaFur (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self
Alice in Wonderland
Character:White Queen
Magnum, P.I.
Character:Carol Channing
The Love Boat
Character:
The Love Boat
Character:Sylvia Duvall
The Love Boat
Character:Aunt Sylvia
The Muppet Show
Character:Self - Special Guest Star
Great Performances
Character:Self
The Flip Wilson Show
Character:Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)
The Carol Burnett Show
Character:Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Character:Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Carol Channing Show
Character:Carol Honeycutt
The Dean Martin Show
Character:
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Password
Character:
The Big Party
Character:Self
The George Burns Show
Character:
DuPont Show of the Month
Character:Self
The Lux Show
Character:Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
The Rosemary Clooney Show
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Recipient
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter / Performer
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
The Oscars
Character:Self
Omnibus
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Panelist
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
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