Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 31, 1921
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Credits
87 titles
Carol Channing
Biography
Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) 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.
Known For
Filmography
Commitment to Life
Self (archive)
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Self
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Self
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Self
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Video Message
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Self - Host
Broadway: The American Musical
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Dolly Levi (segment "Hello, Dolly!")
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
Lorelei Lee (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Family Guy
Carol Channing (voice)
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Fanny (voice)
Style & Substance
The View
Self
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
The Drew Carey Show
Carol Channing
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Touched by an Angel
Carol Channing
The Magic School Bus
Cornelia C. Contralto II (voice)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self
Thumbelina
Ms. Fieldmouse (voice)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
Burke's Law
Daphne LeMay
The Nanny
Carol Channing
Late Show with David Letterman
Self
The Addams Family
Grandmama (voice)
Where's Wally?
(voice)
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Happily Ever After
Muddy (voice)
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
Self - Burns Dinner Friend (uncredited)
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
Canina LaFur (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
Alice in Wonderland
White Queen
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Magnum, P.I.
Carol Channing
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Our Guests at Heartland
The Love Boat
Sylvia Duvall
The People's Command Performance: '77
Self
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
Self - Presenter
Free to Be… You and Me
Self (voice) (uncredited)