Acting credits
75
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Carol Channing
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 36Series: 39
TMDB ID: 97832
IMDb ID: nm0151919
Known for: Acting
Born: January 31, 1921
Age: 105
Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2019
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.68
Wikidata: Q237287
Also known as
Carol Elaine 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Carol Channing.
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
as Self
2019 Movie
7.0
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
as Self
2014 Movie
7.8
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
as Self
2012 Movie
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
as Self
2011 Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
2008 Movie
7.2
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self
2007 Movie
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
2007 Movie
7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Self - Host
2005 Movie
6.1
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Dolly Levi (segment "Hello, Dolly!")
2003 Movie
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
as Lorelei Lee (archive footage)
2003 Movie
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003 Movie
5.7
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
as Fanny (voice)
1998 Movie
7.0
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
as Self
1996 Movie
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995 Movie
7.8
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
1995 Movie
6.4
Thumbelina
as Ms. Fieldmouse (voice)
1994 Movie
9.0
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
1994 Movie
4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990 Movie
5.7
Happily Ever After
as Muddy (voice)
1989 Movie
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
as Self - Burns Dinner Friend (uncredited)
1989 Movie
8.0
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985 Movie
8.0
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
as Self
1983 Movie
6.7
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982 Movie
4.3
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as Our Guests at Heartland
1978 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Carol Channing.
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Video Message • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.8
Broadway: The American Musical
as Self • 6 eps
2004 Series
7.4
Family Guy
as Carol Channing (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Hollywood Squares
5 eps
1998 Series
Style & Substance
1 eps
1998 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
3.9
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.5
The Drew Carey Show
as Carol Channing • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Carol Channing • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.7
The Magic School Bus
as Cornelia C. Contralto II (voice) • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.8
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.7
Burke's Law
as Daphne LeMay • 1 eps
1994 Series
8.1
The Nanny
as Carol Channing • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.8
The Addams Family
as Grandmama (voice) • 39 eps
1992 Series
6.8
Where's Wally?
as (voice) • 7 eps
1991 Series
7.6
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
as Canina LaFur (voice) • 2 eps
1989 Series
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.8
Alice in Wonderland
as White Queen • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
as Carol Channing • 1 eps
1980 Series
6.3
The Love Boat
2 eps
1977 Series
8.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star • 1 eps
1976 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
4.6
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self • 2 eps
1970 Series
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self • 5 eps
1968 Series