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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.
Filmography
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self 45
TV Shows 42
Movies 35
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Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On! (2019)
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012)
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! (2010)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show (2003)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Family Guy (1999)
Hollywood Squares (1998)
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998)
Style & Substance (1998)
The View (1997)
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (1995)
The Drew Carey Show (1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
The Magic School Bus (1994)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
Thumbelina (1994)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994)
Burke's Law (1994)
The Nanny (1993)
The Addams Family (1992)
Where's Wally? (1991)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1989)
Happily Ever After (1989)
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
Great Performances (1971)
The Flip Wilson Show (1970)
Shinbone Alley (1970)
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway (1969)
Skidoo (1968)
Carol Channing and 101 Men (1968)
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
The Carol Channing Show (1966)
The Dean Martin Show (1965)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
Password (1961)
Show Girl (1961)
The Big Party (1959)
The Christmas Tree (1958)
The George Burns Show (1958)
DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
The Lux Show (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
The Oscars (1953)
Omnibus (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
Paid in Full (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1921-01-31
Deathday2019-01-15 (97 years old)
Birth NameCarol Elaine Channing
Birth PlaceSeattle, United States of America
ReligionChristian Science
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCarol Elaine Channing
AwardsTheatre World Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Special Tony Award, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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