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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 31, 1921
Died
January 15, 2019
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Also Known As
- Carol Elaine Channing
Carol Channing
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Self
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
2019
7.0
Self
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
2014
7.8
Self
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012
0.0
Self
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
2011
7.5
Self - Video Message
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
0.0
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
7.2
Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
0.0
Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
7.2
Self - Host
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
7.8
Self
Broadway: The American Musical
2004
Credits
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
as Self
2019
0.0
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
as Self
2014
7.0
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
as Self
2012
7.8
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
as Self
2011
0.0
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Video Message
2009
7.5
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
2008
0.0
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self
2007
7.2
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
2007
0.0
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Self - Host
2005
7.2
Broadway: The American Musical
as Self
2004
7.8
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Dolly Levi (segment "Hello, Dolly!")
2003
6.1
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
as Lorelei Lee (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
7.0
Family Guy
as Carol Channing (voice)
1999
7.4
Hollywood Squares
1998
7.3
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
as Fanny (voice)
1998
5.7
Style & Substance
1998
0.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
as Self
1996
7.0
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.9
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
0.0
The Drew Carey Show
as Carol Channing
1995
6.5
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
1995
7.8
Touched by an Angel
as Carol Channing
1994
7.2
The Magic School Bus
as Cornelia C. Contralto II (voice)
1994
7.6
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Self
1994
7.8
Thumbelina
as Ms. Fieldmouse (voice)
1994
6.4
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
1994
9.0
Burke's Law
as Daphne LeMay
1994
6.7
The Nanny
as Carol Channing
1993
8.1
The Addams Family
as Grandmama (voice)
1992
6.8
Where's Wally?
as (voice)
1991
6.8
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
Happily Ever After
as Muddy (voice)
1989
5.7
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
as Self - Burns Dinner Friend (uncredited)
1989
0.0
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
as Canina LaFur (voice)
1989
7.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
Alice in Wonderland
as White Queen
1985
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
as Self
1983
8.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Magnum, P.I.
as Carol Channing
1980
7.3
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as Our Guests at Heartland
1978
4.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Sylvia Duvall
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Sylvia
1977
6.3
The People's Command Performance: '77
as Self
1977
0.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
🎬
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
as Self - Presenter
1974
0.0
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
1974
6.7
🎬
Festival at Ford's
as Self
1971
0.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
Shinbone Alley
as Mehitabel (voice)
1970
6.3
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway
as Self
1969
8.0
Skidoo
as Flo Banks
1968
4.7
Carol Channing and 101 Men
as Self
1968
0.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
Thoroughly Modern Millie
as Muzzy Van Hossmere
1967
6.9
🎬
The Carol Channing Show
as Carol Honeycutt
1966
0.0
The Dean Martin Show
1965
7.3
The Day of the Oath
as Self
1965
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Password
1961
7.2
Show Girl
as Lynn / Naomi / Performer
1961
0.0
🎬
The Big Party
as Self
1959
0.0
🎬
The Christmas Tree
as Promenade Member
1958
0.0
🎬
The George Burns Show
1958
0.0
DuPont Show of the Month
as Self
1957
6.8
🎬
The Lux Show
as Self
1957
6.0
Three Men on a Horse
as Mabel
1957
0.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The First Traveling Saleslady
as Molly Wade
1956
5.5
🎬
The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
1956
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Recipient
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter / Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.6
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Paid in Full
as Mrs. Peters (uncredited)
1950
6.6
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2