
Carol Channing
Born January 31, 1921 · Seattle, Washington, USA
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.
Movies

Thumbelina

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Night of 100 Stars II

Commitment to Life

Happily Ever After

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars III

Skidoo

Broadway's Lost Treasures

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!

The First Traveling Saleslady

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Show Girl

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Free to Be… You and Me

Carol Channing and 101 Men

The Outrageous Sophie Tucker

Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Paid in Full

Three Men on a Horse

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

The People's Command Performance: '77

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

Shinbone Alley

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway

George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom

Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show

Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television

The Day of the Oath
TV Shows

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

Hollywood Squares

The Nanny

RuPaul's Drag Race

The View

Great Performances

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Golden Globe Awards

The Merv Griffin Show

Magnum, P.I.

The Drew Carey Show

What's My Line?

Touched by an Angel

The Carol Burnett Show

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Ed Sullivan Show

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

The Oscars

The Dean Martin Show

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Omnibus

The Muppet Show

The Magic School Bus

Burke's Law

Password

The Flip Wilson Show

DuPont Show of the Month

The Addams Family

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Alice in Wonderland

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Style & Substance

Where's Wally?




