Carol Channing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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: Acting

Born: Seattle, Washington, USA, 1921-01-31

Died: 2019-01-15

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Paid in Full	Mrs. Peters (uncredited)	66
2	1956	The First Traveling Saleslady	Molly Wade	54
3	1958	The Christmas Tree	Promenade Member	0
4	1961	Show Girl	Lynn / Naomi / Performer	0
5	1967	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Muzzy Van Hossmere	69
6	1968	Carol Channing and 101 Men	Self	0
7	1968	Skidoo	Flo Banks	48
8	1969	Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway	Self	80
9	1970	Shinbone Alley	Mehitabel (voice)	62
10	1971	Festival at Ford's	Self	0
11	1974	Free to Be… You and Me	Self (voice) (uncredited)	67
12	1974	The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards	Self - Presenter	0
13	1977	The People's Command Performance: '77	Self	0
14	1978	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Our Guests at Heartland	43
15	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
16	1983	George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business	Self	80
17	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
18	1989	Happily Ever After	Muddy (voice)	56
19	1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self	40
20	1994	Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl	Self	90
21	1994	Thumbelina	Ms. Fieldmouse (voice)	64
22	1995	The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies	Self	81
23	1995	Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!		0
24	1996	The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story	Self	70
25	1998	The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars	Fanny (voice)	57
26	2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self	70
27	2003	Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show	Lorelei Lee (archive footage)	0
28	2003	Broadway's Lost Treasures	Dolly Levi (segment "Hello, Dolly!")	61
29	2005	Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards	Self - Host	72
30	2007	Words and Music by Jerry Herman	Self	0
31	2007	ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway	Self	72
32	2008	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical	Self	0
33	2011	Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television	Herself	0
34	2012	Carol Channing: Larger Than Life	Self	78
35	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
36	2014	The Outrageous Sophie Tucker	Self	70
37	2019	Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
4	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Panelist	69
5	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
6	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame		86
7	1952	Omnibus		60
8	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
9	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Recipient	51
10	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
11	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter / Performer	51
12	1956	The Rosemary Clooney Show	Self	0
13	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
14	1957	The Lux Show	Self	60
15	1957	DuPont Show of the Month	Self	68
16	1958	The George Burns Show		0
17	1959	The Big Party	Self	0
18	1961	Password		73
19	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
20	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
21	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
22	1965	The Dean Martin Show		73
23	1966	The Carol Channing Show	Carol Honeycutt	0
24	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self	77
25	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters	77
26	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
27	1970	The Flip Wilson Show	Self	48
28	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
29	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80
30	1977	The Love Boat		63
31	1977	The Love Boat	Sylvia Duvall	63
32	1977	The Love Boat	Sylvia	63
33	1980	Magnum, P.I.	Carol Channing	73
34	1985	Alice in Wonderland	White Queen	69
35	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self	56
36	1989	Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers	Canina LaFur (voice)	75
37	1991	Where's Wally?	(voice)	68
38	1992	The Addams Family	Grandmama (voice)	68
39	1993	The Nanny	Carol Channing	81
40	1994	Burke's Law	Daphne LeMay	67
41	1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Self	78
42	1994	The Magic School Bus		76
43	1994	Touched by an Angel	Carol Channing	72
44	1995	The Drew Carey Show	Carol Channing	66
45	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest	35
46	1997	The View	Self	45
47	1998	Style & Substance		0
48	1998	Hollywood Squares		72
49	1999	Family Guy	Carol Channing (voice)	74
50	2004	Broadway: The American Musical	Self	78
51	2009	RuPaul's Drag Race	Self - Video Message	76

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