Carol Channing

Known for ActingBorn 1921-01-31 (age 105) 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The George Burns Show

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Broadway: The American Musical

The Nanny

Style & Substance

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

Night of 100 Stars II

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

The Muppet Show

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway

The Carol Channing Show

The Magic School Bus

RuPaul's Drag Race

The Rosemary Clooney Show

Hollywood Squares

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

Family Guy

The Carol Burnett Show

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

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

Password

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Touched by an Angel

The Outrageous Sophie Tucker

Magnum, P.I.

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

The Dean Martin Show

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

DuPont Show of the Month

Where's Wally?

The Addams Family

Alice in Wonderland

Burke's Law

Golden Globe Awards

Free to Be… You and Me

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Night of 100 Stars

What's My Line?

The Oscars

Broadway's Lost Treasures

The Drew Carey Show

Thumbelina

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

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