Carol Channing
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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.
Known for
Credits
Thumbelina (1994)
as Ms. Fieldmouse (voice)
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive)
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (1995)
Actor
Happily Ever After (1989)
as Muddy (voice)
Festival at Ford's (1971)
as Self
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
as Our Guests at Heartland
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998)
as Fanny (voice)
Show Girl (1961)
as Lynn / Naomi / Performer
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
as Muzzy Van Hossmere
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
as Self
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012)
as Self
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
as Molly Wade
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Carol Channing and 101 Men (1968)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom (1989)
as Self - Burns Dinner Friend (uncredited)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
as Self - Host
Skidoo (1968)
as Flo Banks
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994)
as Self
One More Time (1974)
as Self
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996)
as Self
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014)
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
as Self
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business (1983)
as Self
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television (2011)
as Self
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards (1974)
as Self - Presenter
The Day of the Oath (1965)
as Self
Shinbone Alley (1970)
as Mehitabel (voice)
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On! (2019)
as Self
Paid in Full (1950)
as Mrs. Peters (uncredited)
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
as Dolly Levi (segment "Hello, Dolly!")
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
as Self
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway (1969)
as Self
The Christmas Tree (1958)
as Promenade Member
Three Men on a Horse (1957)
as Mabel
The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977)
as Self
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show (2003)
as Lorelei Lee (archive footage)