
Carol Channing
0 FOLLOWERS • 39 CREDITS • JAN 31, 1921 - JAN 15, 2019 • 97
Biography
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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

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Love Boat

Hallmark Hall of Fame

What's My Line?

Touched by an Angel

RuPaul's Drag Race

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Carol Burnett Show

The Nanny

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Hollywood Squares

Magnum, P.I.

Tony Awards

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Golden Globe Awards

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Family Guy

Omnibus

The Muppet Show

The Flip Wilson Show

Burke's Law

DuPont Show of the Month

Alice in Wonderland

The Dean Martin Show

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

The Lux Show

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

Password

The George Burns Show

The Magic School Bus

The Oscars

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

Thumbelina

Paid in Full

The Addams Family

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Skidoo
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