
Carol Channing
Biography
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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.
Acting (36 movies)

Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967

Skidoo
1968

Thumbelina
1994

The People's Command Performance: '77
1977

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978

Show Girl
1961

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003

The First Traveling Saleslady
1956

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998

Happily Ever After
1989

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012

Night of 100 Stars III
1990

Shinbone Alley
1970

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
2011

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007

Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007

Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
2003

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
1996

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994

Paid in Full
1950

Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway
1969

The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
2014

Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
2019

Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995

Carol Channing and 101 Men
1968

Free to Be… You and Me
1974

Night of 100 Stars
1982

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008

George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
1989

The Day of the Oath
1965

Three Men on a Horse
1957
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