1921-01-31 ( 104 years old ) in Seattle, Washington, USA
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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.
Movies
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
2019-01-06
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
2014-05-02
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012-01-20
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
2011-12-12
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008-01-10
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007-04-19
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007-04-01
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003-08-10
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998-05-19
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
1996-09-27
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995-10-19
Thumbelina
1994-03-30
Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
Happily Ever After
1989-06-30
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978-07-24
The People's Command Performance: '77
1977-04-07
Free to Be… You and Me
1974-03-11
Festival at Ford's
1971-11-15
Shinbone Alley
1970-06-26
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway
1969-03-16
Skidoo
1968-12-19
Carol Channing and 101 Men
1968-02-29
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967-03-22
Show Girl
1961-04-02
The Christmas Tree
1958-12-14
The First Traveling Saleslady
1956-08-01
Paid in Full
1950-02-15
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