Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing presents the Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award Episodic Television Comedy onstage during the 2006 Producers Guild awards held at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, Calif., on Jan. 22, 2006. In July 2006, Channing was nominated for an Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series Emmy for her role as Lydia Barnes on CBS' "Out of Practice." The show has recently been canceled.

From left, actors Stockard Channing, Dermot Mulroney, Diane Lane and Elizabeth Perkins arrive at the premiere of "Must Love Dogs" at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood on July 21, 2005. Channing starred as Dolly in the movie.

Actresses Jodie Foster, left, and Stockard Channing attend the 2005 Tony Awards Party and "The Julie Harris Award" ceremony, which honored Channing for Lifetime Achievement on behalf of Hollywood's theatrical community, at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles on June 5, 2005. One of Channing's earliest roles was as The Number Painter's victim in a series of segments on Sesame Street.

Stockard Channing poses with an award for outstanding performance in a youth/children/family special at the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on May 20, 2005. In 2002, Channing won two Emmy Awards; for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (The West Wing) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (The Matthew Shepard Story).

From left, the cast of "Out of Practice," actors Ty Burrell, Stockard Channing, Christopher Gorham, Henry Winkler and Paula Marshall, attend a CBS party at Tavern on the Green in New York on May 18, 2005. The show, now canceled, was centered around a family of doctors.

Stockard Channing accepts the award for Outstanding Television Movie for "Jack" during the 16th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on April 30, 2005. In the movie, Jack, played by Anton Yelchin, realizes his parents (Channing and Ron Silver) are getting a divorce and that his dad is gay. After some bittersweet experiences, Jack learns there is no such thing as a perfect family.

Director/actor Woody Allen and actress Stockard Channing attend a special screening of DreamWorks Pictures' "Anything Else" at the Paris Theatre in New York on Sept. 16, 2003. Channing starred in the flick, while Allen, wrote, directed, and starred in it.

From left, Leslie Caron, Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts and Stockard Channing attend the premiere of "Le Divorce" at the Mann's Festival Theatre in Westwood, Calif., on July 29, 2003. Channing, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in "Six Degrees of Separation" in 1994, first gained notoriety playing the part of Betty Rizzo in the 1978 hit musical "Grease," alongside John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.