Cast & creator
Carol Channing
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Family Guy, Late Show with David Letterman
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.
Also known as: Carol Elaine Channing
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film credits
53
television credits
94
1944–2023 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (94)
Showing 94 of 94 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Family Guy
Carol Channing (voice)
1999
Late Show with David Letterman
Self
1993
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The View
Self
1997
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Video Message
2009
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Sylvia Duvall
1977The Love Boat
Aunt Sylvia
1977The Love Boat
Aunt Sylvia Duvall
1977
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Nanny
Carol Channing
1993
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Magnum, P.I.
Carol Channing
1980
Touched by an Angel
Carol Channing
1994
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards
Self - Recipient
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Performer
1956
The Drew Carey Show
Carol Channing
1995
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
Canina LaFur (voice)
1989
Omnibus
1952
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self
1994
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Magic School Bus
Cornelia C. Contralto II (voice)
1994
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Burke's Law
Daphne LeMay
1994
DuPont Show of the Month
Self
1957
Password
1961
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Thumbelina
Ms. Fieldmouse (voice)
1994
The Addams Family
Grandmama (voice)
1992
Alice in Wonderland
White Queen
1985
Style & Substance
1998The Lux Show
Self
1957
Where's Wally?
(voice)
1991
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951The Rosemary Clooney Show
Self
1956The Big Party
Self
1959The George Burns Show
Carol Channing
1958The George Burns Show
Self
1958
Broadway: The American Musical
Self
2004
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Our Guests at Heartland
1978
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Fanny (voice)
1998
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
2007
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Muzzy Van Hossmere
1967
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Happily Ever After
Muddy (voice)
1989
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Commitment to Life
Self (archive)
2023
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
1995
Free to Be… You and Me
Self (voice) (uncredited)
1974
Show Girl
Lynn / Naomi / Performer
1961
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Self
1996
Skidoo
Flo Banks
1968The Carol Channing Show
Carol Honeycutt
1966
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
Self - Presenter
1974
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Dolly Levi (segment "Hello, Dolly!")
2003Festival at Ford's
Self
1971
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Self
2011
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Self
2019
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Self - Host
2005
The First Traveling Saleslady
Molly Wade
1956
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Self
2014
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Self
2007
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Self
1983
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
Lorelei Lee (archive footage)
2003
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
2008
The People's Command Performance: '77
Self
1977
Carol Channing and 101 Men
Self
1968
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Self
2012
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
Self - Burns Dinner Friend (uncredited)
1989
Shinbone Alley
Mehitabel (voice)
1970
Three Men on a Horse
Mabel
1957
Paid in Full
Mrs. Peters (uncredited)
1950
The Day of the Oath
Self
1965
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway
Self
1969
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
1994One More Time
Self
1974The Christmas Tree
Promenade Member
1958