Carol Channing

Carol Channing was born on Jan 31, 1921 in USA. Carol Channing's big-screen debut came with Paid in Full directed by William Dieterle in 1950. Carol Channing is known for 2 Stupid Dogs directed by Donovan Cook, Brad Garrett stars as Big Dog and Mark Schiff as Little Dog. Carol Channing has got 4 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Carol Channing achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Carol Channing plays is The Drawn Together Movie! which will be released on Mar 18, 2010.

Carol Channing was born January 31, 1921, at Seattle, Washington, the daughter of a prominent newspaper editor, who was very active in the Christian Science movement. She attended high school in San Francisco and later worked as a model in Los Angeles. She attended prestigious Bennington College in Vermont and majored in drama and dance and supplemented her work by taking parts in nearby Pocono Resort area. Carol initially made her mark on Broadway in "Gentleman Prefer Blondes" playing Lorelei Lee. In "Hello Dolly" she played Dolly Gallagher Levi, the witty, manipulative widow intent upon finding a wealthy husband. The musical won ten Tony awards in 1964, including Channing's for best actress in a comedy. Jacqueline Kennedy and her two children made their first public appearance after President John F. Kennedy's death by seeing her perform in "Hello Dolly" and later visited her backstage. She appeared in the film Millie (1967). Her son Channing Carson is a Pulitizer Prize-nominated finalist cartoonist and she continued to practice her Christian Science religion.