Carol Channing

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Born: 1/31/1923

Biography: The daughter of a Christian Science lecturer, Carol Channing endured the rigors of Bennington College for one year before dropping out to try her luck as an actress in New York. Channing made her first Broadway appearance in 1941's Never Take No for an Answer; two years late …

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Words and Music by Jerry Herman [Movie]

2007

Broadway, The Golden Age [Movie]

2003

The Drew Carey Show: New York and Queens [TV Series] as Herself

1997

Touched By an Angel: The Comeback [TV Series] as Herself

1997

Thumbelina [Movie] as Ms. Fieldmouse

1994

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl [Movie]

1993

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NEWS & GOSSIP

Film, media women to honor Shirley Jones

07/06/09 If you have always wanted to meet Shirley Jones, you will have a chance in Pittsburgh in October. | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
Destinta Theatres in Bridgeville, North Versailles to get digital 3-D

07/02/09 Pittsburghers who want to see "G-Force" in digital 3-D will have two new options later this month. | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
Johnny Depp Was Visited By The Ghost Of John Dillinger

06/30/09 Johnny was visited by the spirit of a gangster on his new movie - at least that's what he's claiming these days. | I'm Not Obsessed
Alec Gallup, son of poll founder, dies at 81

06/25/09 Alec Gallup, 81, who served as chairman of his family's business, the Gallup Poll, which was started by his father and is considered among the most-trusted political polls in the United States, died of a heart ailment June 22 at his home in Princeton, N.J. George Gallup Sr. founded the Gallup Poll in 1935, devising random-sampling techniques to allow for much greater statistical accuracy. | St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul MN
Film: Inventory: With a whimper, not a bang: 15 particularly depressing cinematic swan songs from talented actors

06/21/09 Everyone who's ever seen Cannonball Run II knows how truly awful it is. | The A.V. Club
Mercury Fur

06/16/09 During civilization's final descent into barbarism, says Philip Ridley's 2005 U.K. hit "Mercury Fur," the powerful will indulge their most insane fantasies, while the rest of us try to maintain a little dignity as we cater to them. | Variety
Like her ancestors, Jennie Eisenhower is used to the spotlight

06/14/09 The first thing you notice, of course, is the performance. | St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO
Next blonde stage hit is somewhere in this list

06/11/09 Blondes have had a better track record in movies than in musicals, but maybe only for lack of trying. | Dayton Daily News - Dayton OH
Engaged: Dr. Xiulu Meng to Aubrey Reuben

06/11/09 Celebrity photographer Aubrey Reuben, who for two decades has been a snap-happy widower about town, mainly on Broadway, often for The New York Post, and almost always with a beautiful woman on his arm, is engaged to Dr. Xiuli Meng, who practices physical medicine and rehabilitation at New York Downtown Hospital. | The New York Sun - Out & About
Review; Diablo Theatre Company's 'Hello, Dolly!' an early-summer treat

06/08/09 More than anything else, "Hello, Dolly!" is a great big juicy helping of Americana. | Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
Pat Craig: Bay Area actress scores a coup: Dolly and Mame, back to back

06/01/09 Dolly Levi in "Hello, Dolly!" and Mame Dennis in "Mame." The feat is rare, but it's also a little daunting, says D'Emidio, who opens tonight in the Diablo Theater Company production of "Hello, Dolly!" and who played Mame in an earlier Willows Theatre production. | Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
Theater review: 'Forbidden Broadway' at Mad Cow Theatre

05/29/09 The show -- really a cabaret with four singers and director/pianist extraordinaire Steve Mackinnon -- skewers Broadway shows and personalities but does so with its heart on its sleeve. | Orlando Sentinel - Orlando FL

Year
Result
Award
Movie

1967
Won
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
Best Supporting Actress
Thoroughly Modern Millie

1967
Nominated
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion P
Thoroughly Modern Millie

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