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Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

3 films · 299 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19751986

Born 13 February 1944 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Stockard Channing is an American actress. Her accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award.

Channing played Betty Rizzo in the film Grease (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing (1999–2006). She also originated the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation; the 1993 film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Channing won the 1985 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, and won Emmy Awards for The West Wing and The Matthew Shepard Story, both in 2002.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 299 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19751986

  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie2003
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series2002
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie2002
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series2002
  • Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play1985
  • GLAAD Golden Gate Award2003
  • Lucy Award2003
  • London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year2002
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play1988
  • Daytime Emmy Award

How their films are shot

Measured across 299 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Stockard takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 42% of their frames are night, 51% natural — the look of the work Stockard takes.

Time of day

Night42%
Day42%
Interior11%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Natural51%
Low key26%
High key21%

Shot size

Medium57%
Wide24%
Fullbody9%
Closeup6%

Camera angle

Eye level92%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral75%
Lonely8%
Tense8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

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